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West Bromwich Albion 0-2 Southampton: Ryan Fraser and David Brooks give Saints victory

Southampton bounced back superbly from the end of their long unbeaten run in midweek as they comfortably beat West Bromwich Albion to climb back up to second in the Championship.

Just three nights after losing 3-1 at Bristol City, the Saints' first defeat in 25 games, Russell Martin's powerful, smoothly efficient side beat fifth-placed Albion with a neatly taken goal in each half from Ryan Fraser and David Brooks.

Admittedly, Albion were upset by the early loss of head coach Carlos Corberan, bizarrely red-carded for making the human error of, unwittingly, trying to collect the ball from his technical area before it had gone out of play.