Southampton win at West Brom to go second

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Ryan Fraser steers his right-foot volley past Alex Palmer

Southampton bounced back superbly from the end of their long unbeaten run in midweek as they comfortably beat West Bromwich Albion to climb back up to second in the Championship.

Just three nights after losing 3-1 at Bristol City, the Saints' first defeat in 25 games, Russell Martin's powerful, smoothly efficient side beat fifth-placed Albion with a neatly taken goal in each half from Ryan Fraser and David Brooks.

Admittedly, Albion were upset by the early loss of head coach Carlos Corberan, bizarrely red-carded for making the human error of, unwittingly, trying to collect the ball from his technical area before it had gone out of play.

But, on a night when Corberan's team were watched by prospective new American owner Shilen Patel, the hosts produced little to avoid only their fourth home league defeat in 31 games, in the 16 months since the Spaniard took charge.

More to follow.

Line-ups

West Brom

Formation 4-2-3-1

24Palmer
2Furlong
4Kipré
15Pieters
3Townsend
35YokusluBooked at 50minsSubstituted forChalobahat 81'minutes
27Mowatt
7J WallaceSubstituted forDianganaat 65'minutes
19SwiftSubstituted forMarshallat 64'minutes
23JohnstonSubstituted forReachat 65'minutes
21Thomas-AsanteBooked at 44minsSubstituted forFellowsat 45'minutes

Substitutes

6Ajayi
11Diangana
14Chalobah
17Weimann
20Reach
25Marshall
26Ávila Gordón
31Fellows
33Griffiths

Southampton

Formation 4-3-3

31Bazunu
2Walker-Peters
21Harwood-Bellis
35Bednarek
5Stephens
24CharlesSubstituted forAriboat 58'minutes
16SmallboneBooked at 55mins
17S ArmstrongSubstituted forRothwellat 82'minutes
9A ArmstrongSubstituted forBrooksat 68'minutes
18MaraSubstituted forSulemanaat 82'minutes
26FraserSubstituted forEdozieat 58'minutes

Substitutes

3Manning
7Aribo
13Lumley
19Rothwell
20Sulemana
23Edozie
27Amo-Ameyaw
33Dibling
36Brooks

Referee:Sam Allison

Attendance:25,066

Live Text

Match ends, West Bromwich Albion 0, Southampton 2.
Second Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 0, Southampton 2.
Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Conor Townsend (West Bromwich Albion).
Will Smallbone (Southampton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion).
Substitution, Southampton. Kamaldeen Sulemana replaces Sékou Mara.
Substitution, Southampton. Joe Rothwell replaces Stuart Armstrong.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Nathaniel Chalobah replaces Okay Yokuslu.
Attempt missed. Callum Marshall (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alex Mowatt with a cross following a corner.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Gavin Bazunu.
Attempt saved. Okay Yokuslu (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Grady Diangana.
Attempt blocked. Adam Reach (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cédric Kipré.
Goal! West Bromwich Albion 0, Southampton 2. David Brooks (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Samuel Edozie.
Attempt missed. Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Stuart Armstrong with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Alex Mowatt.
Attempt blocked. Samuel Edozie (Southampton) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Aribo.
Substitution, Southampton. David Brooks replaces Adam Armstrong.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Adam Reach replaces Mikey Johnston.