Birmingham City 1-0 Fulham
Last Updated: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:04
Lee Bowyer's first-half strike was enough to give Birmingham all three points and move them further away from the drop zone.
Birmingham started the game well and made their dominance count on 16 minutes when James McFadden flicked the ball over the Fulham defence for Bowyer, the midfielder controlling the ball well before lobbing it over Mark Schwarzer.
Fulham failed to test Joe Hart for the majority of the game, but did come close at the end of the first half when Brede Hangeland met Jonathan Greening's corner only for the Norwegian defender to head it over the bar.
Birmingham were forced to defend for the majority of the second half and had to survive some nervy moments as Fulham piled on the pressure, Clint Dempsey going close with a header that Hart had to palm away.
Damien Duff and Zoltan Gera also went close but couldn't find a way through as Birmingham hung on to move level on 15 points with the Cottagers.