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

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	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.

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.

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