Half-time: Brentford 3 Huddersfield 0

Sergi Canos, Lasse Vibe and Alan Judge were all on target in a thoroughly dominant first-half performance by Brentford.

It took Dean Smith’s side just five minutes to go in front, with a neat move involving Judge, Vibe and John Swift, who set up Liverpool loanee Canos for the opener.

Harlee Dean, back in the Bees side, split the Huddersfield defence with a ball for Vibe but he fired his shot straight at keeper Jed Steer.

It proved only brief respite as a few minutes later Vibe did beat Steer after being sent away by James Tarkowski.

And just after the half-hour mark, Judge floated in a free-kick that beat everyone inside the box and went straight in with no other players getting a touch.

Huddersfield were unable to cope with Brentford for much of the first 45 minutes, and the Bees look well set for victory.