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Andi Weimann (centre) scores West Brom's winner against Birmingham City at the HawthornsAndi Weimann clipped home West Bromwich Albion's late winner to edge victory over Birmingham City.
The former Aston Villa striker met Darnell Furlong's low right-wing cross with a neat left-foot flick to settle a scrappy West Midlands derby.
It was Weimann's first goal for the club following his January move from Bristol City, to bring a surprise conclusion to what had looked destined to be a goalless draw.
But there were angry scenes at the final whistle as Blues substitute Juninho Bacuna exchanged words with referee David Webb to complain about alleged racist abuse from the home end.
Players from both sides and Hawthorns matchday stewards also got involved.
Albion end losing run against Blues
Blues had won the four previous meetings between the two clubs but, in a game of few chances, it always looked like it would take just one moment of inspiration to end the stalemate.
After a shocking non-event of a first half, Alex Mowatt went close after the break with a header from Conor Townsend's right-wing cross which went just wide.
Then Blues came even closer to breaking the deadlock when, from Andre Dozzell's right-wing corner, centre-half Kevin Long thought he had scored.
Long's deft near-post right-foot flick struck the inside of the left upright but fortuitously bounced back into the relieved clutches of Albion keeper Alex Palmer.
But it was the 69th-minute introduction of Weimann that proved telling on his home debut - to sentence Blues boss Tony Mowbray to his first league defeat since succeeding Wayne Rooney.
Line-ups
West Brom
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 24Palmer
- 2FurlongBooked at 78mins
- 5Bartley
- 4KipréBooked at 34minsSubstituted forChalobahat 70'minutes
- 3Townsend
- 35Yokuslu
- 27Mowatt
- 7J WallaceSubstituted forWeimannat 69'minutes
- 19SwiftSubstituted forJohnstonat 62'minutes
- 31FellowsSubstituted forDikeat 84'minutes
- 21Thomas-AsanteSubstituted forMarshallat 62'minutes
Substitutes
- 12Dike
- 14Chalobah
- 15Pieters
- 17Weimann
- 23Johnston
- 25Marshall
- 26Ávila Gordón
- 33Griffiths
- 37Whitwell
Birmingham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Etheridge
- 2Laird
- 6BielikBooked at 55mins
- 26Long
- 3BuchananBooked at 33minsSubstituted forBacunaat 57'minutes
- 16DozzellBooked at 65mins
- 34SunjicSubstituted forAndersonat 75'minutes
- 11MiyoshiSubstituted forPaik Seung-hoat 67'minutes
- 29PritchardSubstituted forJamesat 45'minutes
- 17Dembélé
- 28Stansfield
Substitutes
- 4Roberts
- 7Bacuna
- 8Roberts
- 9Hogan
- 13Paik Seung-ho
- 14Anderson
- 19James
- 44Aiwu
- 48Mayo
Live Text
Match ends, West Bromwich Albion 1, Birmingham City 0.
Second Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 1, Birmingham City 0.
Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Daryl Dike is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Callum Marshall (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is blocked. Assisted by Daryl Dike.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Alex Mowatt.
Foul by Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion).
Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion).
Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Alex Mowatt.
Attempt blocked. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho.
Foul by Callum Marshall (West Bromwich Albion).
Jordan James (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jay Stansfield.
Goal! West Bromwich Albion 1, Birmingham City 0. Andreas Weimann (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Darnell Furlong with a cross.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Daryl Dike replaces Tom Fellows.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion).
Attempt blocked. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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