Brentford climbed to seventh in the Premier League table as Kevin Schade struck his fourth goal in two games to cap a scintillating 4-2 win against Newcastle at the Gtech Stadium.

Eddie Howe’s side had twice fought back from a goal down when defender Nathan Collins appeared inside the box early in the second half to guide the ball into the corner and give the home side a lead that they would not relinquish.

Yet the manner in which Newcastle gifted goals to the hosts will have been cause for frustration.

Harvey Barnes was guilty of losing possession to allow Yoane Wissa to put Brentford 2-1 up, an error for which he quickly atoned to make it 2-2.

Alexander Isak had earlier headed Newcastle’s first equaliser, cancelling out Bryan Mbeumo’s eighth-minute opener and setting the tone for another thrilling, high-scoring home win for Thomas Frank’s side, capped by Schade’s strike in stoppage time.

This was a meeting between sides in 11th and 12th, locked on the same number of points but within a win of the European places before kick-off.

It also pitched a Brentford side enjoying the strongest home form in the division against a team in Newcastle with just two wins on the road, and in atrocious conditions in west London the game swung first towards Frank’s team.

Christian Norgaard drilled a wonderful pass from inside his own half to Mbeumo wide on the right. Lewis Hall stood him up, but Mbeumo backed the Newcastle defender into the box before skating round him and dispatching a left-footed pearler that crashed into Nick Pope’s top corner.

Newcastle hit back through Isak before Brentford could settle into the lead. Jacob Murphy’s cross was perfectly flighted, and darting between two defenders to meet it six yards out was the visitors’ top scorer to score his seventh league goal of the season.

Wasted chances cost Howe’s side

Isak ought to have had a second but, having walked the ball around Mark Flekken, dithered over his finish and allowed the goalkeeper to recover and scoop the ball away.

As Newcastle steadily took charge after a nervy opening, Bruno Guimaraes drove inches past a post with a first-time effort that had Flekken beaten.

Yet their control of the game was shot to pieces amidst a woeful lapse in concentration from Barnes, in the side in place of Anthony Gordon, but the architect of his team’s downfall.

Under little pressure in midfield, he played the ball blindly infield to the feet of Wissa, who charged single-mindedly towards goal before letting rip into the top corner. The lead was as short-lived as the first and was surrendered more cheaply.

Minutes after the restart, Barnes could scarcely believe his luck, or the space Brentford afforded him inside the box to collect Murphy’s pass, make an about-turn and roll the ball across Flekken and in.

Brentford had won matches 4-3 and 5-3 here this season and were never likely to be cowed by a second Newcastle equaliser.

In the 56th minute, the game lurched again in their favour, but how Flekken’s long punt forward evaded everyone inside the box and reached the unmarked Collins will have irked Howe, as will the space the defender was given to prod Brentford back into the lead.

Schade got the goal that hoisted the hosts into sixth on goals scored from Brighton, lifting the ball beautifully over Pope from Mbeumo’s pass in stoppage time.