Brentford capped a solid October with a 3-1 win over their West London rivals on Monday night, but what’s changed at Griffin Park?

Five games, three wins and a draw - Only Huddersfield have taken more points than Brentford this month.

They began October with a draw against Bristol City, and went into the international break on the back of a narrow 1-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest.

But following the two-week break, Brentford have won three on the bounce and capped it off with their best performance of the season - a fine 3-1 win at Queens Park Rangers.

It’s marked the end of what was a dismal start to the season for Thomas Frank’s side, who now find themselves on the mid-table perch going into November.

Here we take a look at three reasons behind Brentford’s good form since the international break:

Starting to click in 4-3-3

The key factor behind Brentford’s rich vein of form in their new-look 4-3-3 formation.

First installed for the away win at Barnsley at the end of last month, Brentford have picked up 13 points from a possible 18 since making the change.

It’s been a masterstroke by Frank, and the win at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium last Monday and the win at Swansea the week before, showed just how well and how quickly they’ve adapted to this change.

The Bees look like a new team under this set-up, and they’re rapidly establishing themselves as a footballing side once again.

Consistent back four

Brentford weren’t necessarily shipping in goals in the earlier parts of the season, but the change from a back-three with two dynamic wing-back, to a more standardised back-four has made given them much more solidity at the back.

They’ve named an unchanged back-four throughout October - Rico Henry on the left and Henrik Dalsgaard on the right, with Pontus Jansson and Julian Jeanvier in the middle.

That consistency is proving beneficial to the Bees, as they look better-off defensively with every passing fixture - this sort of consistency will bode well for them in the run-in to the New Year.

Said Benrahma

Everyone at the club knows about Benrahma’s ability.

The Algerian international joined the club last summer and had a good return in his first season at Griffin Park, scoring 11 goals in his first season in English football.

Though he started this one slowly, failing to find the net in his first ten Championship games of the season and looking like a shadow of the player he was last season.

But two goals in his last two games has reinstated his confidence, and he looks like he’s raring to get his goals tally back on track and his club back up the table.