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matches:2018-19: ← 27game 2829 →

	Robbie Neilson	Gary Caldwell	36y, 8m, 24d

		Conor Hazard; Steven Saunders; Stuart Bannigan; Gary Harkins
		Jamie Sneddon; Niall Keown; Tam Scobbie; Andy McCarthy

Fraser Fyvie (1-1, pen 62 mins)		Kris Doolan (1-0, 9 mins)
none (1-1, pen 62 mins)		Craig Slater (1-0, 9 mins)
Callum Booth		Joe Cardle; Blair Spittal

Fraser Aird (Aidan Nesbitt, HT); Matthew Smith (Billy King, 78 mins)		Gary Harkins (Joe Cardle, 65 mins); Steven Saunders (Dan Jefferies, 76 mins); Miles Storey (Ally Roy, 80 mins)

	Benjamin Siegrist	Conor Hazard	20y, 10m, 0d
	Stewart Murdoch	Christie Elliott	27y, 7m, 10d
	former Jag Callum Booth	James Penrice	20y, 0m, 14d
	former Jag Freddy Frans	Steven Saunders	27y, 9m, 6d
	Paul McMullan	Sean McGinty	25y, 4m, 25d
	Fraser Fyvie	Stuart Bannigan	26y, 3m, 19d
	Sam Stanton	Craig Slater	24y, 8m, 10d
	Pavol Šafranko	Gary Harkins	34y, 0m, 3d
	Matthew Smith	Kris Doolan	32y, 0m, 25d
	Rachid Bouhenna	Blair Spittal	23y, 0m, 17d
	Fraser Aird	Miles Storey	25y, 0m, 1d

			26y, 0m, 25d

	Matej Rakovan	Jamie Sneddon	21y, 3m, 30d
	Craig Curran	Chris Erskine	31y, 10m, 28d
	Billy King	Andy McCarthy	20y, 2m, 16d
	former Jag Aidan Nesbitt	Callum Wilson	19y, 6m, 13d
	Jamie Robson	Dan Jefferies	19y, 11m, 6d
	Christoph Rabitsch	Joe Cardle	31y, 10m, 29d
	Paul Watson	Ally Roy	21y, 7m, 10d

	Teamlines derived from PTFC / SPFL. Thistle generally in playing order, opposition in squad number order.
	5282 (SPFL)

Arguably Thistle's best 45 minutes of the season. They deserved better than just Doolan's header from a corner (9) but failed to take their chances while on top. They coped with increased pressure after h-t until a pen (foul, 62). A good point against 3rd top United but other results saw them slump to the bottom.

Dundee United were held by Partick Thistle and missed the chance to go to within a point of second place as the Jags went bottom of the Championship. Kris Doolan headed Thistle in front early on. Fraser Fyvie levelled from the penalty spot for the Tangerines after the break following a foul by Sean McGinty on substitute Aidan Nesbitt. But United could not find a winner, Pavol Safrankopenalised for a foul on goalkeeper Conor Hazard as he netted. Robbie Neilson's side are three points behind Ayr United and six off leaders Ross County with the top two both having lost this weekend. Gary Caldwell's Thistle are a point behind Falkirk, who beat hosts Ayr, and five behind Alloa Athletic after the Wasps drew away to Dunfermline.

Dundee United manager Robbie Neilson:

We changed it at half time and got control of the game. The first half wasn't a great spectacle for anyone. We dominated the second half and should have scored more goals. You can see the quality Aidan Nesbitt brings. We had six or seven really good chances and on another day we could have taken three or four of them. He's the guy creating them. I was hoping to get another signing in today but it didn't go through, hopefully early next week we'll do it. We've got another couple of targets as well. It's important to get them in as quick as we can.

Partick Thistle manager Gary Caldwell:

It was a fantastic performance in the first half. We need to be more clinical during that period and the game would have been finished. They get a soft penalty - which has happened to us a lot. And the rest of the game was probably 50-50. We were a threat on the counter-attack, while they had more possession without hurting us that much. Gary Harkins gave us a great range of passing but he's not 100% fit, so he had to come off, the same with Stevie Saunders.

05-Jan-2019, bbc.com

4 MID-SEASON DEBUTANTS

● 20-year-old Conor Hazard makes his Thistle debut.

● 21-year-old Ally Roy makes his Thistle debut.

● 27-year-old Steven Saunders makes his Thistle debut.

● 31-year-old Joe Cardle makes his Thistle debut.

● 19-year-old Dan Jefferies plays his last game for Thistle.

● Kris Doolan scores his 5th competitive goal versus United. Only Alex O'Hara (6) has scored more often for Thistle versus the Tannadice men.

● His 119th competitive goal places him as outright 4th in our all-time competitive scorers chart behind only George Smith, Willie Paul and Willie Sharp.

● For the first time in history, Thistle will go into February still looking for their first away League win in a second-tier campaign.

ongoing sequences:

● 10 away League games without a win; 4th Aug 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 16 games; 18th Mar 2017 to 27th Dec 2017. Club-record: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936.)

● 10 competitive away games without a win; 25th Aug 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 10 games; 19th Aug 2017 to 27th Dec 2017. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 10 second-tier away games without a win to start off this season, 4th Aug 2018 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 12 games; 11th Aug 1984 to 12th Jan 1985.)

● 11 second-tier away games without a win, 4th May 2013 to date. (Longest run since: 14 games; 11th Sep 2004 to 9th Apr 2005. Club-record: 17 games; 16th Sep 1989 to 25th Aug 1990.)

● 37 consecutive competitive appearances for Blair Spittal, 31st Mar 2018 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Adam Barton - 54 games; 28th Dec 2016 to 3rd Feb 2018. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

● 69 games since back-to-back League wins, 11th Mar 2017 to date. (Longest run since: 71 games; 16th Apr 2013 to 14th Mar 2015. Club-record: 77 games; 2nd Nov 1912 to 5th Dec 1914.)

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