Che Adams scored the winner with four minutes remaining to get Russell Martin’s tenure as Southampton manager off to a winning start with victory at Sheffield Wednesday in a thoroughly entertaining opener to the new Championship season.
The Saints had utterly dominated proceedings under the lights at Hillsborough in the first half, completing almost 500 passes and taking a deserved lead through Adam Armstrong’s eighth-minute strike. They could, and perhaps should, have been further ahead too before the hosts responded with real gusto after the break.
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