Half-time: Huddersfield 0 Brentford 0
Brentford weathered an early storm to go in at half-time level at the John Smith’s Stadium.
Huddersfield started brightly, with former Wolves winger Rajiv van la Parra a regular threat.
He fired straight at Brentford’s debutant keeper Dan Bentley early on and also shot over the bar three times.[phone][/phone]
Joe Lolley also dragged an effort past the far post as Huddersfield showed a big improvement on the 5-1 home defeat by the Bees on the final day of last season.
Brentford tightened up as the half wore on – Scott Hogan had their only real chance after a pass from Lewis Macleod, but Danny Ward made a save.
Bentley, one of four summer signings in the Bees’ starting line-up, denied Lolley and held Jack Payne’s effort to keep his side level.
Subs: Coleman, Cranie, Paurevic, Hefele, Stankovic, Palmer, Scannell.
Brentford: Bentley; Clarke, Egan, Dean, Elder; McEachran, Woods; Sawyers, Kerschbaumer, Macleod; Hogan.
Subs from: Bonham, Yennaris, Field, Holldack, McCormack, Saunders, Hofmann.
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