Partick Thistle Football Club

PARTICK THISTLE 1, RAITH ROVERS 2

FULL-TIME

89 mins: Frustration is the name of the game. Thistle don't look like getting back into this game.

81 mins: Thistle corner. Rovers struggle to clearbut they eventually get a break of the ball and it is a goal kick for the visiting team.

77 mins: Chris Erskine crosses but Jim Hamilton heads wide. Thistle pressing but Rovers holding firm.

71 mins: Liam Buchanan get his first clear glimpse of goal but can only find the side netting.

68 mins: Jim Hamilton on for Simon Donnelly.

66 mins: Thistle corner. Cairney takes and John Robertson just misses the ball but Thistle win another corner on the other side.

65 mins: Nearly a third for Raith but Tuffey blocks a Campbell header from close range.

64 mins: Alan Archibald is booked.

63 mins: Chris Erskine comes on for Bryan Hodge.

62 mins: GOAL RAITH. A crazy goal to lose. Tuffey makes a great save when Tade is clean through but the loose ball isn't cleared and Sloan nets from a tight angle.

57 mins: Buchanan squares the ball and it takes a great defensive block to clear with Donnelly waiting to apply a finish.

55 mins: This time Raith clear Hodge's corner.

54 mins: Thistle corner. Bryan Hodge takes Raith make a mess of clearing and it is another corner. McGurn booked for arguing.

53 mins: A Rowson shot from 20 yards out is always on the rise and clears the Raith bar.

50 mins: As you perhaps expect Thistle have started the second half the better team but Raith defence looks in no mood to give up any chances.

We're back under way at Firhill.

Raith have been the better team in the first half but after having taken the lead it was disappointing to be pegged back just before the break.

HALF-TIME

45 mins+: Mark Corcoran turns inside and tests McGurn at his right hand post. Thistle's best spell just before half-time.

45 mins: A snap shot from Rowson is straight at McGurn.

42 mins: GOAL RAITH. The ball falls nicely to Ryan Wallace and from 12 yards out he leaves Jonny Tuffey with no chance and Raith have a deserved equaliser.

41 mins: The ball breaks to Bryan Hodge at the edge of the box and McGurn does well to turn his shot round the post for Thistle's first corner.

33 mins: GOAL THISTLE. Cairney knocks a cross across goal to Simon Donnelly who finds the corner of the net. More than a little against the run of play if we are being honest.

32 mins: Raith's Mark Campbell is booked.

27 mins: Raith Rovers corner. Sloan takes it but Archibald gets enough of the ball to head clear.

25 mins: Change for Thistle. Martyn Corrigan replaces Ian Maxwell who had been off the pitch for treatment. Archibald moves into the centre of defence alongside Robertson.

24 mins: Great save from Tuffey. Wilson crosses and Tuffey pushes Murray's volley over the bar for a Raith corner.

15 mins: Raith have been impressive in the opening 15 minutes with the pace of Tade and Russell looking a real threat.

12 mins: Better from Thistle and  a Buchanan cut back is cleared by the Raith defence.

11 mins: A run from Russell causes panic in the Thistle box but he mis controls the ball in an excellent shooting position and Paton clears.

10 mins: Tade crosses for Ryan Wallace who can't, thankfully, control the ball and the chance is lost.

9 mins: Donnelly to Buchanan who ignores Cairney to his right and shoots wide of goal.

6 mins: A good save from Tuffey to deny Russell a goal.

3 mins: Donnelly shoots from the edge of the box but it is a comfortable save for McGurn.

0 min: Thistle kick-off and will be shooting towards the city end of the ground in the first half.

PRE-MATCH NEWS: Clearance for Steve Lovell hasn't come through in time for him to make his Thistle debut leaving Ian McCall to field an unchanged starting eleven for the fourth game in a row.