Southampton with three goals in the second 45 minutes, led by Armstrong who scored twice, beat West Bromwich 3-1 and became the second place in the Premier League final in the Millionaires’ Match on May 26 at Wembley Stadium.
Southampton became the second team after Leeds to book a place at Wembley and reach the promotion final Premier League Which will be held on May 26 after their 3-1 victory over West Bromwich on Friday evening.
The first match ended in a goalless draw, as happened in the first 45 minutes of the second match, which did not witness any stages at all.
But at the beginning of the second half, the “Saints” increased their performance and were initially able to take the lead in the 49th minute through Smallbone. The home team’s midfielder stole the ball and passed it to Brooks, who kicked it back to Smallbone, who slotted home the ball and opened the scoring.
In the 78th minute, Southampton scored its first goal, Armstrong, to take a 2-0 lead. The experienced centre-forward took the ball down the left flank, took the cross and beat Palmer. The home side were awarded a penalty in the 86th minute and Armstrong took over again to make it 3-0 to the Saints.
West Brom pulled one back in stoppage time with a header from Kipre from a corner kick from the right.
Southampton: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Harvard-Bellis, Bednarek, Stevens, Smallbone (90′ Rothwell), Dawes, Aribo (90′ Charles), Brooks (74′ Edozie), Armstrong, Fraser (66′ Manning).
West Bromwich: Palmer, Bartley, Furlong, Townsend (73′ Rich), Kepre, Valas (64′ Brandon Thomas), Fellows, Gokoslu (Imbella 64), Mowat, Diangana (64′ Swift), Johnstone.
The first semi-final matches
- Leeds – Norwich 0-0
- Southampton – West Bromwich 0-0
The second leg of the semi-finals
- Leeds – Norwich 4-0
- Southampton – West Bromwich 3-0
the last one:
- Sunday 26 MayLeeds – Southampton
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