Partick Thistle Football Club

PARTICK THISTLE 2, AIRDRIE UNITED 0

FULL-TIME

90 mins+: Corcoran is denied a goal by a goal line save from Robertson.

88 mins: Paul Paton is booked after he looked to be fouled. Free kick right on the edge of the Thistle box. The Thistle wall does its job.

86 mins: A Paul Paton pass finds Kris Doolan and his shot is saved by Robertson

84 mins: Paul Cairney nearly seals the win but his shot just slips the wrong side of the post.

82 mins: A Cairney shot is blocked as Thistle aim to make the points safe.

73 mins: Paul Cairney cuts the ball back to Liam Buchanan but he can't keep his shot down and the ball clears the bar.

71 mins: Kris Doolan comes on for Simon Donnelly.

67 mins: GOAL THISTLE Mark Corcoran sets up Simon Donnelly who lashes the ball past Robertson and into the net.

65 mins: A Liam Buchanan shot after the ball is touched into his path by David Rowson hits the side netting.

64 mins: Thistle change. Corcoran on for Chris Erskine.

63 mins: A Donnely flick plays in Paul Cairney but his pass is behind Buchanan. Buchanan plays in Donnelly whose shot is blocked for a corner.

62 mins: Lagana whips in a cross but Tuffey grabs with confidence.

55 mins: Thistle corner.

52 mins: GOAL THISTLE. A lovely passing move ends with Bryan Hodge shooting high into the back of the net.

51 mins: Robertson gets down low to save a Bryan Hodge free kick.

Thistle get the game back underway.

HALF-TIME

45 mins+: Cairney to Buchanan but his pass is just behind the Thistle striker and Robertson saves.

44 mins: Buchanan is just beaten to a Cairney through ball by Bobby Donnelly.

43 mins: Lagana is booked for a foul on Simon Donnelly.

42 mins: RED CARD. Airdrie United's Scott McLuaghlin is sent off for a late challenge on Bryan Hodge.

40 mins: The closest yet to a goal. Simon Donnelly plays in Liam Buchanan whose shot is beaten away by Robertson. Thistle corner.

38 mins: Bryan Hodge tries a long range shot but is as far wide as he was out from goal.

35 mins: Nice approach play from Buchanan but Cairney is tackled at the edge of the box.

34 mins: A glimpse of a chance for Diarmuid O'Carroll but he puts his shot well over Tuffey's bar.

33 mins: Thistle are making little headway against a well organised Airdrie United defence.

23 mins: It's been a pretty quiet opening quarter to this match.

15 mins: Tom Parratt is lucky to escape a booking for a foul on Paul Paton.

12 mins: Archibald clears a dangerous Baird cross. Airdrie corner. Cleared.

10 mins: Nothing between the teams in the opening ten minutes.

6 mins: After lengthy treatment Erskine is back on.

3 mins: Chris Erskine goes off for treatment for a cut.

2 mins: John Baird shoots wide of Tuffey's left hand post.

1 min: Paul Cairney can't quite stretch far enough to make contact with a Simon Donnelly cross.

0 mins: It's Airdrie United to kick-off.

Pre-Match News: Paul Cairney has passed a morning fitness test and is able to wear his usual number 7 jersey. John Robertson, however, isn't so fortunate and misses out with Willie Kinniburgh coming in to make his first start of the season. Elsewhere Chris Erskine replaces Mark Corcoran bit Thistle are otherwise unchanged from the side that defeated Inverness.