13th Dec 2024 Livingston 2 Partick Thistle 0 (SPFL Championship - game 16)

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Match Information

			David Martindale		Kris Doolan			38y, 0m, 2d
					Charlie Sayers; Robbie Crawford
					Harry Milne; Luke McBeth
Tete Yengi (0-1, 7 mins); Robbie Muirhead (0-2, 69 mins)‎
Lewis Smith (0-1, 7 mins); Matthew Clarke (0-2, 69 mins)‎
Jamie Brandon					Charlie Sayers; Daniel O'Reilly; Lee Ashcroft; Kyle Turner
Lewis Smith (Robbie Muirhead, 65 mins); Reece McAlear (Stephen Kelly, 65 mins); Matthew Clarke (Cristian Montaño, 71 mins); Jamie Brandon (Andrew Shinnie, 79 mins); Stevie May (Andy Winter, 79 mins)					Logan Chalmers (Steven Lawless, 65 mins); Robbie Crawford (Terry Ablade, 65 mins); Charlie Sayers (Luke McBeth, 76 mins); Aidan Fitzpatrick (Liam Smith, 76 mins)
			Jérôme Prior		Myles Roberts			23y, 0m, 4d
			Daniel Finlayson		Kyle Turner			27y, 1m, 3d
			Matthew Clarke		Charlie Sayers			20y, 8m, 14d
			former Jag Ryan McGowan		Daniel O'Reilly			29y, 8m, 2d
			Michael Nottingham		Lee Ashcroft			31y, 3m, 14d
			Reece McAlear		Stuart Bannigan			32y, 2m, 26d
			Jamie Brandon		Robbie Crawford			30y, 5m, 21d
			Scott Pittman		Logan Chalmers			24y, 8m, 19d
			Stevie May		Brian Graham			37y, 0m, 20d
			Tete Yengi		Scott Robinson			32y, 9m, 2d
			Lewis Smith		Aidan Fitzpatrick			23y, 8m, 23d
								28y, 5m, 6d
			Marcelo Pitaluga		David Mitchell			34y, 8m, 9d
			Ben Jackson		Steven Lawless			33y, 8m, 1d
			Liam Sole		Liam Smith			21y, 1m, 15d
			Stephen Kelly		Terry Ablade			23y, 2m, 1d
			Andy Winter		Luke McBeth			25y, 3m, 4d
			Olly Green		Ricco Diack			19y, 7m, 6d
			Andrew Shinnie		Matthew Falconer
			former Jag Robbie Muirhead
			Cristian Montaño

notes

Both sides generally in playing order. Thistle filled only 7 of their 9 allocated bench slots. Originally scheduled for 3.00pm on Saturday 14th December, changed for BBC Scotland.

Match Report

TTA report

Livingston (bigger, stronger, with 1 defeat in 16) bossed Thistle all night. Roberts had a magnificent save (4) then fumbled a soft header over the line (7). A back-post header by ex-Jag Muirhead (69) put the match beyond Thistle who never really settled into the game. They survived a stonewall penalty claim and Ashcroft cleared off the line so it could have been worse.

TTA man of the match

It was one of those nights when it would be fairly easy to plump for 'no award' but SCOTT ROBINSON was confident and industrious enough to get the nod, and he's overdue one for his consistently fine performances lately.

Media report

Clive Lindsay, 13-Dec-2024, bbc.com

Impressive Livingston move to within five points of Scottish Championship leaders Falkirk after goals from Tete Yengi and Robbie Muirhead ended Partick Thistle's eight-game unbeaten league run. Myles Roberts had saved superbly to stop an early Reece McAlear shot and a Matthew Clarke header, but the on-loan Watford goalkeeper let Yengi's downward header slip through his grasp and over the line after only seven minutes.

Strike partner Stevie May and midfielder Scott Pittman were both denied by fine Roberts stops, while Thistle front man Brian Graham missed a trio of chances from close range. However, substitute striker Muirhead headed the second with just over 20 minutes remaining and Stephen Kelly had a shot cleared off the Thistle line as Livingston extended their unbeaten run to 11 home games - and seven overall. Thistle remain fourth, two points behind Ayr United, who host Falkirk on Saturday, but could be overtaken by Queen's Park should their Glasgow rivals win away to Hamilton Academical.

Reaction

Partick Thistle manager Kris Doolan:

I don't think we really got started. We lose an early goal, which doesn't help, but we never got into our flow or rhythm. Credit to Livingston, they stopped that and physically dominated us all over the pitch. We can't sit here and say we deserved something out of the game.

Livingston manager David Martindale:

I thought the boys had a lot of control in the game, had some decent chances and there was a lot of good football within that. A wee bit disappointed - I thought we could have looked after the ball a bit better on the counter in the second half. But it's three points and a clean sheet.

Podcast

After a disastrous lost live recording last week, Matt Greer, David Forrest, Reiss Haldane, Heather Holloway and Jamie McDonald are here to discuss our games against Airdrie and Livingston before indulging in a Christmas-themed random tombola of Thistle talking points. (25-Dec-2024)

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The Sun, 14th December, 2024

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Stats Watch

ARTIFICIAL WOES

● 17-year-old Matthew Falconer features in the first-team matchday squad for the first-tiime.

● 1,544 sets a new low for a Livingston v Partick Thistle league game at Almondvale. The previous low (1,575) was set on Sat-19-Apr-2008.

● In the league, it's now played 4 lost 4 on artificial pitches this season. It's 20 months since such a win was registered (at Balmoor).

● Thistle go 6 without a win versus Livingston and are now just 1 away from the matching the H2H record (7) set in 2003.

● Despite this defeat, Partick Thistle (13 points) remain top of the 6-game Championship form table, ahead of Falkirk (12 points).

● After 4 attempts, Jags are still looking for that first-ever win on Friday the 13th.

ongoing sequences:

● 13 home League games without defeat; 16th Mar 2024 to date. (Longest run since: 21 games; 5th May 2001 to 17th Aug 2002. Joint club-record: 23 games; 27th Aug 1910 to 14th Oct 1911 & 29th Aug 1970 to 6th Nov 1971.)

● 22 consecutive competitive appearances for Kyle Turner, 13th Jul 2024 to date. (Longest run since: Aidan Fitzpatrick - 48 games, 4th Nov 2023 to 26th Oct 2024. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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