{"id":1352289,"date":"2024-05-17T22:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T21:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1352289"},"modified":"2024-05-18T11:14:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T10:14:49","slug":"southampton-west-ham-championship-play-off-second-leg-23-24","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/southampton-west-ham-championship-play-off-second-leg-23-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Southampton 3-1 West Brom: Saints march to meet Leeds at Wembley for a Premier League place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Southampton will face Leeds at Wembley on May 26 for a place in next season&#8217;s Premier League.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russell Martin&#8217;s side ran out 3-1 winners at St Mary&#8217;s, keeping their hopes of an immediate top-flight return alive.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"pt\" dir=\"ltr\">Que Sera, Sera ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MhodqtHW0x\">pic.twitter.com\/MhodqtHW0x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SouthamptonFC\/status\/1791573770706010419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Following a goalless draw in the opening leg at The Hawthorns, despite 26 shots between the sides (albeit just five on target), it was all to play for this evening.<\/p>\n<p>In the 139th minute of this contest, Will Smallbone seized the opportunity. Exploiting a Baggies error in the middle third, David Brooks, who had gained possession on the right, fed Smallbone. 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ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND FURTHER T&amp;CS APPLY. 18+. GambleAware.ORG<\/h5>\n<p>A jubilant Martin will feel his side deserves to rub shoulders with Manchester City and renew a rivalry with Bournemouth.<\/p>\n<p>In the regular season, they won 87 points and were still placed outside the top three (fourth) &#8211; something only Charlton (88 in 1997-98) has done in EFL second-tier history. It was also Southampton&#8217;s third-highest points tally in a single league season, after winning 88 in the Championship in 2011-12 and 92 in the third tier on the way to promotion a season earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Southampton has won eight of its last ten meetings with West Brom, who are facing a fourth successive season in the Championship; they\u00a0will look to join Leicester and Ipswich in the big time at Leeds&#8217; expense. The Yorkshire side has appeared in the EFL play-offs five times previously and has failed to seal promotion on any occasion.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also worth noting that Martin&#8217;s side will travel to Wembley, having beaten Leeds at home and away in the Championship this season.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/\"><strong>Latest football news<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football betting tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best betting sites<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/best-free-bet-offers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best free bet offers<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/accumulator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football accumulator tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southampton will face Leeds at Wembley on May 26 for a place in next season&#8217;s Premier League. Russell Martin&#8217;s side ran out 3-1 winners at St Mary&#8217;s, keeping their hopes of an immediate top-flight return alive. Que Sera, Sera ? pic.twitter.com\/MhodqtHW0x &mdash; Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) May 17, 2024 Following a goalless draw in the opening&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":1352292,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1352289","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Southampton 3-1 West Brom: Saints march to meet Leeds at Wembley for a Premier League place | Squawka | EN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/southampton-west-ham-championship-play-off-second-leg-23-24\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Southampton 3-1 West Brom: Saints march to meet Leeds at Wembley for a Premier League place\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Southampton will face Leeds at Wembley on May 26 for a place in next season&#8217;s Premier League. 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