Partick Thistle 1
Ayr United 0
League (Championship)
Partick Thistle |
1 - 0 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| Brian Graham (51) | None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Ian McCall |
Lee Bullen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Jamie Sneddon 16. Ciaran McKenna 18. Tunji Akinola 4. Lewis Mayo 2. Richard Foster 22. Robbie Crawford 23. Ross Docherty 8. Stuart Bannigan 7. Scott Tiffoney 11. Cammy Smith 9. Brian Graham |
Aiden McAdams .1 Jordan Houston .2 Patrick Reading .3 Aaron Muirhead .4 Sean McGinty .5 Andy Murdoch .6 James Maxwell .14 Jack Baird .15 Ben Dempsey .18 Sam Ashford .19 Mark McKenzie .22 |
| Bench | |
|
6. Kyle Turner 10. Alex Jakubiak 15. Steven Bell 17. Connor Murray 19. Ross MacIver 28. Mason McCready 30. Ben Stanway 33. Stephen Hendrie |
Kerr McInroy .8 Tomi Adeloye .9 Daire O'Connor .10 Blaine Rowe .12 Ryan Gondoh .16 Charlie Albinson .21 Markus Fjortoft .23 Finn Ecrepont .25 Fraser Bryden .30 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Stephen Hendrie for Richard Foster (54) Alex Jakubiak for Cammy Smith (73) Ross MacIver for Brian Graham (81) Kyle Turner for Robbie Crawford (81) |
Blaine Rowe for Jordan Houston (72) Fraser Bryden for Aaron Muirhead (72) Kerr McInroy for Ben Dempsey (81) Tomi Adeloye for Sam Ashford (86) |
| Cautions | |
|
Tunji Akinola (65) Brian Graham (77) Scott Tiffoney (90) |
Sam Ashford (16) Patrick Reading (50) Sean McGinty (80) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Greg Aitken (Referee) |
Match Report
Brian Graham's 15th goal of the season ensured Partick Thistle took three precious Scottish Championship points against Ayr United.
The striker latched onto Robbie Crawford's through-ball and poked it into the net from just inside the box.
The win means Thistle are only one point behind fourth-placed Raith Rovers, with three games in hand over the Kirkcaldy side.
Ayr goalkeeper Aidan McAdams had earlier denied Graham and Cammy Smith.
Sam Ashford had Ayr's best chance but his effort was excellently saved by the increasingly reliable Jamie Sneddon.
The home fans were livid when penalty shouts for challenges on Cammy Smith and Scott Tiffoney yielded nothing.
Partick Thistle manager Ian McCall: "It was a battling win and a big three points. Hopefully Brian Graham will get above 20 goals. I was delighted with Alex Jakubiak as well, who was really bright, sharp and strong."
Ayr United manager Lee Bullen: "The margins were very fine. Partick took their opportunity and I've got a disappointed changing room in there because they know there was nothing in that game."
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at February 1st, 2022)
| 2021-22 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Aiden McAdams (GK) | 22 |
|
19 | - | 19 | - |
| Jordan Houston | 22 |
|
22 | - | 70 | - |
| Sean McGinty | 28 |
|
22 | - | 22 | - |
| Aaron Muirhead | 31 |
|
22 | 1 | 91 | 6 |
| Jack Baird | 25 |
|
27 | 1 | 61 | 2 |
| Patrick Reading | 22 |
|
28 | 1 | 52 | 2 |
| Mark McKenzie | 21 |
|
21 | 2 | 59 | 4 |
| Andy Murdoch | 27 |
|
29 | 1 | 108 | 4 |
| Ben Dempsey | 22 |
|
2 | - | 2 | - |
| James Maxwell | 20 |
|
24 | 3 | 24 | 3 |
| Sam Ashford | 26 |
|
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Blaine Rowe (sub) | 19 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Kerr McInroy (sub) | 21 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Tomi Adeloye (sub) | 25 |
|
27 | 10 | 27 | 10 |
| Fraser Bryden (sub) | 17 |
|
5 | - | 5 | - |
League Table (as at February 1st, 2022)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Arbroath | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 41 |
| 2. | Kilmarnock | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 40 |
| 3. | ICT | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 38 |
| 4. | Raith Rovers | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 37 |
| 5. | Partick Thistle | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 36 |
| 6. | Hamilton Academical | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 |
| 7. | Dunfermline At | 23 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 22 |
| 8. | Ayr United | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 |
| 9. | Morton | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 21 |
| 10. | Queen of the South | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 |