Birmingham City have come from two goals down to force a 2-2 draw with West Ham United at St Andrews.

Frederic Piquionne netted his fourth goal of the season three minutes after the re-start with a drilled shot across Ben Foster to give the visitors the lead before Valon Behrami added a second ten minutes later with a first-time finish from a Carlton Cole pass.

But these two goals kicked Birmingham into action and they hit back in the 64th minute when Cameron Jerome was teed up by a Nikola Zigic header and flashed home from close range before Liam Ridgewell got a leveler nine minutes later when Hammers keeper Robert Green could only parry a Sebastian Larsson free-kick into the path of the defender.

The match that got away consigned West Ham to bottom place on the table as Birmingham were able to temporarily move up to 14th with Liverpool, on equal points, still to play.

Birmingham City: 2 (Cameron Jerome 64', Liam Ridgewell 73') West Ham United: 2 (Frederic Piquionne 48', Valon Behrami 58')

Venue: St Andrews, Birmingham Crowd: 26,474 Referee: Michael Oliver Yellow cards:BC - nil WHU - Victor Obinna 82'

Starting Line-Ups

Birmingham Ben Foster (gk), Stephen Carr, Roger Johnson, Liam Ridgewell, Scott Dann, Sebastian Larsson, Barry Ferguson, Keith Fahey (Gardner 60'), Alexander Hleb (Beausejour 60'), Cameron Jerome (Bowyer 89'), Nikola Zigic

Subs - Colin Doyle (gk), Craig Gardner (60'), Jean Beausejour (60'), Lee Bowyer (89'), Stuart Parnaby, Kevin Phillips, Matt Derbyshire

West Ham Robert Green (gk), Danny Gabbidon, Matthew Upson, Herita Ilunga, Lars Jacobsen, Scott Parker, Luis Boa Morte (Dyer 83'), Valon Behrami, Carlton Cole, Frederic Piquionne, Victor Obinna (Kovac 90+1')

Subs - Marek Stech (gk), Kieron Dyer (83'), Radoslav Kovac (90+1'), Winston Reid, James Tomkins, Pablo Barrera, Benni McCarthy