Ajayi Subbed On Late As Relegation Threatened West Brom Thumps Southampton

  West Brom earned back-to-back wins for the first time this season, thrashing Southampton 3-0 at The Hawthorns on Monday evening, BSNSports.com.ng reports. It is now back-to-back wins for Ajayi and his West Brom teammates who trounced Chelsea 5-2 at Stamford Bridge in their last league fixture. Matheus Pereira opened the scoring for the Baggies after converting a 32nd minute via spot kick. Just three minutes after the opening goal, Matthew Phillips made the 2-0 before Callum Robinson added the third on 69 minutes. Semi Ajayi came on as a replacement for Kyle Bartley with five minutes left on the clock, only his second appearance for club and country in nearly two months but he recently started against Chelsea. The Nigeria international has lost his place in West Brom's starting lineup following his red card against Burnley. Ajayi had started 24 out of a possible 25 matches in the top-flight before he fell out of favour with Allardyce. Despite the win West Brom are still in tbd relegation zone as they currently occupy 19 position on 24 points and are eight points from safety.