Thomas Frank registered his 100th win as Brentford head coach, confirming a top-10 Premier League finish in the process, thanks to a 2-0 victory over West Ham United at the Gtech Community Stadium.

Despite the absence of top scorer Ivan Toney due to a minor hamstring injury, the Bees created chances at will against a much-changed West Ham side.

Bryan Mbeumo’s crisp finish opened the scoring after 20 minutes with Yoane Wissa flicking home a second just before the break.

The Hammers briefly threatened after the break, Danny Ings having a goal chalked off by VAR for handball, but it was an otherwise comfortable afternoon in the west London sunshine for Frank’s Bees.

Wissa leads the line in Toney’s absence

Brentford’s headline team news was the absence of 20-goal striker Toney due to a minor hamstring injury. His place leading the line was taken by Wissa.

Switching to a back four, Kevin Schade came in on the left side of attack in place of Zanka while there was a straight swap of Mikkel Damsgaard for Frank Onyeka in midfield.

David Moyes’ team selection was made with more than half an eye on Thursday’s Europa Conference League semi-final second leg against AZ Alkmaar.

He made seven changes from their last Premier League game with Lucasz Fabianski, Angelo Ogbonna, Nayef Aguerd and Tomas Soucek the survivors from that win over Manchester United.

Pablo Fornals, Manuel Lanzini, Maxwel Cornet and Ings lined up in an all-new front four for the Hammers.

Brentford: Raya; Hickey (Roerslev 85), Mee, Pinnock, Henry; Janelt, Jensen (Onyeka 70), Damsgaard (Baptiste 77); Mbeumo, Schade (Ghoddos 85), Wissa (Dasilva 77)

Subs not used: Cox, Zanka, Ajer, Stevens

West Ham United: Fabianski; Johnson, Aguerd, Ogbonna, Emerson; Downes, Soucek (Rice 57); Fornals (Mubama 57), Lanzini, Cornet (Benrahma 57); Ings (Bowen 83)

Subs not used: Areola, Cresswell, Zouma, Paqueta, Kehrer

Attendance: 17,075

Brentford lead by two at the break

Brentford controlled the game from the off against their much-changed opponents.

The Bees enjoyed long spells of early possession and turned that into some very presentable first-half chances.

The first of those came on seven minutes as Damsgaard beat everybody to Schade’s teasing cross but sent his flicked header across goal and narrowly wide.

For all of the Bees’ time in possession, it was a spell on the ball for the away side which led to the opener.

Damsgaard forced an error in possession out of Soucek which was clinically capitalised on. Vitaly Janelt picked up the loose ball in the left channel, 30 yards from goal, and switched it inside for Mathias Jensen. With Mbeumo bursting outside him on the overlap, Jensen laid it into his path to sweep home under Fabianski from 15 yards.

West Ham’s response was limited to one tame Emerson shot, easily dealt with by David Raya. Plenty of chances were coming at the other end, however.

Wissa’s angled shot looked destined for the bottom corner until Fabianski got down low to save. Schade pulled a shot off target from the edge of the box and Rico Henry saw an effort deflected behind before an almighty scramble somehow didn’t result in a second for Brentford.

Fabianski made a fine double save at close range from Schade and Wissa. In between Damsgaard’s effort was blocked and another flying West Ham defender then got in the way of Ben Mee’s fierce drive from inside the six-yard box.

Mee headed the resulting corner off target but the pressure eventually told.

For all the slick passing football Brentford had played in the opening 45 minutes, the second goal was brutally efficient.

Jensen hurled in a long throw which Mee flicked on at the near post for the alert Wissa to nod past Fabianski from six yards.

Brentford’s lead was almost halved instantly, but the up-to-now untested Raya was equal to Ings’ low drive from the edge of the box.

Bees maintain momentum to secure Frank’s 100th win

The pattern of the game was much the same after the break with it looking, at times, like a case of how many Brentford would score.

Wissa should have done better when presented with a shooting chance in a central area, 18 yards out. Mbeumo then connected well with Schade’s pinpoint cross only for Ogbonna to block at close quarters.

The Cameroonian forward was having a field day on the right side of attack and was unfortunate to see his sweetly struck shot cannon back off Wissa the next time Brentford threatened.

Wissa, himself, then nodded Henry’s cross off target before Damsgaard passed up the most guilt-edged of the second-half chances, sending Mee’s flick-on over the bar from four yards out on the stretch.

Sensing the pressure they were under, David Moyes summoned his big guns, in the shape of Declan Rice and Said Benrahma, and that led to West Ham’s best spell.

The Hammers were helped by Brentford repeatedly turning over possession in and around their own box. From one sloppy spell on the ball, the on-rushing Ben Johnson brought the best out of Raya with an angled drive.

The away side then thought they had found a way back into the game as Ings tapped home from Manuel Lanzini’s cut-back. However, just as the players were about to restart, Michael Oliver was called over to the VAR monitor - it was deemed that the ball had struck Divin Mubama’s hand in the build-up and the goal was chalked off.

That let-off focused Brentford minds again and they finished far the stronger. Mbeumo nodded over from Janelt’s deep cross while substitute Onyeka shot straight into Fabianski’s arms from just inside the D.

A long Benrahma run ended with a tame shot straight at Raya while, at the other end, Saman Ghoddos, who it had earlier been announced would be leaving in the summer, teed up Mbeumo for a shot which Fabianski dealt with comfortably.

Brentford kept pushing for a third right up to the full-time whistle. Josh Dasilva’s curling shot was blocked and Fabianski made a flying save to turn away Mbeumo’s powerful downward header but, in the end, two goals proved more than enough to secure a fourth-straight top-flight win over the Hammers.

Frank: It was a top, top performance

Thomas Frank said that his side ‘totally dominated’ the game on Sunday afternoon, with the Bees recording 24 shots and 10 shots on target against West Ham.

Wissa: We should have scored more goals

Yoane Wissa believes that Brentford could have won by a greater margin but was happy with the Bees’ victory at the Gtech Community Stadium.