Cheltenham Town were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Birmingham City at the first hurdle, with both goals coming from Juninho Bacuna.
The Curaçao international opened the scoring with a heavily deflected effort in the 24th minute, with his shot hitting Liam Smith, giving Luke Southwood no chance.
His second was a perfectly placed free-kick from the edge of the box in the 32nd minute.
Southwood made a string of smart saves to keep it to 2-0, but Cheltenham failed to trouble Neil Etheridge at the other end, with no shots on target throughout the 90 minutes.
Wade Elliott's Robins side play Bolton Wanderers at home in League One on Saturday afternoon.
Cheltenham Town (3-4-2-1): Southwood; Long, Davies, Freestone; Smith (Sambu 82), Chapman, Thompson (Sercombe 46), Williams; Olayinka (Adshead 46), Hammond (King 81); Street (Keena 46). Subs not used: Harris, Bradbury, Horton, Ferry.
Birmingham City (4-2-3-1): Etheridge; Oakley (Sunjic 46), Sanderson, Long, Longelo; Chang, James; Miyoshi (Dembele 64), Bacuna (Gardner 87), Anderson (Khela 81); Jutkiewicz (Cosgrove 81). Subs not used: Bielik, Hogan, Jeacock, Donovan.
Referee: Craig Hicks.
Attendance: 4,026 (1,513 away).
See how the action unfolded in our live blog below
Key Events
The wait goes on
Cheltenham Town have not scored a goal at home in the EFL Cup since August 2018
Southwood
Deservedly named man of the match for Cheltenham, he's made at least 10 excellent saves to keep it at 2-0
Sam Cosgrove
Who scored against Cheltenham for Plymouth last season, about to go on along with Khela
Still 2-0 to Blues
15 minutes left, Chapman shown a yellow card for a foul midway inside the Cheltenham half
Bit of pushing and shoving
In the box before the corner is taken, James and Southwood shown yellow cards in the 63rd minute
Bacuna
Shot, this time it's off for a throw-in in the 57th minute, went for the spectacular to complete his hat-trick
Three changes
Cheltenham half-time subs: Keena for Street, Sercombe for Thompson and Adshead for Olayinka
Anderson
Through on goal, Southwood does well to deny him one-on-one in the second minute of time added on
