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Finn Azaz put Southampton ahead against Norwich in rearranged Championship game Norwich's Liam Gibbs hit the crossbar in time added on Southampton's Samuel Edozie had a goal ruled out for offside just before Azaz's opener Saints, unbeaten in 11 games, move into play-offs with win, Canaries six points behind in 12th MK Dons lead after an own goal from Matt Macey as ball ricochets of the Colchester keeper Goal originally awarded to MK Dons' Aaron Collins following a scramble in the penalty area Get Involved: Use yellow button on page Andrew Raeburn and Deepak Mahay FT: MK Dons 1-0 Colchester David Gregory Ex-Colchester midfielder on BBC Essex I thought the second half was competitive, if anything Colchester probably had the better of the territory, but they never tested the keeper enough. Yes they battled hard, but in the end MK Dons ran the clock down and got over the line. I think your looking at seven wins out of eight if you're in with half a chance of the play-offs, maybe even more than that. They need to take the game to Bromley now, just like they did in the second half. Colchester will be frustrated that they didn't create enough chances in the second half that their play deserved. MK Dons 1-0 Colchester It wasn't pretty - the winning goal was particularly scrappy - but MK Dons have got the three points over the line. Colchester were spirited and at times looked capable of causing issues for the in-form home side, but they couldn't work the goalkeeper often enough. Bromley's lead at the top of League Two is cut to two points. MK Dons 1-0 Colchester David Gregory Ex-Colchester midfielder on BBC Essex Colchester haven't worked the MK Dons keeper as much as they would have liked to in this second half. MK Dons 1-0 Colchester Two minutes of added-on time to play. A Colchester cross evades everyone and goes out of play for a goal kick. Frustrated U's boss Danny Cowley urges his team on but it's looking in vain so far. MK Dons 1-0 Colchester And the U's do threaten at the start of injury time, with Jack Payne working some space for himself before firing narrowly wide of the post. MK Dons 1-0 Colchester That's a bit of good news for Colchester fans. MK Dons 1-0 Colchester Into the final few minutes in this tight, tense League Two encounter. Colchester have played their part in this game but are they going to come up short? Southampton 1-0 Norwich And it does! Finn Azaz's first-half goal and Daniel Peretz's crucial late saves have clinched victory for the Saints. They are into the top six in the Championship for the first time since the opening day. Southampton 1-0 Norwich Daniel Peretz with a big save! Ruairi Mc Conville rises well to head towards goal but the Southampton keeper comes up trumps to deny him. That might just clinch the clean sheet and the win. Southampton 1-0 Norwich Seven minutes of pure nerves. .. been here before! Tom, Salisbury So so nervous… my heart can’t take it Southampton! Jay, Southampton Southampton 1-0 Norwich Liam Gibbs' cross comes off the boot of Jack Stephens and it balloons up and hits the top of the bar. Saints hanging on a little bit. Southampton 1-0 Norwich Clement has performed miracles with us, but so many Norwich injuries are difficult to overcome. Glen, Ipswich Southampton 1-0 Norwich Chris Goreham BBC Radio Norfolk commentator Norwich are having plenty of territory, but they're not knocking on the door hard enough. MK Dons 1-0 Colchester MK Dons threaten through Scott Hogan but he delays his shot long enough to allow Jack Tucker to make a good block. There's 10 minutes left in this one. Southampton 1-0 Norwich Saints have switched to a 5-4-1 formation as they try to see out this game. But will that mean they just invite pressure? Southampton 1-0 Norwich Norwich have hope with seven minutes to be added on. How's your nerves, Saints fans? Southampton 1-0 Norwich I think if we had Makama or Toure tonight it could be a different game. I like Kvistgaarden but he's not a number 9. At least not Clement's type of number 9. Jason, Redruth Southampton 1-0 Norwich Bree's form since he came back from Charlton has been superb. Noel, Bath Southampton 1-0 Norwich The final substitution window for Norwich and they use up their last two possible changes - Jacob Wright and Amankwah Forson replace Ali Ahmed and Anis Slimane. Southampton then make a substitution, Nathan Wood on for Kuryu Matsuki. Southampton 1-0 Norwich Amankwah Forson to score the final goal - book it. Joe, Norwich Last Updated 18th March 2026 at 21: 43 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Tonda Eckert Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1 Manager: Philippe Clement Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Tonda Eckert Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1 Manager: Philippe Clement Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Championship All competitions All competitions All competitions Southampton are winless in their last three league meetings with Norwich City (D2 L1), since a 2-0 victory in the Premier League in February 2022. After a 1-0 victory in January 2008, Norwich City are winless in their eight league visits to Southampton since (D3 L5), conceding 20 goals in that run (2. 5 per game). Southampton have lost only one of their 11 home league games under Tonda Eckert (W7 D3), winning three of their last four matches since a 1-2 loss to Hull City in January. Indeed, only Ipswich Town (0) have lost fewer home games in the Championship in that time. Norwich City have won five of their last six away league games (L1), as many as in their previous 33 matches (D12 L16), while they could record three successive away league clean sheets for the first time since January 2018 (4). Southampton’s Finn Azaz has four goal involvements in six previous league appearances against Norwich City (3 goals, 1 assist). Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.