The Championship side however, slavaged a draw with a goal from Sebastian Larsson just 12 minutes before the final whistle.
Birmingham: Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Radhi Jaidi, Liam Ridgewell, David Murphy, Sebastian Larsson, Jordan Mutch, Lee Carsley, Gary McSheffrey, Kevin Phillips, Gary O'Connor. Subs: Colin Doyle, Martin Taylor, Cameron Jerome, Mehdi Nafti, James McFadden, Franck Queudrue, Stuart Parnaby, Marcus Bent.
Fulham: Mark Schwarzer, John Pantsil, Paul Konchesky, Brede Hangeland, Aaron Hughes, Simon Davies, Zoltan Gera, Danny Murphy, Jimmy Bullard, Seol Ki-Hyeon, Bobby Zamora. Subs: David Stockdale, Fredrik Stoor, David Healy, Eddie Johnson, Steven Davis, Leon Andreasen, Toni Kallio.