It's played short between Matheus Pereira and Matt Phillips on the left but they faff around with it too much.

They win a throw-in and eventually Conor Townsend curls it in. Callum Robinson flicks it wide from the near post. Another chance!

Strong start from West Brom. Jan Bednarek has to nod out a looping cross for a corner.

Check complete. No goal. That was TIGHT.

Let off for Southampton. Sam Allardyce is chewing his gum frantically.

Jan Bednarek comes crunching in from behind to give a sloppy free-kick away in the Saints half.

It's played in short to Matt Phillips. He twists and gets a powerful shot away which is parried.

Darnell Furlong picks up the rebound and smashes it towards the far corner on the half volley. Mbaye Diagne flicks it in from close range.

It's ruled out for offside. But VAR are checking this!

Southampton are pressing high from the off. Ainsley Maitland-Niles is under pressure as he tries to keep it in play on the right and he lands a bit awkwardly as he's hussled over the sideline. Looks okay.

Off we go!

Simon Stone
BBC Sport at the Hawthorns

West Brom boss Sam Allardyce has laid it on the line in his programme notes this evening.

"I said (before Chelsea) that we needed six wins out of nine. Now we need five from eight - and that may not be enough."

And that was before Newcastle's win yesterday.

Not a lot of room for error.

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Southampton

Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl to Sky Sports: "The players deserved to play again. They showed that the performance, especially after the first half an hour, was a good one.

"We need to show that today from minute one. Hopefully we can show up immediately today.

"We have never really looked down. We have always looked in front and tried to climb up. The international break was good for us. We said after this break we had to be fresher in the mind and we have showed that in our performances.

"We have eight or nine matches left and hopefully we can pick up more points."

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More from West Brom boss Sam Allardyce: "We all know we have to win this game. A draw won't be much use to us, especially with the four points Newcastle have picked up in the last two games. Let's just take it game by game, try to win it and try to stay in touch if we can."

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West Brom boss Sam Allardyce to Sky Sports on Callum Robinson: "He showed the quality of his finishing on Saturday, along with Matheus Pereira and Mbaye Diagne. They are probably are best chances at scoring. Let's get those three on the ball as much as we can. That's not withstanding others chipping in too.

"We want to focus on winning but not going all-out, not going gung-ho. We need to do it with the right stability and that's with a good, solid defensive unit."

Mark Lawrenson
BBC football expert

Both of these had excellent wins last time out, and in Southampton's case their comeback victory over Burnley means they have 36 points - which should keep them up.

West Brom's 5-2 success at Chelsea was absolutely stunning and everything about their display was excellent, but their prospects look very different - for me, they have left themselves too much to do to get out of trouble.

Prediction: 0-2

Lawro's full predictions v Police Academy actor Steve Guttenberg.

Alistair Magowan
BBC Sport reporter

Everton midfielder Jean-Phillipe Gbamin has suffered another injury setback having just returned from a 20-month lay-off.

He made a substitute appearance against Crystal Palace last Monday, his first action since August 2019, after thigh and Achilles injuries.

But after sustaining a knee contact injury in training on Saturday, he will miss tonight's game against Brighton.

Gbamin will undergo a scan in London on Tuesday to determine the extent of the injury.

Looks like clear skies at the Hawthorns. But who knows? We could have snow and hail in 10 minutes.

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That Monday feeling...

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MOTDx's Josh Denzel chats to Everton's Alex Iwobi about his Toffees team-mates, TV shows and the influence of his former manager at Arsenal, Arsene Wenger.

Southampton are vying to win three consecutive away league games against West Brom for the first time.

They can also equal their longest top-flight streak of five successive victories against a single opponent.

Albion's only home win in the past six meetings came in the Premier League in February 2015 (D1, L4).

Danny Ings is one Premier League goal short of becoming the first player to reach double figures for Southampton in consecutive seasons since Graziano Pelle and Sadio Mane in 2014-15 and 2015-16.

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Everton's home form may have dented what was an explosive start to their season but they are still very much in the mix for European football.

The Toffees have played two games fewer than those currently in fourth and fifth place and remain only eight points off West Ham.

They could overtake Tottenham in seventh with victory tonight and move to within two points of rivals Liverpool, currently sat sixth in the table.

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