Partick Thistle Football Club

DUNFERMLINE 3, PARTICK THISTLE 1

FULL-TIME

90 mins+: GOAL DINFERMLINE. Willie Gibson is set up and it is game over.

90 mins: The 90 minutes are up and we are into injury time.

89 mins: Gibson shoots over but there is a deflection so the game restarts with a Dunfermline corner.

85 mins: Great clearance from Paton but Dunfermline have a corner. They are in no hurry to take it and when they do Hinchcliffe grabs the ball .

81 mins: Lovell tees up Buchanan but he mishits his shot and it is wide.

80 mins: Thistle corner. Lovell gets to Cairney's flag kick but it bounces wide.

77 mins: Graham cuts inside but can only hit Hinchcliffe with his shot.

77 mins: A final change for Thistle Erskine on for Rowson.

76 mins: Lovell's pace wins Thistle a corner. Cairney to take as usual. Archibald and Maxwell both head the ball on before it is cleared for another corner. This time it eventyually falls to Hodge who shoots wide.

75 mins: Dunfermline can't clear the ball and Buchanan nips in but can only smack the ball off the Dunfermline keeper.

74 mins: Lovell crosses and Corcoran tries to flick the ball home but he can't quite get the ball on target.

71 mins: Dunfermline think they have a third goal but the flag goes up and Thistle breathe again.

70 mins: Dufermline corner cleared and Thistle break. Buchanan though can't get through the Dunfermline back line.

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68 mins: Lovell flicks the ball on to Buchanan but his shot is straight at Fleming.

66 mins: Double change for Thistle Lovell and Hodge come on for Donnelly and Adams.

60 mins: Greg Ross is booked as Thistle try to break quiokly.

58 mins: Dunfermline corner quickly followed by a second.

57 mins: Fleming just beats Rowson to a ball at the very edge of his box.

52 mins: Ian Maxwell becomes the third Thistle player to be booked.

47 mins: GOAL THISTLE. Right back into the game. Cairney takes advantage of a error in the home defence and his powerful shot finds the corner of the net.

46 mins: A Bayne header but Hinchcliffe gets down in time to make a save.

No changes at half-time from Thistle. Thistle restart the match.

While some of Thistle's football going forward has been good, albeit with no end product, they have been uncertain at the back all afternoon and Dunfermline have been able to take advantage in a way that Morton couldn't last week. It's a long way back from here.

HALF-TIME

44 mins: Buchanan gets his head to an Paton cross but his header is wide of goal.

40 mins: GOAL DUNFERMLINE. Willie Gibson gathers the ball at the edge of the box and he chips the ball over Hinchcliffe and into the net. Thistle in real trouble now.

38 mins: A Graham Bayne shot is blocked by the legs of Ian Maxwell.

37 mins: David Rowson's name goes into the book.

27 mins: Thistle's corner count continues to mount. Same outcome as Dunfermline clear and break forward.

25 mins: Jamie Adams is booked.

23 mins: McGregor booked for a foul on Buchanan.

22 mins: Great cross from Corcoran from the left but Dunfermline are able to clear.

21 mins: Buchanan flagged for offside when clear on goal. Looked a tight call.

18 mins: Donnelly wins Thistle another corner. A short one this time but the same result. Dunfermline clear easily.

16 mins: Thistle corner. Cairney again to take. Maxwell gets his head to it but Dunfermline clear easily.

15 mins: Gibson cuts inside past Corcoran but his shot is high and wide.

12 mins: A let off for Thistle. Maxwell gifts the ball to Bayne but is hot is a poor one and Hinchcliffe makes an easy save.

9 mins: Burke's low drive is saved by Hinchcliffe.

8 mins: Archibald wins Thistle a corner. Cairney comes across to take it but cleared again.

5 mins: Thistle corner. Cairney takes it but it is cleared.

4 mins: Dunfermline corner.GOAL DUNFERMLINE. Gibson's corner is flicked on and McDougall forces home from close range.

3 mins: Buchanan latches on to a through ball but can't control the ball. A bright start from Thistle.

2 mins: An Adams shot is deflected for a Thistle corner.

0 mins: Dunfermline get the game under way.

PRE-MATCH NEWS: Ian McCall has made three changes to his starting eleven fior this fixture. Craig Hinchcliffe replaces Jonny Tuffey who is on international duty. There are starts for Jamie Adams and Mark Corcoran ahead of Bryan Hodge and Chris Erskine.