West Bromwich Albion and Southampton could not be separated at The Hawthorns as the second Championship play-off semi-final of the day finished goalless.
Just like Norwich City and Leeds United earlier, Albion and Saints cancelled each other out in a game of few chances.Albion, who twice lost to Southampton in this season’s two league meetings, will have their work cut out if they are to make a first Championship play-off final since 2007.
But the Baggies had perhaps the best opening when Grady Diangana's header from Tom Fellows' cross was saved by Saints keeper Alex McCarthy. But Diangana fired his low effort straight at McCarthy, who made a scrambled save before Saints cleared their lines. This is West Brom’s fourth appearance in the second tier play-offs – they lost at the semi-final stage in both 2000-01 and 2018-19 , and in the 2007 final against Derby. Every team to beat them in the second tier play-offs has ended up gaining promotion to the Premier League that year.
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