Birmingham cruised into the fourth round of the Carling Cup with a 3-1 win over MK Dons at St Andrew's.
Alexander Hleb and Nikola Zigic both scored their first goals for the Second City club, with Craig Gardner netting the third. The Dons pulled one back with ten minutes to go through substitute Aaron Wilbraham.
Birmingham took the lead on 24 minutes through on-loan star Hleb.
Craig Gardner, who had just come on the field as a replacement for the injured Michel, found Jean Beausejour on the left and he set up Hleb on the edge of area to fire past David Martin in the MK Dons goal.
Two minutes later, Alex McLeish's side had doubled the lead. Beausejour again was the instigator, as he arced a cross for Zigic to net.
Gardner then scored a third two minutes later, making it three goals in four minutes, as he drilled a low shot past Martin from distance.
The League One side were woken up by the goalscoring onslaught, with substitute Jabo Ibehre seeing a shot blocked, Dean Lewington twice going close with headers and Lewis Guy forcing a good save from Birmingham goalkeeper Maik Taylor.
Wilbraham deservedly bagged a late consolation for the visitors with a powerful shot in the 80th minute, after shoddy defending in the Birmingham defence.