Peter Odemwingie scored a hat-trick as West Bromwich Albion thrashed Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-1 in the Premier League's Black Country derby.
After several chances to score in the opening stages, West Brom took 35 minutes to finally find a way through.
Odemwingie shot from outside the area and it deflected in past Wayne Hennessey.
Despite having much of the first half possession, West Brom let Wolves back into the game just before half-time.
Steven Fletcher combined with Sylvan Ebanks-Blake to equalise.
But in the second half, West Brom let loose. Wolves were unable to defend a corner, and captain Jonas Olsson gave them the lead when his goal-bound shot was spilled by Hennessey, and bounced over the line.
Wolves had two great chances to equalise moments later.
Ben Foster pulled off a great save to deny Fletcher, and from the resulting corner Roger Johnson saw his header cleared off the line and onto the underside of the bar by Mulumbu.
Midway through the half, West Brom grabbed their third - again from a corner.
Liam Ridgewell headed the ball back across the box, and Olsson back-heeled it to Odemwingie to make it 3-1.
Keith Andrews made it 4-1 with another deflected shot with five minutes to go, and Odemwingie completed his hat-trick from a Morrison cross three minutes later.
"It's my first hat-trick in the Premier League, a very tough league to score in, so I'm very happy about that," Odemwingie said.
"And the extra bonus was that it was in the Black Country derby. We know this game means a lot to our fans so we're very delighted with winning and scoring lots of goals."
West Brom climb further away from the relegation zone, while Wolves drop into the bottom three on goal difference below Blackburn.
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