4th Nov 2016 Partick Thistle 1 Aberdeen 2 (SPFL Premiership - game 12)

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Match Information

39y, 3m, 22d			Alan Archibald		Derek McInnes
no changes
no changes
Adam Barton (1-1, 50 mins)					Anthony O’Connor (0-1, 38 mins); Jayden Stockley (1-2, 53 mins)
Sean Welsh (1-1, 50 mins)					Adam Rooney (0-1, 38 mins); James Maddison (1-2, 53 mins)
Danny Devine; Sean Welsh
Kris Doolan (Chris Erskine, 64 mins); Ade Azeez (David Amoo, 75 mins); Ryan Edwards (Declan McDaid, 82 mins)					James Maddison (Niall McGinn, 76 mins); Jayden Stockley (Wes Burns, 87 mins)
35y, 7m, 18d			Thorsten Stuckmann		Joe Lewis
25y, 5m, 9d			Christie Elliott		Shay Logan
25y, 5m, 5d			Callum Booth		Graeme Shinnie
21y, 0m, 23d			Liam Lindsay		Andrew Considine
24y, 1m, 28d			Danny Devine		Anthony O'Connor
25y, 9m, 28d			Adam Barton		Ryan Jack
29y, 8m, 8d			Abdul Osman		Kenny McLean
22y, 11m, 18d			Ryan Edwards		Jonny Hayes
29y, 10m, 24d			Kris Doolan		James Maddison
22y, 9m, 27d			Ade Azeez		Adam Rooney
26y, 7m, 20d			Sean Welsh		Jayden Stockley
26y, 3m, 28d
19y, 8m, 15d			Conor Cullen		Neil Alexander
25y, 6m, 22d			David Amoo		Mark Reynolds
29y, 8m, 27d			Chris Erskine		Callum Morris
22y, 1m, 29d			David Wilson [ii]		Peter Pawlett
20y, 11m, 13d			Declan McDaid		Niall McGinn
19y, 4m, 12d			David Syme		Wes Burns
23y, 6m, 12d			Ziggy Gordon		Miles Storey future Jag

notes

Thistle generally in playing order, opposition in squad number order.

Match Report

TTA report

A good game with no lack of effort and good spells of pressure but Aberdeen always had that bit more quality up front. They took the lead (37) after Azeez and Devine might have scored but a header by Barton (50) levelled things. An excellent 28-yard lob (52) won it. Erskine shot straight at the keeper (90).

Media report

John Barnes, 04-Nov-2016, bbc.com

Aberdeen moved back into second place in the Premiership and ended Partick Thistle's four-match unbeaten run. Partick wasted good first-half chances through Ade Azeez and Daniel Devine. They were made to pay for those misses when Anthony O'Connor drove Aberdeen into the lead after Adam Rooney touched on Andrew Considine's header. Adam Barton headed Partick level, but Jayden Stockley restored the Dons' lead with an excellent lob over goalkeeper Thorsten Stuckmann. During a minute's silence prior to kick-off in advance of Remembrance Sunday all that could be heard was distant firework displays. However, if there were expectations of an explosive start to this encounter, in particular from the in-form home side, it failed to materialise.

The visitors rejigged their formation to accommodate Thistle's three centre-backs and they enjoyed the majority of possession for the opening period. The talented James Maddison was at the centre of a lot of the Dons' early offensive moves but the home defence held firm. A Stockley shot that Stuckmann saved low to his right was the biggest threat. Thistle did eventually get into their stride and should have taken the lead through Azeez. The striker had a glorious opportunity when Christie Elliott set him up with fine through ball. Azeez just needed to lob the ball over the advancing Joe Lewis to claim the opener, but he failed to get enough elevation on his effort and the goalkeeper stretched his arms to save. Azeez had an another effort from an overhead kick which flew over the bar but he was not the only Thistle player to miss a great chance in the first half. Devine sent a half-volley high over the bar from six yards after a Sean Welsh corner when he should have hit the back of the net. Thistle were to regret those misses six minutes before the interval when O'Connor gave the Dons the breakthrough. Maddison chipped the ball to the back post, and Considine headed it down for Rooney to set up his fellow Irishman to fire home a low shot for his first goal for the club.

It took Thistle only five minutes of the second half to equalise. A corner from the right saw Barton emulate O'Connor by claiming his first for the Firhill club. Barton looked to be impeded by McLean as he tried to get on the end of Welsh's delivery, but that still did not stop the tall defender rising high to power a header into the top corner. Aberdeen regained the lead almost immediately, courtesy of a brilliant goal from Stockley, who provided the perfect example of how to lob the goalkeeper. The Dons striker latched on to a neat pass from Maddison and from around 25 yards chipped over the advancing Stuckmann with his left foot. It was Stockley's fourth goal of the campaign and thrilled the 1,365 visiting support. Thistle rallied near the end as they sought an equaliser but Chris Erskine's left-foot shot from a Declan McDaid flicked pass was well saved by Lewis. The goalkeeper did well again as he denied Devine who sent the last kick of the match into his hands, which ensured the visitors earned the victory.

Reaction

Partick Thistle's Alan Archibald (speaking to the BBC):

Obviously disappointed with the result but I thought out performance was good in patches. I thought we created the better chances in the first half. We went for it, we wanted to have a go, we didn't want to go in a whimper. I thought we did that but it just didn't fall for us in the right place.”

Aberdeen's Derek McInnes (speaking to the BBC):

Very good performance. By and large to compose ourselves as an away team against a good Thistle team, we're delighted we managed to do that tonight. We didn't expect to come here and get it all our own way but there's no doubt the better team won the game.”

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The Sun, 5th November, 2016

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DÉJÀ VU vs DONS

● Prior to the match, Ryan Edwards - one of only two ever-presents this term - won the McCrea Financial Services player-of-the-month for the second-time-in-a-row. He's the first player to do so since Kallum Higginbotham, who won three-in-a-row between February and April 2014.

● Once again Thistle shoot towards the North Stand in the first-half; it's now more than one-year since we did the opposite.

● Adam Barton scores his first goal for Thistle, bringing the season-spread for the category up to an impressive 11 players in all competitions.

● Thistle have lost their last 3 matches vs Aberdeen by the same 1-2 scoreline.

● It's now 7 competitive games without-a-win versus Aberdeen; of our 41 H2H lists, only our winless runs against Rangers and Celtic stretch further.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 competitive games without a home win; 27th Aug 2016 to date. (Longest run since: 6 games; 16th May 2015 to 12th Sep 2015. Club-record: 13 games; 13th Apr 1988 to 3rd Dec 1988.)

● 6 home League games without a win; 27th Aug 2016 to date. (Longest run since the joint club-record: 15 games; 16th Apr 2013 to 1st Feb 2014 & 5th Dec 1908 to 11th Dec 1909.)

● 30 consecutive competitive appearances for Ryan Edwards, 2nd Mar 2016 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Steven Lawless - 53 games; 9th Aug 2015 to 15th Oct 2016. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

● 49 away League games without a penalty award, 1st Mar 2014 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 62 games; 1st Apr 1911 to 7th Nov 1914.*)

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