Fulham struck twice after the break at the edge to football and leave security in Birmingham, facing drop.
Brian McBride headed home Jimmy Bullard free-kick after 52 minutes to set Fulham on the way to victory.
Radhi Jaidi headed wide from Birmingham a better chance with five minutes left before Erik Nevland broke clear to add Fulham in the second. Free Bets
Fulham exit the bottom three and Birmingham are under tremendous pressure in its last home game against Blackburn.
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Craven Cottage crowd celebrated wildly at the final whistle, when Roy Hodgson towards their record third victory in four matches to spark unlikely revival after they looked relegation installation. Free Bets
Birmingham has never represented a serious threat and can live with regret losing two goals lead against Liverpool at St Andrews last Saturday. Free Bets
Fulham won inevitable in the early nerves to open with greater fluency and McBride rattled Birmingham bar with a powerful header - although he was outside the rules.
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And Taylor came to the rescue in Birmingham against his former club after eight minutes when Bullard tidy worked free-kick by Simon Davies, who held his head in pain as the keeper pulled out stunning reflex stop from 10 yards.
Birmingham edged its way into the game, and should have gone ahead after 29 minutes, only for Mikael Forssell to miscontrol goal right before Sebastian Larsson cross.
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And it took time to stop from Aaron Hughes to deny the Finn as he threatened to take good work from James McFadden.
Bullard was at the heart of most of the Fulham best work - and he played an important role when they went ahead five minutes after the break.
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He Mix free-kick from the left flank and McBride shtri applied with a fine diving header.
Diomansy Kamara almost added a second with a mazy Doing that took him past a succession of Birmingham defenders, but his final shot was way out of goal. Free Bets
Fulham refused to sit back on the lead and Clint Dempsey should have scored with 17 minutes left, just over the head of Simon Davies cross, when good.
Birmingham finally created a clear opening five minutes left, but Jaidi headed wide from only eight yards - and within seconds Fulham were swept down field to score Nevland crucial second.Free Bets
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