Norwich v Leeds LIVE: Championship play-off result and reaction from semi-final first leg
Norwich 0-0 Leeds United: Play-off semi-final remains finely poised after cagey first leg at Carrow Road
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Your support makes all the difference.Norwich City and Leeds United played out a goalless draw in the first leg of their Championship play-offs semi-final tie.
Leeds appealed for a penalty in the seventh minute when Willy Gnonto went down after contact with Borja Sainz on the edge of the penalty area but the referee disagreed.
Junior Firpo found the net on the half-hour mark but Georginio Rutter was offside during the build-up, causing the goal to be ruled out for the visitors.
Norwich, who failed to score at a home game for the first time since December, will visit Leeds for the second leg of the semi-final on Thursday.
Coverage continues with West Brom vs Southampton below, and get all the latest football predictions and odds here.
West Brom 0-0 Southampton
57 mins: Fellow whips in a delightful delivery from the right but no West Brom player gambles on it at the far post and the Southampton defence can head it clear.
West Brom 0-0 Southampton
56 mins: Johnston is the first Baggies player into the book after a poor challenge on Mara in midfield.
West Brom 0-0 Southampton
53 mins: Manning has space down the left flank but his low ball into the box is turned away by a well-positioned Bartley.
West Brom 0-0 Southampton
52 mins: A slow start to this second half, with West Brom more than happy to sit back and let Southampton have the ball.
West Brom 0-0 Southampton
48 mins: Some neat footwork from Aribo on the edge of the Baggies box but the ball eventually deflects up onto his hand and a free-kick is given.
KICK-OFF! West Brom 0-0 Southampton
46 mins: No changes at the break but Stewart looked to warming up with intent at half-time so could be coming on for Southampton at some point.
Anyway, West Brom get us back underway - let’s have some goals...
HALF-TIME: West Brom 0-0 Southampton
Southampton have stopped the opposition from scoring a first-half goal in 30 of their 47 games, only Leicester City (32) have done this more often in the English Football League - Championship this season.
Norwich and Leeds deadlocked after cagey Championship play-off first leg
Speaking off Carrow Road, here’s a recap of the action from the first leg between Norwich and Leeds.
Norwich and Leeds deadlocked after cagey Championship play-off first leg
Norwich 0-0 Leeds: The two teams played out a lacklustre 90 minutes at Carrow Road
HALF-TIME: West Brom 0-0 Southampton
Adam Amstrong is flagged offside again and that will be that for the first half.
A slight improvement on the action we witnessed at Carrow Road earlier but still no goals to talk off. Diangana had the best chance just after the half-hour mark but it was a great save from McCarthy to keep out the West Brom winger.
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