Hannibal Mejbri silenced West Brom as the Manchester United loanee inspired Birmingham’s 2-0 derby win.
The midfielder bagged his first senior goal with an audacious free-kick before setting up Krystian Bielik’s clincher.
Blackburn Rovers will travel to the King Power Stadium to face Leicester City in the fifth round of the FA Cup after a 1-0 win over Birmingham in extra-time at St Andrew’s.
On-loan Arsenal defender Auston Trusty diverted Sammie Szmodics’ 100th-minute cross into his own net after Birmingham had dominated the second half, with Rovers goalkeeper Aynsley Pears thwarting Blues numerous times.
Birmingham produced a second-half comeback to avoid an FA third-round upset with a 2-1 win at Forest Green.
Goals from Lukas Jutkiewicz and Kevin Long sent Championship side Birmingham through despite a scare from League One’s bottom club.
Anass Zaroury took less than a minute to announce his return from the World Cup as Burnley secured a 3-0 win over Birmingham.
The Morocco winger, who played for his country in the play-off for third place just 10 days earlier, was thrown straight back into the action by manager Vincent Kompany and responded by scoring the quickest goal in the Championship this season, with 50 seconds on the clock.
Troy Deeney scored a first-half brace as Birmingham held off a late fightback to edge a narrow 3-2 Sky Bet Championship victory over Reading and move up to seventh in the table.
Deeney’s first goal came after only 56 seconds when the Royals failed to clear their lines following a Juninho Bacuna cross.
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