An amazing individual goal from Sofiane Boufal handed Southampton a 1-0 victory over West Brom, after a dreary game at St Mary's.

Substitute Boufal scored with just four minutes remaining to hand Mauricio Pellegrino's men victory and move them up to 10th.

The Saints had always looked the game's most likely winners, but found Tony Pulis's Albion side in particularly stubborn mood.

Ben Foster denied Dusan Tadic and Shane Long during the first half, while Ryan Bertrand hit the post with a freekick.

But there was no denying Moroccan winger Boufal, who had replaced Tadic with nine minutes remaining.

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Picking the ball up deep in his own half, Boufal drove at the heart of the Albion defence, shrugging aside a number of challenges and beating five men, before coolly stroking into the bottom corner from the edge of the penalty area.

Charlie Austin would also hit the outside of the post in injury time, but Southampton held on for a first win since mid-September.

Starting XIs

Southampton XI: Forster, Cedric, Van Dijk, Yoshia, Bertrand, Lamina, Romeu, Davis, Tadic, Long, Gabbiadini

West Brom XI: Foster, Dawson, Hegazi, Evans, Gibbs, Livermore, Krychowiak, Barry, Rodriguez, Rondón, Chadli

All the action, as it happened, below...

First half

That first half was pretty much as expected.

Both sides impressing with the ball but not doing a whole lot with it.

The second half can only get better.

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Southampton team news

The setbacks suffered by Nathan Redmond have left him even more determined to reach his goals.

The Southampton star has the perfect incentive to shoot his club up the table and himself into the ­England reckoning for the World Cup next summer.

For every goal or assist this season, Redmond could provide access to education for a year for as many as 33 deprived children.

In doing so, he will join the growing band of players whose social conscience has inspired them to work as hard outside the game as they do within it.

Redmond is an ambassador for the Right To Play charity.

It uses sport and play to educate disadvantaged kids in the world’s poorest communities.

The strength of mum ­Michelle, who brought him up as a single parent, has helped Birmingham-born Redmond overcome his own setbacks in life – now he wants to ensure others are able to do the same.

“I guess it’s easier for me to just say, ‘Here you go. Here’s a sum of money,’” he said. “But that’s not who I am.”

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