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57y, 7m, 3d	Ian McCall	Billy Dodds former Jag

Stephen Hendrie; Kevin Holt; Stuart Bannigan; Brian Graham; Scott Tiffoney
Richard Foster; Lewis Mayo; Kyle Turner; Cammy Smith; Kyle McAllister

Robbie Crawford (1-0, 54‎ mins)		Shane Sutherland (1-1, 71 mins); Austin Samuels (1-2, 82‎ mins)
Brian Graham (1-0, 54‎ mins)		none (1-1, 71 mins); Shane Sutherland (1-2, 82‎ mins)
Stephen Hendrie; Brian Graham‎		Logan Chalmers; Austin Samuels

Alex Jakubiak (Juan Alegría, 74 mins); Brian Graham (Cammy Smith, 86 mins)		Tom Walsh (Lewis Hyde, 19 mins); Lewis Hyde (Austin Samuels, 60 mins); Billy Mckay (Joe Hardy, 75 mins); Logan Chalmers (Cameron Harper, 75 mins)

24y, 7m, 27d	Jamie Sneddon	Mark Ridgers former Jag
24y, 1m, 8d	Ciaran McKenna	David Carson
27y, 3m, 25d	Stephen Hendrie	Robbie Deas
23y, 5m, 12d	Tunji Akinola	Danny Devine former Jag
29y, 3m, 8d	Kevin Holt	Kirk Broadfoot
29y, 7m, 16d	Stuart Bannigan	Sean Welsh former Jag
29y, 3m, 10d	Ross Docherty	Reece McAlear
27y, 10m, 11d	Robbie Crawford	Shane Sutherland
34y, 5m, 10d	Brian Graham	Billy Mckay
25y, 8m, 6d	Alex Jakubiak	Tom Walsh
23y, 8m, 7d	Scott Tiffoney	Logan Chalmers

27y, 2m, 19d

25y, 7m, 7d	Andy Firth	Cammy Mackay
36y, 9m, 2d	Richard Foster	Cameron Harper
26y, 8m, 9d	Cammy Smith	Scott Allardice
37y, 2m, 9d	Steven Bell	Joe Hardy
25y, 0m, 9d	Connor Murray	Austin Samuels
19y, 10m, 27d	Juan Alegría	Lewis Hyde
17y, 7m, 13d	Ben Stanway

	Teamlines derived from PTFC / SCW. Both sides generally in playing order. Thistle filled 7 of their 9 allocated bench slots, whilst Inverness filled only 6 of theirs.
	2919 (SPFL)

The teams were evenly matched but 2 mistakes cost Thistle the win. Graham's lovely reverse pass let in Crawford from 18 yards (51) but when Sneddon spilled a 20-yarder the ball was touched in (71). Alegria pounced on a pass-back but his 1-on-1 with the keeper was skied. A poor pass led to a sweeping move and the cross was touched in (82).

Thomas Duncan, 03-May-2022, bbc.com

Inverness Caledonian Thistle will take a slender lead into the second leg of the Scottish Premiership play-off quarter-final after Shane Sutherland inspired a comeback win against Partick Thistle. Sutherland pounced to equalise after Billy Mckay's shot was spilled, and then put in a brilliant cross for Austin Samuels to tap home the winner with eight minutes left. Robbie Crawford had put Partick Thistle in front but it is Inverness who are in pole position to face Arbroath next.

Ian McCall's side seemed in the ascendancy after Brian Graham's slick reverse pass teed up Crawford to fire home his first goal for four years after 54 minutes, but in-form Caley Thistle turned the tide. Having struggled to trouble goalkeeper Jamie Sneddon for the first 69 minutes, Mckay's shot from the edge of the box forced an error and Sutherland - who got the benefit of a marginal offside call - followed in to level. In an end-to-end match, the home side had a huge chance to take the lead when substitute Juan Alegria latched on to a terrible back pass from Inverness defender David Carson, but the Rangers loanee fired over the bar.

It proved to be a costly miss as Inverness - who finished one place above their opponents in the regular season - soon went up the other end of the pitch, where Sutherland floated in an inch-perfect cross for Samuels to side-foot beyond Sneddon. The tie remains finely poised with the return in Inverness to come on Friday, but Billy Dodds' side hold the momentum as well as the scoreline advantage after an impressive turnaround.

Partick Thistle manager Ian McCall:

I felt we edged it. It's tough out there. We took the lead, and the goalie's got to do better with the goal it's that simple. And he knows that. And then Juan misses the best chance of the game. In a game of this magnitude, that's a big moment. And then our captain [Ross] Docherty, who was outstanding, made a mistake. We made two mistakes and got punished for them. We're a bit gutted but the tie is most certainly not over.

Inverness CT manager Billy Dodds:

I thought it was an even game to be honest. They had a chance to go 2-1 up, we take our chances. First half was pretty even as well. I'd have taken a draw but I love the win. It's only half way there though. Thistle are going to come to Inverness on Friday and have a go and hopefully we can pick them off at the right times and have the tie killed off.

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