23rd Jan 2016 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 Partick Thistle 0 (SPFL Premiership - game 22)

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Match Information

			John Hughes		Alan Archibald			38y, 6m, 10d
					Freddy Frans; Abdul Osman
					Liam Lindsay; David Wilson [ii]
Iain Vigurs; Andréa M'Buyi-Mutombo					Callum Booth; Dan Seaborne
Andréa M'Buyi-Mutombo (Liam Polworth, 70 mins)					Steven Lawless (Christie Elliott, 57 mins)
			Owain Fôn Williams		Tomáš Černý			30y, 9m, 13d
			David Raven		Mustapha Dumbuya			28y, 5m, 16d
			Carl Tremarco		Callum Booth			24y, 7m, 24d
			Gary Warren		Dan Seaborne			28y, 10m, 18d
			Ross Draper		Freddy Frans			27y, 0m, 20d
			future Jag Danny Devine		Abdul Osman			28y, 10m, 27d
			Greg Tansey		David Amoo			24y, 9m, 10d
			Danny Williams		Stuart Bannigan			23y, 4m, 6d
			Iain Vigurs		Kris Doolan			29y, 1m, 12d
			future Jag Andréa M'Buyi-Mutombo		Sean Welsh			25y, 10m, 8d
			future Jag Miles Storey		Steven Lawless			24y, 9m, 11d
								26y, 11m, 18d
			Ryan Esson		Ryan Scully			23y, 2m, 25d
			Richie Foran		Gary Miller			28y, 9m, 8d
			Nat Wedderburn		Christie Elliott			24y, 7m, 28d
			Jordan Roberts		David Wilson [ii]			21y, 4m, 17d
			Liam Polworth		Jordan Leyden			19y, 10m, 14d
			Jason Brown		Kevin Nisbet			18y, 10m, 15d
			Alasdair Sutherland		James Penrice			17y, 1m, 1d

Match Report

TTA report

Doolan shot straight at the keeper but it was all Thistle could muster - not that ICT were much better - and the game deteriorated into a midfield slog. Cerny tipped a 40-yarder over the bar and sub Elliott had a surging run but elected to shoot rather than pass to Doolan up in support. Poor game, good point.

Media report

23-Jan-2016, ptfc.co.uk

Thistle made the long trip to Inverness looking to register their first league win of 2016. Thistle have enjoyed a good record against Inverness since winning promotion to the Premiership in 2013 with only a single defeat in the fixtures to date. Thistle battled to a draw when visiting the Highland capital on an August evening earlier this season while the fixture at Firhill was won with a late injury time winner from Ryan Stevenson. Manager Alan Archibald made two changes from the side which fell to a heavy defeat against Dundee with captain Abdul Osman, free from suspension, taking up his customary midfield role in place of David Wilson, who drops to the bench. Frederic Frans starts his first game since late September, replacing the suspended Liam Lindsay who served the first of his two game ban.

The first half was quiet with very few chances to report for either side. It was Inverness who started the brighter with Mutombo proving to be a handful for Callum Booth to deal with. For all his endeavour and hard work, however, there was little to trouble Tomas Cerny in the Thistle goal. Thistle worked hard to try and construct slick passing moves but at times, their passing wasn’t quite as crisp as Alan Archibald would desire. Inverness won a succession of corners in the first half, but all were dealt with confidently by a stubborn Thistle defence, with only a flicked delivery to the back post, which Draper was unable to keep in play as he slid to connect at an acute angle, proving any danger to the scoresheet. Thistle registered just a single effort on the first half with Stuart Bannigan’s corner reaching Doolan at the edge of the box, but his first time shot was straight at the goalkeeper. Alan Archibald demanded more of his side in the second half that, in truth, couldn’t have been any worse than the first 45.

Thistle started the second half in a more positive fashion committing men forward as the search for the game’s first goal heated up. Steven Lawless had the first opportunity when he created a pocket of space for himself on the edge of the box. His low effort, hit just after a collision with an Inverness body, across goal was blocked by Doolan, with the midfielder looking to shake off the effects of the collision. It was to prove too much for the creative player to shake off and his game was over a few minutes, being replaced by Christie Elliott. Thistle were keeping the ball with ease, as the home support grew more and more frustrated with their sides efforts, Thistles discipline restricting opportunities for the probing Inverness midfield. Sean Welsh had the next sight of goal, but his effort from 25 yards never really threatened Fon Williams as it sclaffed wide of goal. Inverness were almost cheering a goal when Miles Storey had a long range effort which Tomas Cerny had to be alert to tip over his crossbar before good work on the wing by the striker set up Polworth. With just Cerny to beat, six yards from goal, the Inverness player sent his effort wide. The game was becoming stretched as both sides looked to net the goal that would prove decisive. Christie Elliott rode a couple of Inverness challenges to go clear on goal. With Kris Doolan in support the wideman elected to go for goal, with his effort deflected behind for a corner. This game remained goalless, an outcome that appeared likely from the early stages, and Thistle were able to head back down the A9 with a well merited point.

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Stats Watch

50% FAIL TO SCORE LEAGUE RATIO

● Thistle are 7 competitive games without a half-time lead.

● Thistle go 4 competitive games without defeat versus Inverness Caledonian Thistle, the H2H joint-record.

● Thistle are 6 League games unbeaten versus Inverness CT, extending the H2H club-record run in the category.

● Thistle have failed to score in 11 out of 22 (50%) League games this season. Across the 10 main British Leagues, only Alloa Athletic (62%) have a greater deficiency.

● The nil-nil draw takes over as Thistle's most common League result this season, yesterday being the 4th occurence.

● In competitive action, Thistle have only conceded one solitary first-half goal in their last 8 away fixtures.

● Thistle are exactly on course to match last season's historically impressive return of 12 clean-sheets in the League, which was the club's best top-flight return since 1930-31.

ongoing sequences:

● 7 competitive games without a half-time lead, 12th Dec 2015 to date. (Longest run since: 19 games; 7th Mar 2015 to 26th Sep 2015.)

● 23 competitive games without defeat when scoring the opening goal, 23rd Sep 2014 to date. (Longest run since: 23 games; 20th Oct 2007 to 31st Jan 2009.)

● 34 consecutive competitive appearances for Callum Booth, 14th Mar 2015 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Aaron Taylor-Sinclair - 55 games; 27th Oct 2012 to 18th Jan 2014. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

● 61 competitive games without a penalty award, 19th Sep 2014 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 106 games; 10th Oct 1891 to 14th Dec 1895.)

● 79 competitive games without a goal from a penalty, 22nd Feb 2014 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 114 games; 8th Aug 1891 to 14th Dec 1895.)

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