Brentford 4-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Alan Judge started the rout with his first of the season

Brentford hammered struggling Wolves to equal a 75-year club record of five straight wins in England's second tier.

Wolves - who have lost four on the spin - fell behind when Alan Judge raced on to Andre Gray's pass to claim his first goal of the season with a smart finish.

Alex Pritchard crossed for Stuart Dallas to add a second on 74 minutes before Gray turned in the area to slam his seventh league goal of the season.

Jota added a fourth as Brentford moved third in the table.

Mark Warburton's side have thrust themselves in among the promotion hopefuls with a run of form which has also seen them plunder 14 goals over the five wins.

Their form could not be in starker contrast to Wolves, whose impressive start to the season - including four wins from six games - now looks a distant memory.

Kenny Jackett's players have not scored a goal in over 270 minutes and have just three wins in their last 14.

They started well at Griffin Park but fell behind to Judge's run and finish before half an hour, and could have delivered the perfect response through top-scorer Bakary Sako, but his strike was saved.

Judge could have added a second when he was released into the Wolves box but Carl Ikeme's save offered just brief resistance before the break.

Dallas had been on the field nine minutes when he connected with a Pritchard delivery after the 21-year-old had found space out wide.

It was his third goal of the season but Gray - the club's top-scorer - was rewarded for his own hard work when he collected the ball with his back to goal to find space for a right-foot shot.

Jota replaced the impressive Pritchard on 89 minutes and completed the scoring in injury time, driving past Ikeme from a narrow angle.

Brentford manager Mark Warburton:

"People talk to me about coming into this division and looking to survive, but that's nonsense.

"Our aim isn't just to stay in this division. That is not what we are about. We want to maintain our level of performance and see where we end up in May.

"When we play well we do not fear anyone in this division, but it is a very tough division and if you start letting your standards slip then you'll get hurt as we found out at Middlesbrough."

Wolves head coach Kenny Jackett:

"In the first half it was a close game. We had some big chances and did well on the counter attack, but we gave away a poor first goal from a throw-in and that changed things.

"In the second half we opened up more and we got caught on the counter attack by a very good Brentford side.

"Some of our big players have struggled and are looking for confidence, but our set up defensively and organisationally at times is poor.

"We were very open in the second half and our naivety to the counter attack was the most disturbing thing."