Wrexham 0 Brentford 3 After four months without an away win, Brentford made it two wins in two games on the road on Saturday with a convincing display against relegation threatened Wrexham, writes Robert Trand.

Brentford captain Paul Evans, back in his home country, had a good game and went close early on. His free kick from the halfway line had Wrexham keeper David Walsh scampering back, grateful that the shot just missed the top of the goal. Walsh was then tested again when Owusu received the ball in the area, his poked shot producing a good save low to the keeper's right.

However, Walsh was powerless against the Bees' next attack on the half hour mark. From a free kick just inside the Welsh half Dobson touched the ball to Evans, who slammed a shot from 35 yards which bounced off the wet surface and into the back of the net.

The Bees had been fortunate ten minutes before the goal when Wrexham drove past Dobson to the byline. The ball was pulled back to Darren Ferguson, whose shot was blocked bravely and amid shouts for a penalty Evans nipped in to clear the danger.

The Bees nearly doubled their lead after excellent work by Martin Rowlands. The midfielder put pressure on the keeper, whose kick was poor, and Ben Burgess collected the ball before threading a perfect ball to Steven Hunt, who had raced into the area. Hunt was denied as the keeper redeemed himself with an excellent save.

Brentford increased their lead minutes later when Burgess, on the left wing, curled a magnificent ball to the back post, from where Rowlands scored with a delightful volley on the run.

The game looked all but over, but the home side battled back strongly, putting pressure on the Bees goal. In the 64th minute a Wayne Phillips effort left Smith scampering along his line to make the save.

Rowlands had not scored all season until Bristol City last week and he nearly doubled his tally in this game after another excellent ball to the back post by Burgess. Rowlands had charged in at pace, but with the ball at a difficult height his shot flew high over the goal into the away end.

Brentford continued to create chances and again went close from a Steven Hunt corner. The ball fell in the area and Steven Sidwell, who had a fine game, saw his shot blocked on the line. At the other end, a Ferguson corner was nearly turned in by Faulconbridge, the ball just creeping wide of the post for another corner.

The resulting corner was then headed clear by Ingimarsson straight to 6ft 7in Trinidad centre back Dennis Lawrence. Lawrence looked in control of the situation, but Evans robbed him of the ball and quickly fed Rowlands. The on-form midfielder outpaced the covering defender, ran half the length of the pitch and rounded the keeper to tuck home his second and the Bees' third.

With such a comfortable margin, manager Steve Coppell took the opportunity to introduce substitutes O'Connor, Gibbs and Boxall for his first appearance for the Bees since his terrible injury at Kenilworth Road.

Brentford nearly ended with a fourth goal from the unlikely source of Ijah Anderson, his fierce strike rebounding back off the post.

The travelling fans were buoyed further by the news after the final whistle that rivals Reading and Brighton had drawn and that Stoke had lost, thus boosting dreams of an automatic promotion spot.