Partick Thistle Football Club

AIRDRIE UNITED 0, PARTICK THISTLE 1

FULL-TIME

90+ mins: Airdrie corner.

90 mins: McLaughlin evades a couple of challenges before lashing a shot high over the Thistle bar.

88 mins: It takes a great defensive header from David Rowson to clear a dangerous cross and the corner is, eventually, cleared.

85 mins: There is no offside flag when Watt gathers the ball 20 yards from goal but his shot is a poor one.

82 mins: After neat play involving Buchanan and Erskine Paul Cairney sends a shot wide of target.

78 mins: A near thing for Airdrie. McLaughlin pushes the ball through to sub Gemmill but his shot is too high.

75 mins: Jim Hamilton replaces Stephen McKeown.

72 mins: A well timed Paul Paton tackle denies McLaughlin a scoring chance with the corner that follows cleared.

70 mins: Paul Cairney replaces Bryan Hodge.

67 mins: Almost from nowhere Airdrie come close to equalising. Lagana twist and turns at the edge of the box and strikes the outside of Tuffey's right hand post.

61 mins: Good play from Chris Erskine gives Stephen McKeown a chance but he can't get power behind his shot and Robertson grabs hold of the ball.

58 mins: Buchanan bursts into the box but thumps his shot off the legs of Robertson.

56 mins: Paul Keegan turns at the edge of the box but his shot is straight at Tuffey.

51 mins: GOAL THISTLE. A great through ball from Rowson finds Buchanan and he makes no mistake with a cool finish.

48 mins: Chris Erskine earns Thistle a corner.

47 mins: John Baird tries a long range effort with Tuffey a little off his line but his shot clears the Thistle crossbar.

46 mins: Thistle kick the second half off.

Thistle make a change at the break Chris Erskine comes on for Kris Doolan.

Attendance: 1,325

HALF-TIME

42 mins: Paton's cross takes a deflection and Robertson is forced to tip the ball over his bar for an unproductive Thistle corner.

39 mins: The closest to a goal yet. Hodge threads the ball through to Buchanan who drags his shot wide of the far post.

38 mins: Thistle break swiftly from a corner but Airdrie quickly get men back and the opportunity is lost without an effort on goal.

37 mins: John Robertson is warned by the referee following a foul on John Baird.

25 mins: A Lagana header goes harmlessly wide.

24 mins: After collecting a Paton through ball Liam Buchanan finds the angle just too tight to squeeze the ball home but he does win a corner. Paton takes the corner but Maxwell's header doesn't hreaten the home goal.

18 mins: Ian Maxwell is forced to concede a corner kick.

9 mins: A Patrick Boyle long throw is headed clear for a Thistle corner and from Paton's corner Doolan stretches for the ball but can't quite direct his shot on target.

3 mins: A half chance for Airdrie but Nixon heads over Baird's cross.

1 min: Thistle win the game's first corner.

0 mins: Airdrie United get the game under way.