Keane Lewis-Potter struck twice in the second half as Brentford eased to a 2-0 victory over Wolves at Molineux, a result that extended the hosts' club-record losing run to 10 Premier League games and deepened a winless start that now stretches to 17 matches.
The Brentford forward, without a league goal since January, punished slack defending to break the deadlock on 63 minutes and then volleyed in an 83rd-minute second, before goalkeeper Caoimhín Kelleher saved Jørgen Strand Larsen's late penalty to cap another miserable afternoon for Rob Edwards' side. Wolves stay rock-bottom with just two points, 14 adrift of safety, equalling both the longest winless run from the start of a Premier League season and the lowest points tally at Christmas, matching Sheffield United's meagre total from 2020-21, albeit achieved in more games.
Sombre backdrop to a forgettable contest
On a grey, subdued day in Wolverhampton, the football often felt secondary. Before kick-off Molineux fell silent in memory of Ethan McLeod, the Wolves academy product and Macclesfield forward who died in a car accident earlier in the week, with his parents, extended family and brother Conor, a current under-21 player, standing pitchside for an emotional tribute.