Birmingham City 0-1 Aston Villa: Striker James McFadden looks to get the better of the visitors's Nigel Reo-Coker in the hunt for an early derby goal
Lee Bowyer rises with James Milner as the two look to win control of midfield in the opening stages at a packed St Andrew's
With Milner and Gabriel Agbonlahor wasting good chances for Villa, Sebastian Larsson looks to test debutant Stephen Warnock at the other end in what turns out to be a goalless first half
Another player to make his first start for Martin O'Neill's side is defender Richard Dunne who does his best to frustrate Garry O'Connor's efforts after the interval
Villa begin to build pressure on City's defence and go the closest to scoring in the 78th minute when Steve Sidwell sees his attempt blocked by goalkeeper Joe Hart
Subtitute John Carew causes an increasing number of problems for Birmingham, and it is he who sets up Agbonlahor for the winner with just five minutes to go as Villa move up to sixth
Fulham 2-1 Everton: Both sides start this game in the bottom three and it is the visitors who look like scoring first when Jack Rodwell sees his deflected shot saved by debutant goalkeeper David Stockdale
Dickson Etuhu and Tim Cahill tangle in the centre of the park as the teams largely cancel each other out in a first half hour of few chances
With 33 minutes on the clock, a foul by Danny Murphy gives Leighton Baines the chance to curl a free-kick to Cahill who finds the net with one of his trademark headers
The Cottagers draw level shortly before the hour when Murphy's free-kick comes back of the wall to Paul Konchesky whose shot takes a big deflection off Sylvain Distin on its way into the net
The situation gets worse for Everton shortly after when Etuhu's strong challenge on captain Phil Neville leaves him with a badly cut leg, forcing him out of the game
To add insult to injury, Fulham go on to win the match when Damien Duff's fine left-foot shot beats Tim Howard with 11 minutes to go moving them up to 10th and leaving Everton second from bottom
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