Goals from Mathias Jensen and Myles Peart-Harris either side of half-time, saw Brentford beat League One outfit AFC Wimbledon 2-0 in a behind-closed-doors fixture at Gtech Community Stadium.Sepp van den Berg, Vitaly Janelt and Keane Lewis-Potter were several first-team players to also feature for the Bees on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The hosts started brightly and, inside the first five minutes, Gustavo Nunes<\/a> dribbled down the right and fed Romelle Donovan<\/a> on the edge of the box. The attacking midfielder drove inside and attempted to bend an effort into the bottom-right corner, but it was comfortably saved by Wimbledon goalkeeper Nathan Bishop.<\/p>\n Brentford kept the ball well throughout the opening stages and, just before the half-hour mark, their dominance paid off.<\/p>\n Jensen<\/a> received the ball in a central area and jinked his way past three Wimbledon players, before firing a shot through the goalkeeper from the edge of the penalty area.<\/p>\n The League One side had a couple of chances of their own before half-time, one of which forced a good save from Bees keeper Ellery Balcombe<\/a> from a close-range attempt.<\/p>\n Lewis-Potter<\/a> then had a free-kick from a wide area saved well, before Josh Stephenson<\/a> also had a shot kept out by the Wimbledon keeper.<\/p>\n Former Brentford player Myles Hippolyte had a good chance to equalise just before half-time when he received the ball in the final third after a poor pass but, when one-on-one with Balcombe, he put his effort wide of the post.<\/p>\n After a quiet start to the second half, the Bees doubled their lead on 70 minutes. <\/p>\n Nunes skipped past a Wimbledon full-back and delivered a peach of a cross with the outside of his foot into Peart-Harris<\/a>, who volleyed home from close range.<\/p>\n The Brazilian winger continued to look dangerous with his positive dribbling, which won the west Londoners a free-kick on the edge of the area as the game came to a close.<\/p>\n Lewis-Potter again stepped up to take it, but his goal-bound effort was blocked well by a Wimbledon defender in the wall.<\/p>\n