25th Jul 2021 St Mirren 2 Partick Thistle 0 (League Cup Group H - game 4)

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	Jim Goodwin	Ian McCall	56y, 9m, 25d

		Harry Stone; Steven Bell; Ross Docherty
		Jamie Sneddon; Mouhamed Niang; Scott Tiffoney

Jamie McGrath (0-1, pen 25 mins); Joe Shaughnessy (0-2, 90+5 mins)
none (0-1, pen 25 mins); Lee Erwin (0-2, 90+5 mins)
Alan Power		Ciaran McKenna

Eamonn Brophy (Lee Erwin, 66 mins); Greg Kiltie (Ethan Erhahon, 69 mins); Alan Power (Cameron MacPherson, 81 mins)		Kevin Holt (Mouhamed Niang, 60 mins); Stuart Bannigan (Connor Murray, 73 mins); Zak Rudden (Shea Gordon, 74 mins); Kyle Turner (Billy Owens, 79 mins)

	Jak Alnwick	Harry Stone	19y, 3m, 5d
	Jay Henderson	Ciaran McKenna	23y, 4m, 0d
	Scott Tanser	Richard Foster	35y, 11m, 24d
	Joe Shaughnessy	Kevin Holt	28y, 6m, 0d
	Marcus Fraser	Steven Bell	36y, 5m, 1d
	Charles Dunne	Stuart Bannigan	28y, 10m, 8d
	Jamie McGrath	Ross Docherty	28y, 6m, 2d
	Alan Power	Kyle Turner	23y, 8m, 15d
	Greg Kiltie	Brian Graham	33y, 8m, 2d
	Eamonn Brophy	Zak Rudden	21y, 5m, 19d
	Curtis Main	Ross MacIver	22y, 4m, 27d

			27y, 5m, 17d

	Dean Lyness	Jamie Sneddon	23y, 10m, 19d
	Richard Tait	Shea Gordon	23y, 2m, 9d
	Conor McCarthy	Connor Murray	24y, 3m, 1d
	Ryan Flynn	Mouhamed Niang	21y, 9m, 17d
	Cameron MacPherson	Gospel Ocholi	18y, 3m, 16d
	Ethan Erhahon	Billy Owens	18y, 1m, 19d
	future Jag Kyle McAllister
	Daniel Finlayson
	Lee Erwin

notes

Both sides generally in playing order.
Thistle filled only 6 of their 9 allocated bench slots.
Crowd limited due to the coronavirus pandemic.

TTA report

A bright start with good crosses and chances proved fruitless then a pen for a foul by Foster put Saints ahead (25). Thistle tried to get forward but gradually wilted in the Paisley heat against a stronger, more experienced squad that didn't capitalise on the lion's share of chances and only scored again on 90+5 minutes from close in.

Media report

25-Jul-2021, Sky Sports

Joe Shaughnessy netted five minutes into stoppage-time to secure St Mirren a place among the seeded teams in the Premier Sports Cup second round. The Saints skipper's goal made it 2-0 and ensured they bettered Dundee United's record. Jamie McGrath's first-half penalty had put the Paisley side on course to top the group but they left it late to guarantee themselves a place among the seeds. Thistle had to win by three goals to leapfrog the Buddies and join Dunfermline in progressing from Group G. But their task became even tougher when McGrath slotted home a 25th-minute spot-kick after Richard Foster had been adjudged to have brought down Jay Henderson. The Jags responded and Jak Alnwick made saves from Brian Graham and Stuart Bannigan before the break.

But the hosts dominated after the interval. McGrath's shot skimmed the top of the bar before Curtis Main missed a couple of decent chances and Henderson shot straight at the goalkeeper. Main headed wide from close range in stoppage-time but centre-back Shaughnessy found himself in the six-yard box moments later to tap in Lee Erwin's square ball. Both St Mirren and Dundee United have identical goal difference records of nine for and one against, but Jim Goodwin's side moved ahead courtesy of scoring more away from home. They join Dundee among the seeds for Sunday evening's draw along with European qualifiers Rangers, Celtic, St Johnstone, Hibernian and Aberdeen.

Reaction

Partick Thistle manager Ian McCall (speaking to Jagzone):

I thought it was really tight in the first half. We had a couple of good opportunities and who knows what happens if we score one of them but, to be fair to them, they had good chances of their own in the second half before they eventually got their second. In the end, it was immaterial whether we lost by one or two goals so we tried to go for it. We put bodies forward and made a couple of forward thinking subs but that left us a bit more open at the back and they capitalised on it for the second goal right at the end. Look, we’ve got some quality players here at the moment. The squad will be a bit fuller over the next couple of weeks with Scott Tiffoney and Cammy Smith coming into contention and then we’re still looking to add more new players soon so we’re looking forward to a big game next Saturday against Queen of the South. I felt we did miss Tiff’s pace today, that bit of something different that really can unsettle a defence and likewise with Cammy, he’s the sort of player that maybe could have found that killer pass we were missing today so we’ll look forward to having them available soon.

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