West Bromwich Albion v Southampton: promotion push meets relegation fight | OneFootball

West Bromwich Albion host Southampton in the Championship on Wednesday, 11 March 2026 at The Hawthorns, with the visitors chasing the play-offs and the hosts trying to climb out of the relegation places.

Recent meetings have favoured Southampton, who won 3-2 in December and also took the 2024 play-off second leg 3-1, while West Bromwich Albion held them to a goalless draw in the first leg of that tie.

Form points to momentum with Saints. They are unbeaten across their last five in all competitions with four wins, whereas the hosts have drawn three of their last five and lost twice, including a 1-1 draw at Sheffield United last time out.

West Bromwich Albion list forwards Karlan Ahearne-Grant and Michael Johnston, plus defenders Chris Mepham and Nathaniel Phillips, as injured. Johnston has nine assists this season, so his absence removes a key supply line. For Southampton, Alex McCarthy, Mads Roerslev, Welington and Jay Robinson are also listed as injured.

On the numbers, Saints average 1.6 goals per game and 57% possession with 83.94% passing accuracy and 50.82% shooting accuracy. The hosts have scored 35 and conceded 53, but could threaten via crosses and aerial power, having delivered 563 open play crosses at 18.83% accuracy and scored 10 headed goals. Adam Armstrong's 11 league goals and Finn Azaz's nine, plus six assists, headline the visitors' threat.

West Bromwich Albion are 22nd on 36 points. A win would take them to 39 and could lift them out of the relegation zone. The Saints sit eighth on 53 and victory would move them to 56, strengthening their push towards the play-off places.