Hannibal Mejbri scored the first and made the second as Birmingham City made it back-to-back Championship victories by comfortably winning the West Midlands derby against West Bromwich Albion.

The on-loan Manchester United midfielder's superbly taken low curling 10th-minute free-kick earned the Tunisian his first senior goal.

He then swung over the left-wing corner from which Polish midfielder Krystian Bielik also claimed his first goal for the club seven minutes into the second half.

On a night when their fans again noisily protested at the Championship club's ongoing failure to find new owners, it was an indication that John Eustace's side have rediscovered that backs-to-the-wall spirit that carried them through the first half of the season.

While Blues built on their 4-3 comeback win at Swansea last Saturday to move 10 points clear of danger, it was under-par Albion's third defeat in four league and cup games.

Hannibal later said: "It was a great game, a good derby and I had the chance to score and I'm very happy. The atmosphere was really nice and I enjoyed the moment.

"No message [from the bench about the free-kick], the only message was in my head, I saw the keeper was a bit too high so I acted like I was going to cross.

"We are a big family, when someone needs help, you are always there. When it was hard, we stick together and when it's good we all enjoy it together."