Brentford began life without top scorer Scott Hogan after he completed his £15million move to Aston Villa - and on this showing they will be just fine without him.
Villa on the other hand could do with him coming in and hitting the ground running after this defeat left them 10 points adrift of the play-offs.
Two goals from Lasse Vibe and one from Nico Yennaris put this game to bed and lifted Brentford above Villa in the table.
The signing of Hogan took Villa’s season spending to over £40m on strikers alone following the summer arrivals of Ross McCormack and Jonathan Kodjia.