The Bees heaped further misery on the division's bottom side, which also saw Jorgen Strand Larsen's tame 88th-minute penalty saved.

Wolves went close to breaking the deadlock midway through the first half when David Moller Wolfe's deflected cross was tipped over the crossbar by Caoimhin Kelleher.

Jose Sa then came to the hosts' rescue after the break to deny Kevin Schade twice in the space of a minute.

However, Brentford broke through in the 63rd minute when Lewis-Potter neatly steered home after the Wolves defence was slow to react to Vitaly Janelt's lofted ball into the box.

Lewis-Potter then nodded in Mikkel Damsgaard's cross seven minutes from time to seal all three points, although the Bees survived a late scare when Strand Larsen's spot-kick was thwarted by Kelleher, who tripped Matt Doherty in the box.