The drab weather of Storm Brian matched the dull football on offer at St Marys on Saturday evening between Southampton and West Brom, but one moment of magic from substitute Sofiane Boufal managed to rescue all three points for the Saints as they narrowly won 1-0.
Both teams made one change each from their previous score draws, with Saints captain Steven Davis replacing Nathan Redmond and West Brom number 1 Ben Foster recovering from a knee injury to return in place of Boaz Myhill.
The home side maintained the bulk of the possession in the middle third for the opening exchanges - and in the 17th minute a fantastic free-kick from their left back Ryan Bertrand flicked off the head of Jonny Evans and off the side of the post.