Birmingham City won the West Midlands derby against West Bromwich Albion with ease after Hannibal Mejbri scored the first goal and assisted on the second. This gave Birmingham City back-to-back Championship victories.
The Tunisian scored his first goal as a senior on the midfielder on loan from Manchester United's 10th minute low curling free-kick.
The Polish midfielder Krystian Bielik scored his first goal for the team seven minutes into the second half after he then swung over the left-wing corner.
It was underwhelming Albion's third loss in four league and cup games, while Blues built on their 4-3 comeback victory at Swansea last Saturday.
From the moment Mejbri made such a sensational breakthrough, Albion had a tough road ahead of them.
Mejbri quickly noticed that David Button's positioning gave him a gap to aim for inside the Albion goalkeeper's left-hand upright when Blues won a free kick near the edge of the penalty area on the right side at the Gil Merrick Stand end.
But there was still a gap to be found, which he did with a low right-foot curler expertly bent around the outside of Grady Diangana, who was standing in for a wall.
If Button had any self-doubt, he had to be at his best moments before halftime to block Mejbri's second, even more fiercely struck free kick.
But seven minutes into the second half, Bielik jumped highest to meet Mejbri's left-wing delivery and head in, dodging Button's dejected last-ditch sprint from the line.
In his first game as Albion manager, Carlos Corberan made five second-half substitutions, three of them all at once, but it was in vain. He had ended rumors linking him to the vacant managerial position at Leeds United by signing a new long-term Albion contract.
Despite having more than two thirds of the possession and spending a lot of time in the Blues' half late in the game, the Baggies only managed one shot on goal.
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Blues will now play another floodlit home game against Cardiff City on Tuesday after their fourth Friday night victory of the season, and then they will travel to Huddersfield on Saturday.
Now, Albion will host Blackburn Rovers on Wednesday before traveling to Watford, led by former manager Slaven Bilic, on the following Monday.
