Partick Thistle Football Club

PARTICK THISTLE 2 INVERNESS CALEDONIAN THISTLE 1

FULL-TIME

90 mins+: Whistles from the crowd but not from the referee.

90 mins: Into injury time. Thistle hanging on but only just.

88 mins: Paul Cairney booked.

86 mins: A through pass from Erskine just catches Lovell offside.

85 mins: Great clearance from Archibald almost right on the goal line.

83 mins: Kris Doolan on for Mark Corcoran.

82 mins: Free kick at the edge of the Thistle box but Adams heads clear.

81 mins: Odhiambo sends a ball wide of Tuffey's goal. Into the last ten minutes and Inverness pressing.

76 mins: Chris Erskine on for Simon Donnelly.

75 mins: The fog is getting just a little bit thicker but no problems.

72 mins: Great block from Adams but it is an Inverness corner. problems again for Thistle but cleared.

69 mins: GOAL THISTLE. Steve Lovell latches onto a through ball and when left with only Esson to beat he makes no mistake at all.

66mins: Donnelly hooks a shot goalwards but it is an easy save for Esson.

63 mins: Sanchez shoots wide of target. Inverness' best spell this half.

61 mins: Swiftly followed by another. And another. Thistle under pressure. This corner headed harmlessly wide.

60 mins: A Foran shot is deflected and Tuffey produced a fine save and it is an Inverness corner.

59 mins: Great Crocoran cross cleared for a Thistle corner. Cairney takes but cleared.

57 mins: Adams goes down in the box and demands a penalty but ref McDonald says no.

56 mins: Corner Inverness and a free header from Bulvitis is deflected for another Inverness corner. This one well cleared by Robertson.

54 mins: GOAL THISTLE. An Ian MAxwell cross finds Jamie Adams and he heads into the bottom corner of the net.

52 mins: Mark Corcoran can't quite connect with a John Robertson cross. Decent start to the half from Thistle.

46 mins: Another Ian Maxwell throw causes Inverness problems but they get the ball clear.

Thistle will start the second half with Stephen McKeown on for Bryan Hodge.

Fog starting to envelope Firhill. Despite news that the Clyde game has been abandonned because fog visibility presntly remains okay at Firhill but the fog is still coming down.

Thistle got better at this half wore on and came close twice but Inverness remain a threatand the Thistle performance must improve after the break if we are to take anything from this came.

Crowd: 2,353

HALF-TIME

45 mins: Sanchez shoots across goal but wide.

42 mins: A quick Inverness break ends with Duncan side footing a ball wide.

40 mins: A Donnelly pass ios onloy a little far in front of Lovell and Esson gathers the ball.

39 mins: Hayes burts through the Thistle defence and is only thwarted by a well timed Ian Maxwell tackle.

37 mins: Bryan Hodge does well to keep a shot from 20 yards out down but it lacks pace and Esson gets down at his post to save.

36 mins: Hayes rattles the top of the Thistle bar from 25 yards out.

35 mins: A John Robertson shot is blocked for a corner. Hodge to take from the right hand side. Adams heads on to Lovell but his header is straight at Esson. Closest yet to a Thistle goal.

30 mins: Another Thistle corner. Cairney takes and Jamie Adams gets his head to the ball but it drops wide. A little better from Thistle.

29 mins: Thistle corner. Hodge takes. Lovell touches to Archibald who mis hits his shot.

27 mins: A good block from Ian Maxwell following a Sanchez shot and it is an Inverness corner. Thistle clear.

26 mins: Free kick for Inverness at the corner of the Thistle box. Tuffey makes a confident claim of the ball.

21 mins: At last something positive from Thistle. Ian Maxwell's long throw is flicked on by Steve Lovell and Ryan Esson makes a great save from Corcoran's header.

18 mins: Hayes crosses to Sanchez who shoots tamely wide from a good position.

15 mins: Little to warm the home fans so far on a cold day. Disjointed performance from Thistle thus far.

6mins: GOAL INVERNESS. A free kick wide on the right some how ends up in the corner of the Thistle net with Tokely apparently getting the final touch.

3 mins: Jonny Tuffey doesn't claim a cross and Rooney heads wide.

0 mins: Thistle kick-off and are shooting towards the north stand in the first half. John Robertson is occupying the right back position with Jamie Adams in the centre of defence alongside Ian Maxwell.

PRE-MATCH NEWS: Ian McCall has made three changes to his starting line-up. Jonny Tuffey returns in goal and Steveie Lovell makes his first start in place of the injured Liam Buchanan. Those changes were expected but Paul Paton dropping out of the 16 perhaps wasn't. Bryan Hodge returns to the starting eleven with Jamie Adams wearing the number 2 jersey.