Johnnie Jackson's 50th goal for Charlton Athletic handed the Addicks their first away win of the season as they beat Birmingham City 1-0 at St Andrew's this afternoon.
The hosts began brightly and within two minutes Jacques Maghoma had tested Ian Henderson after swivelling cleverly inside the area.
Jon Toral then flashed an effort over the bar, while Charlton debutant Ademola Lookman hit a shot into the side-netting at the other end.
Birmingham cranked up the pressure as the first half wore on, with Demarai Gray and David Davis going close.
Henderson then denied Toral with a low save before rushing out to prevent Nicolai Brock-Madsen from giving Birmingham the lead at the break.
Birmingham began the second half as they ended the first, with Gray, Stephen Gleeson and Maghoma all going close.
However, Charlton went ahead against the run of play in the 61st minute when club captain Jackson sent a thumping header beyond Tomasz Kuszczak from Tareiq Holmes-Dennis's cross.
Simon Makienok then headed over the bar from Johann Berg Gudmundsson's cross before Holmes-Dennis's cross-cum-shot was turned away by Kuszczak as Charlton threatened to add a second.
Birmingham threw men forward in the dying stages, but Charlton held firm to move out of the relegation zone as they recorded back-to-back league victories for the first time this season.
Kristian Johnson
