And James Vaughan also returned to the squad and got a run out - albeit a four-minute one but even he came through that unscathed!
But every silver lining has a cloud and the facts are that - despite completely outplaying Birmingham for most of the game - Everton could only manage a draw for the third successive league game.
Which is far from ideal when you're entering the Christmas period with just 18 points on the board and just four points off the bottom.
Everton came flying out of the blocks in this one and were one nil up after just four minutes after some smart play from Saha and Bilyaletdinov.
Saha cleverly chested Hibberts throw-in into the path of the Russian who jinked towards goal, completely sold two defenders with a drop of the shoulder and leathered the ball past Joe Hart in the Birmingham goal.
Four minutes later and Everton should have been two up.
Tim Cahill played a defence splitting pass through to meet the clever and perfectly timed run of Saha who fired a first time shot through the legs of Hart and into the back fo the net.
The celebrations were cut short though as the linesman had, wrongly, flagged the Frenchman offisde.
Underterred, Everton continued to press Birmingham and were running them completely ragged.
Cahill saw a first time shot tipped over by Hart, Cameron Jerome cleared a header from Marouane Fellaini and Roger Johnson blocked a goal-bound drive from Leon Osman after a flowing Everton move.
Then Birmingham equalised!
There didn't appear to be much on as Jerome held up the ball on the edge of the Everton area, but a momentary lapse from Fellaini allowed Sebastian Larsson to run into the area, take the ball from Jerome and sweep the ball past Tim Howard.
And, despite their amazing 5-game winning streak, it became apparent that Birmingham were going to be happy with the draw in this one as they kept 11 men behind the ball for pretty much the remainder of the game.
Everton still passed the ball around well but Birmingham were closing down and keeping them from creating many meaningful attacks and the half finished one all.
The second half then carried on where the first left off with Everton playing most of the football but being frustrated by Birmingham's stoic defending.
Tim Cahill headed a Leighton Baines cross wide and was then wrongly flagged offside - frigging linesmen! - as he broke clear of the Birmingham back line.
Louis Saha fired into the side netting and then played a killer ball through to Yakubu - on for Bilyaletdinov - but the ball just ran away from the Nigerian and Joe Hart was able to clear for a corner.
And Steven Pienaar somehow managed to spoon a couple of good openings well over the bar!
In between those Everton attacks there were also two good penalty shouts from Everton.
The first came when Jerome blocked a Leighton Baines cross with his arm but the referee opted to give a corner.
Then Stephen Carr - looking alarmingly like a fat Nosferatu these days, all bald head and big eyebrows - snidely punched the ball of Louis Saha's head when the Frenchman looked certain to nod the ball past Hart.
And so it came to pass that the Blues dropped home points again, as against Stoke and Wolves and, once more, didn't take the three pointa that the performance deserved, as against the Shite.
If we keep performing like this then we should get more wins on the board but, with a lot of tough games coming up in the next couple of months, we need to turn results in our favour, regardless of performances.
And James Vaughan also returned to the squad and got a run out - albeit a four-minute one but even he came through that unscathed!
But every silver lining has a cloud and the facts are that - despite completely outplaying Birmingham for most of the game - Everton could only manage a draw for the third successive league game.
Which is far from ideal when you're entering the Christmas period with just 18 points on the board and just four points off the bottom.
Everton came flying out of the blocks in this one and were one nil up after just four minutes after some smart play from Saha and Bilyaletdinov.
Saha cleverly chested Hibberts throw-in into the path of the Russian who jinked towards goal, completely sold two defenders with a drop of the shoulder and leathered the ball past Joe Hart in the Birmingham goal.
Four minutes later and Everton should have been two up.
Tim Cahill played a defence splitting pass through to meet the clever and perfectly timed run of Saha who fired a first time shot through the legs of Hart and into the back fo the net.
The celebrations were cut short though as the linesman had, wrongly, flagged the Frenchman offisde.
Underterred, Everton continued to press Birmingham and were running them completely ragged.
Cahill saw a first time shot tipped over by Hart, Cameron Jerome cleared a header from Marouane Fellaini and Roger Johnson blocked a goal-bound drive from Leon Osman after a flowing Everton move.
Then Birmingham equalised!
There didn't appear to be much on as Jerome held up the ball on the edge of the Everton area, but a momentary lapse from Fellaini allowed Sebastian Larsson to run into the area, take the ball from Jerome and sweep the ball past Tim Howard.
And, despite their amazing 5-game winning streak, it became apparent that Birmingham were going to be happy with the draw in this one as they kept 11 men behind the ball for pretty much the remainder of the game.
Everton still passed the ball around well but Birmingham were closing down and keeping them from creating many meaningful attacks and the half finished one all.
The second half then carried on where the first left off with Everton playing most of the football but being frustrated by Birmingham's stoic defending.
Tim Cahill headed a Leighton Baines cross wide and was then wrongly flagged offside - frigging linesmen! - as he broke clear of the Birmingham back line.
Louis Saha fired into the side netting and then played a killer ball through to Yakubu - on for Bilyaletdinov - but the ball just ran away from the Nigerian and Joe Hart was able to clear for a corner.
And Steven Pienaar somehow managed to spoon a couple of good openings well over the bar!
In between those Everton attacks there were also two good penalty shouts from Everton.
The first came when Jerome blocked a Leighton Baines cross with his arm but the referee opted to give a corner.
Then Stephen Carr - looking alarmingly like a fat Nosferatu these days, all bald head and big eyebrows - snidely punched the ball of Louis Saha's head when the Frenchman looked certain to nod the ball past Hart.
And so it came to pass that the Blues dropped home points again, as against Stoke and Wolves and, once more, didn't take the three pointa that the performance deserved, as against the Shite.
If we keep performing like this then we should get more wins on the board but, with a lot of tough games coming up in the next couple of months, we need to turn results in our favour, regardless of performances.
