Partick Thistle Football Club

PARTICK THISTLE 0, DUNDEE UNITED 2

FULL-TIME

90 mins: GOAL UNITED. Goodwillie makes sure of the win for United when he nets from a tight angle.

88 mins: Thistle corner from the left.Donnelly again. Cleared.

87 mins: Paul Dixon is booked.

85 mins: Into the last five minues now. Hope remains but it needs to be soon.

84 mins: Gomis robs Jamie Adams before shooting high over the bar.

80 mins: Corcoran heads to LIam Buchanan but Buchanan can only snatch at his chance and his shot goes wide. A good chance.

77 mins: Thistle corner. On the right hand side. Donnelly to take it. Adams gets his head to it but the ball is always going over. Penty of fight from Thistle. Will it get the reward of a goal?

73 mins: Furious reaction from the Thistle fans as Erskine's first fould earns him a yellow card.

72 mins: So close for Thistle. Paton crosses for Liam Buchanan but his header is straight at Pernis.

71 mins: United corner.

68 mins: Great reception for Buchanan as he comes on for Steve Lovell.

67 mins: Thistle set to make another change. Liam Buchanan getting ready to come on.

66 mins: Good defending from John Robertson but another United corner.

65 mins: A good spell for United and Corcoran has to head a Conway cross behind for a corner.

63 mins: Casalinuovo turns sharply but hits the side netting.

62 mins: Erskine is on replacing Ian Maxwell.

61 mins: Chris Erskine looks set to come on.

59 mins: Paul Cairney is booked.

57 mins: Casalinuovo wins a corner then slips on the snow. Tuffey is fouled when Conway's corner comes in.

56 mins: John Robertson still up from the corner shoots straight at Pernis.

55 mins: Thistle corner on the left hand side. Donnelly across to take. Near post and a bit of a scramble but cleared.

53 mins: United corner. Header from Webster but well wide.

52 mins; Mark Corcoran wriggles by a couple of challenges but his sbhot from the edge of the United box is too high. Encouraging from Thistle.

50 mins: The decisions don't seem to be going Thistle's way at the moment. United hace settled well after the break.

Back under way.

Thistle back on the pitch to a great ovation from the Thistle fans. They aren't as generous to referee McDonald.

This reporter hasn't seen it but reports are that TV pictures confirm handball at the United goal.

Crowd: 4040 (away 1,088)

No doubting the major talking point in the first half. United's controversial opener. Thistle still in this though.

HALF-TIME

45 mins: Kovacevic nearly sneaks in a shot at the near post but Tuffey saves. United corner.

40 mins: A 20 yard Simon Donnelly shot just dips too late. Thistle still very much in this game.

39 mins: Casalinuovo gets his head to a cross but it drifts wide of goal. There are ironic shouts suggesting he should have used his hand.

35 mins: Garry Kenneth is booked.

31 mins: Steve Lovell tests Pernis at his near post but the United keeper holds the shot.

30 mins: Nearly a second for United but Tuffey pushes out Conway's shot.

28 mins: The ball drops to Ian Maxwell 12 yards from goal but he can only lash the ball over the bar.

26 mins: GOAL UNITED. Great controversy at Firhill, Garry Kebnneth's driven cross looks to be knocked over the line by the hand of Casalinuovo but the goal stands. Jonny Tuffey is booked for his protests.

25 mins:m Paul Paton booked. United enjoying a spell on top.

24 mins: Paul Paton is forced to head a Robertson cross behind for a corner.

22 mins: An easy save from Jonny Tuffey from a Casalinuovo shot.

21 mins: A run from Corcoran offers promise but there is too much pace on his cross and Paul Caitrney can't get any direction to his header.

17 mins: United's turn for a great chance. Casalinuovo finds himself clear with just Tuffey to beat but the Thistle keeper gets down to make a fine save.

16 mins: Great chance for Thistle. Archibald chips the ball over to Simon Donnelly whose header goes over the bar.

12 mins: Mark Corcoran wins Thistle's first corner. Donnelly to takeknockedf onto Ian Maxwell whose header is straight at Pernis.

9 mins: A driven Archibald cross across the United six yard box is grabbed by Pernis in Thistle's first real raid on the United goal.

4 mins: Jonny Tuffey does well to claw the ball away after Alan Archibald knocked the ball towards his own goal. United corner.

2 mins: An early save for Jonny Tuffey but it is a comfortable one.

0 mins: On a cold but bright afternoon it is going to be Thistle, shooting towards the south end, to kick-off.

PRE-MATCH NEWS: The major talking point in the Thistle starting eleven is the inclusion of Jamie Adams who it had been thought would be prevented from playing thus preventing him from being cup-tied for parent club Kilmarnock. Thistle therefore show just one change from the side that defeated Morton 1-0 on Monday night. Mark Corcoran being handed a start ahead of Liam Buchanan. On the bench the aforementioned Buchanan is joined by youngsters Ryan MacBeth, Ross McGeough, Chris Erskine and sub keeper Ryan Scully.