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Ben Mee scored his first goal in the Premier League this seasonBrentford returned to winning ways with a deserved victory against Premier League strugglers Luton.
Neal Maupay put the Bees in front early in the second half when he prodded in from close range after Ben Mee scuffed a shot.
Mee did not have to wait long to get his name on the scoresheet, as his header just seven minutes later put Brentford firmly in the driving seat.
Jacob Brown gave Luton hope by halving the hosts' lead, but Shandon Baptiste calmed Brentford's nerves by restoring the two-goal cushion.
In almost an exact repeat of Luton's meeting with Crystal Palace last Saturday, there was a distinct lack of goalmouth action early on at both ends of the field at Gtech Community Stadium.
Tha drabness was summed up by the fact Hatters goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski was shown a yellow card for time-wasting in the 38th minute.
Brentford's Yegor Yarmolyuk went closest to scoring for either side before the break when his low shot was deflected narrowly wide by Luton's Carlton Morris.
But the Bees, who dominated possession without creating enough in the first period, came out with more purpose in the second period and were given an extra boost as Luton captain Tom Lockyer failed to re-emerge after sustaining an injury.
Luton had to wait until the 61st-minute to register their first attempt on or off target in the game, substitute Brown firing a speculative effort wide of goal.
Brown showed greater accuracy 15 minutes later with his second shot, Luton's first on target, when he latched on to a beautiful defence-splitting ball from Ross Barkley before driving low past Mark Flekken.
Brentford's Baptiste, scoring his first goal since December 2021, wrapped up the points with just under 10 minutes remaining when he reacted quickest to convert after Keane Lewis-Potter's shot was parried into his path.
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Brentford
Squad number1Player nameFlekken
Squad number14Player nameGhoddos
Squad number5Player namePinnock
Squad number16Player nameMee
Squad number27Player nameJanelt
Squad number15Player nameOnyeka
Squad number6Player nameNørgaard
Squad number33Player nameYarmoliuk
Squad number19Player nameMbeumo
Squad number7Player nameMaupay
Squad number11Player nameWissa
Squad number23Player nameLewis-Potter
Squad number25Player namePeart-Harris
Squad number26Player nameBaptiste
Squad number30Player nameRoerslev
Luton Town
Squad number24Player nameKaminski
Squad number15Player nameMengi
Squad number4Player nameLockyer
Squad number2Player nameOsho
Squad number12Player nameKaboré
Squad number17Player nameMpanzu
Squad number6Player nameBarkley
Squad number29Player nameBell
Squad number14Player nameChong
Squad number7Player nameOgbene
Squad number9Player nameMorris
Squad number11Player nameAdebayo
Squad number18Player nameClark
Squad number19Player nameBrown
Squad number26Player nameGiles
Squad number30Player nameTownsend
Line-ups
Brentford
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Flekken
- 14GhoddosSubstituted forRoerslevat 77'minutes
- 5Pinnock
- 16Mee
- 27Janelt
- 15Onyeka
- 6NørgaardBooked at 81mins
- 33YarmoliukSubstituted forBaptisteat 70'minutes
- 19MbeumoSubstituted forLewis-Potterat 78'minutes
- 7MaupaySubstituted forPeart-Harrisat 90+2'minutes
- 11Wissa
Substitutes
- 4Goode
- 13M Jorgensen
- 21Strakosha
- 23Lewis-Potter
- 25Peart-Harris
- 26Baptiste
- 30Roerslev
- 37Olakigbe
- 41Angelini
Luton
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 24KaminskiBooked at 38mins
- 15MengiSubstituted forGilesat 76'minutes
- 4LockyerSubstituted forBrownat 45'minutes
- 2Osho
- 12Kaboré
- 17MpanzuSubstituted forClarkat 60'minutes
- 6Barkley
- 29Bell
- 14ChongBooked at 50mins
- 7OgbeneSubstituted forTownsendat 60'minutes
- 9MorrisSubstituted forAdebayoat 61'minutes
Substitutes
- 8Berry
- 11Adebayo
- 18Clark
- 19Brown
- 23Krul
- 26Giles
- 30Townsend
- 38Johnson
- 43Nelson
Referee:Anthony Taylor
Attendance:17,075
Live Text
Match ends, Brentford 3, Luton Town 1.
Second Half ends, Brentford 3, Luton Town 1.
Foul by Shandon Baptiste (Brentford).
Jordan Clark (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Yoane Wissa (Brentford).
Amari'i Bell (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Luton Town. Amari'i Bell is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Ross Barkley (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andros Townsend.
Attempt missed. Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Frank Onyeka (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vitaly Janelt.
Myles Peart-Harris (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Elijah Adebayo (Luton Town).
Substitution, Brentford. Myles Peart-Harris replaces Neal Maupay.
Offside, Luton Town. Andros Townsend is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Ross Barkley (Luton Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Foul by Mads Roerslev (Brentford).
Tahith Chong (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt blocked. Elijah Adebayo (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tahith Chong.
Attempt blocked. Tahith Chong (Luton Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
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