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.
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.
