Wolves 3–1 Brentford

Sully Kaikai's first goal for Brentford was not enough for Dean Smith's men to get anything from this afternoon's trip to Molineux.

A second half brace from Joao Teixeira and an injury time strike from Ivan Cavaleiro after Kaikai had pulled one back for the Bees was enough to win it for Wolves.

The first chance of the game fell to Scott Hogan, who forced Carl Ikeme into a good save after connecting with Lewis Macleod's pull back, but that was about as good as it got for Brentford in a forgettable first half.

It took an important last ditch challenge from John Egan to stop a two-on-one chance for Wolves, while the hosts had a big penalty shot turned down when Teixeira went down easily under the challenge of Maxime Colin, and Dan Bentley saved well at his near post from Danny Baath.

But Wolves took the lead barely a minute into the second half when they broke from inside their own half and Texeira conjured up a delightful finish from the edge of the area.

It got worse for Brentford when Josh McEachran was stretchered off following the goal, and they had a big let off soon after when it took two goalline clearances to keep out the hosts following an almighty scramble in the area.

Wolves were not to be denied their second, however, and Texeira again delivered it when he scored direct from a free kick on the left hand corner of the Brentford area, which flew past Bentley and into the far corner.

Brentford pulled one back just after the hour mark when sub Nico Yennaris beautifully teed up Kaikai on the left hand side of the Wolves area, and the Crystal Palace loanee rifled into the top corner at the near post.

The Bees then had their own penalty shout turned down when there appeared to be a Wolves handball in the area, but nothing was given, and Harlee Dean was booked for his protests.

Egan and Vibe should both have done better with close range headers as Brentford piled on the pressure late on, but from one such attack, Wolves broke and had a three-on-one after Ryan Woods missed his challenge, and Cavaleiro had the simple task of wrapping the game up for the home side.