Beat Southampton 3-0, West Brom Raised Hope Avoiding Relegation Zone

West Bromwich Albion (Twitter @WBA)

JAKARTA - West Bromwich Albion picked up their first consecutive win of the season after defeating Southampton 3-0 in the 31st week of the Premier League match at The Hawthorns Stadium in West Bromwich, England, Monday local time (Tuesday western Indonesia time).

The result followed a shocking victory by Sam Allardyce's men in a 5-2 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge a week ago.

With his first consecutive win, West Brom extended their lead in the struggle to avoid the threat of relegation.

Despite being stuck in the red zone in 19th place, West Brom has now collected 24 points or needs at least nine more to secure themselves.

Southampton( 36), who have lost their third game in their last four games, are not yet fully safe from the threat of relegation, as reported by the Premier League's official website reports.

West Brom started the game very well and with the first attack, they were able to end with Mbaye Diagne ducking the ball into the net.

However, the goal was disallowed by referee Simon Hooper after receiving input from the VAR over Diagne's alleged offside.

Southampton threatened again through Danny Ings who attempted to finish off Nathan Redmond's cross, but his shot went in front of West Brom's goal in the 26th minute.

Two minutes later, Diagne had a good chance on a one-on-one with goalkeeper Fraser Forster, but his finish went off the mark.

In the 32nd minute, West Brom was finally able to open up their lead Matehus Pereira converted a penalty after he was fouled carelessly by Forster.

The lead was immediately doubled three minutes later when Diagne sent a charming cross into the far post area where Matthew Phillips was waiting to score the hosts' second goal.

West Brom's advantage lasted until half-time amid Southampton's poor performances throughout the first half.

Southampton tried to improve their level of play in the second half and in the 64th minute almost narrowed the gap when Okay Yokuslu attempted to cut through Ryan Bertrand's pass and almost scored an own goal, lucky the ball still bounced over the bar against West Brom.

Five minutes later, a distressed West Brom extended their lead when Yokuslu paid for his mistake with a well-taken through pass from Callum Robinson past Jannik Vestergaard's cross before ending with a shot that Forster could not reach.

West Brom's victory came with a goalless record thanks to goalkeeper Sam Johnstone's brilliant strike from James Ward-Prowse's penalty in the third minute of injury time to seal a 3-0 lead.

Back-to-back wins for the Baggie boys! 🤩#WBASOU | @eToro

— West Bromwich Albion (@WBA) April 12, 2021

In the next match, the two teams will both visit Leicester City's headquarters in two different competitions.

Southampton travels to the King Power Stadium for the FA Cup semi-final on Sunday, 18 April, before West Brom four days later for the 32nd week of the Premier League.