West Brom v Southampton LIVE: Championship play-off result and reaction from semi-final first leg
West Brom 0-0 Southampton: Goalless draw leaves play-off semi-final finely poised after first leg at The Hawthorns
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Your support makes all the difference.West Brom and Southampton played out a goalless draw in the first leg of their Championship play-offs semi-final tie.
Grady Diangana had the game’s best chance with a header from Tom Fellow’s tempting cross but the Baggies forward saw his effort saved smartly by Alex McCarthy.
Up the other end, Flynn Downes saw his effort saved by Alex Palmer after a well-worked move with Joe Aribo down the left side.
A cagey game afforded both sides few efforts on goal but both keepers remained alert to make smart saves after the break, McCarthy denying Diangana’s effort before Ross Stewart saw his deflected effort saved well by Palmer just moments later.
West Brom will now travel to the south coast to take on Southampton in the second leg at St Mary’s Stadium on Friday.
Relive all the action from West Brom vs Southampton below.
Norwich 0-0 Leeds
53 mins: The first chance of the second half falls to Norwich but the ball is ever so slightly behind Sara as he looks to curl the effort on target from the edge of the box and it eventually drifts wide of the post.
Norwich 0-0 Leeds
49 mins: Sainz makes a good burst and receives the ball over the top but Byram does superbly to recover and produce an inch-perfect sliding tackle to win the ball back.
KICK-OFF! Norwich 0-0 Leeds
46 mins: Norwich get us restarted after the break.
HALF-TIME: Norwich 0-0 Leeds
Leeds United have stopped the opposition from scoring a first-half goal in 29 of their 47 games, only Leicester City (32) have done this more often in the English Football League - Championship this season.
HALF-TIME: Norwich 0-0 Leeds
It’s a bonanza of Championship play-off action, with West Brom’s tie against Southampton coming later in the day.
To follow updates of that game, don’t go anywhere as they’ll be coming up right here after full-time at Carrow Road.
HALF-TIME: Norwich 0-0 Leeds
A rather cagey first half of play-off semi-final action draws to a close at Carrow Road. Norwich perhaps edging the better of the chances but nothing of note to test Meslier.
Rutter’s scuffed effort was as close as Leeds got to creating a big chance, although Gnonto did feel he had a claim for a penalty moments after.
Let’s hope for an improvement after the break.
Norwich 0-0 Leeds
45 mins: A yellow card for Gnonto for dissent after a foul on Sara moments earlier. A frustrating half for him, and Leeds, and Norwich in all honesty.
Just one minute of added time.
Norwich 0-0 Leeds
42 mins: Nunez tries to pick out Rowe’s darting run into the box but the ball is overhit and Meslier comes off his line to claim that with ease.
Norwich 0-0 Leeds
39 mins: A good spell of possession for Leeds as they try and impart themselves on the game. They’ve looked more secure with Gray’s inclusion but it’s certainly come a the expense of some of their usual attacking firepower.
Summerville makes a good burst down the left but his ball into the box can’t find a teammate and is hacked away.
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