Date:29 Dec 2012
Kick-off:15:00
Venue:Excelsior Stadium
Attendance:1,617

Boyle (40)
Erskine (78)

Goal!

Live Commentary

90mins Corner taken left-footed by Steven Lawless from the right by-line, Close range header by Alan Archibald goes wide of the left-hand post.

90mins Shot from 20 yards by Liam Buchanan. Comfortable save by Graeme Smith.

88mins Shot from just outside the penalty area by Liam Watt misses to the left of the target.

87mins Corner taken left-footed by Josh Watt from the right by-line, Ricki Lamie gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Alan Archibald. Free kick taken by Graeme Smith.

84mins Aaron Muirhead challenges Josh Watt unfairly and gives away a free kick. Ricki Lamie takes the indirect free kick.

82mins The offside flag is raised against Kris Doolan. Marc Warren leaves the field to be replaced by David Lilley. Grant Adam takes the indirect free kick.

80mins Aaron Sinclair challenges Liam Watt unfairly and gives away a free kick. Indirect free kick taken by Gregor Buchanan.

79mins Corner taken left-footed by Steven Lawless from the right by-line, clearance by Ricki Lamie.

79mins Effort on goal by Kris Doolan from 20 yards. Save made by Grant Adam.

78mins Christopher Erskine scores a goal from the edge of the area to the top right corner of the goal. Airdrie Utd 1-1 Partick.Kris Doolan provided the assist for the goal.

75mins Steven Lawless takes the outswinging corner, James Barclay makes a clearance.

73mins The offside flag is raised against Liam Buchanan. Free kick taken by Alan Archibald.

72mins Steven Lawless takes a shot. Grant Adam makes a save. Corner taken by Steven Lawless.

71mins Christopher Erskine produces a left-footed shot from inside the area that clears the crossbar. Josh Watt is brought on as a substitute for William McLaren.

70mins The assistant referee signals for offside against Steven Craig. Grant Adam takes the indirect free kick.

66mins Chris O'Neil fouled by Aaron Sinclair, the ref awards a free kick. Liam Buchanan joins the action as a substitute, replacing John Boyle. Grant Adam restarts play with the free kick.

65mins Outswinging corner taken from the left by-line by William McLaren.

65mins Unfair challenge on Ryan Donnelly by Stuart Bannigan results in a free kick. The free kick is swung in left-footed by William McLaren, clearance made by Aaron Muirhead.

62mins John Boyle gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Alan Archibald. The referee shows John Boyle a yellow card for unsporting behaviour. Alan Archibald takes the free kick.

62mins Shot by Steven Craig from deep inside the penalty area misses to the left of the target.

61mins Foul by Ricki Lamie on Steven Craig, free kick awarded. Free kick taken by Paul Paton.

60mins Unfair challenge on Alan Archibald by Ryan Donnelly results in a free kick. Free kick taken by Alan Archibald.

59mins Unfair challenge on John Boyle by Conrad Balatoni results in a free kick. Marc Warren takes the free kick.

58mins John Boyle has shot on goal from just outside the penalty box which goes wide of the right-hand upright. Kris Doolan on for Sean Welsh.

57mins Conrad Balatoni fouled by John Boyle, the ref awards a free kick. Conrad Balatoni takes the indirect free kick.

55mins Paul Paton challenges John Boyle unfairly and gives away a free kick. Paul Paton receives a yellow card for unsporting behaviour. William McLaren delivers the ball from the free kick left-footed from left channel.

55mins Outswinging corner taken from the left by-line by Steven Lawless.

49mins Steven Lawless produces a drilled left-footed shot from 18 yards. Save by Grant Adam.

47mins Unfair challenge on Paul Paton by John Boyle results in a free kick. Indirect free kick taken by Conrad Balatoni.

46mins The assistant referee signals for offside against John Boyle. Free kick taken by Conrad Balatoni.

46mins Corner taken by Steven Lawless.

44mins Nathan Blockley challenges Aaron Sinclair unfairly and gives away a free kick. Indirect free kick taken by Paul Paton.

42mins Nathan Blockley fouled by Steven Craig, the ref awards a free kick. Ricki Lamie takes the indirect free kick.

41mins William McLaren takes a shot. Save by Graeme Smith. Inswinging corner taken left-footed by William McLaren.

41mins Aaron Sinclair gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on William McLaren. Indirect free kick taken by Ricki Lamie.

40mins John Boyle fires in a goal from just inside the penalty area to the bottom left corner of the goal. Airdrie Utd 1-0 Partick.Assist on the goal came from Ryan Donnelly.

38mins Steven Craig has a headed effort at goal from close range which goes wide left of the target.

37mins Sean Welsh produces a cross, Steven Craig takes a shot. Grant Adam makes a comfortable save.

36mins Steven Craig is ruled offside. Indirect free kick taken by Gregor Buchanan.

35mins Free kick awarded for a foul by Aaron Muirhead on Ryan Donnelly. Grant Adam takes the indirect free kick.

32mins John Boyle has an effort at goal from just outside the box which goes wide of the left-hand post.

29mins Aaron Muirhead has an effort at goal from 30 yards.

28mins Aaron Muirhead fouled by William McLaren, the ref awards a free kick. Conrad Balatoni takes the indirect free kick.

25mins Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Liam Watt by Sean Welsh. Indirect free kick taken by Grant Adam.

24mins Marc Warren concedes a free kick for a foul on Steven Craig. Direct free kick taken by Paul Paton.

23mins Ricki Lamie gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Steven Lawless. The referee books Ricki Lamie for unsporting behaviour. Free kick crossed left-footed by Steven Lawless from right wing, clearance by Marc Warren.

21mins Inswinging corner taken by William McLaren.

18mins Marc Warren gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Steven Lawless. Aaron Muirhead takes the indirect free kick.

10mins Free kick awarded for a foul by Nathan Blockley on Paul Paton. Conrad Balatoni restarts play with the free kick.

8mins Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Steven Lawless from the right by-line, Liam Watt manages to make a clearance. Corner taken by Steven Lawless.

7mins Shot by Liam Watt from 20 yards. Save by Graeme Smith.

6mins Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Aaron Sinclair by Chris O'Neil. Chris O'Neil is shown a yellow card for unsporting behaviour. Free kick crossed by Aaron Sinclair.

6mins Free kick awarded for a foul by John Boyle on Stuart Bannigan. Free kick taken by Paul Paton.

4mins Foul by Marc Warren on Steven Lawless, free kick awarded. Indirect free kick taken by Paul Paton.

3mins Corner taken by William McLaren, clearance made by Conrad Balatoni.

Match Preview

Blockley back for Airdrie Airdrie entertain a Partick Thistle side that defeated them 7-0 in their last meeting, with the Diamonds welcoming back midfielder Nathan Blockley from a one-game ban. Manager Jimmy Boyle is waiting on the fitness news of Gavin Griffin, Jack Boyle and Cameron MacDonald before finalising his side as he looks for a huge improvement from Wednesday's 3-0 reverse at Hamilton Accies. Boyle said: "We know that we should be competing in matches better and having Nathan available will help with that. "We have the chance to show that we can do that against a Partick Thistle side that won way too easily against us earlier in the season. "I am looking for better than we showed against Hamilton and a lot better than the last game against Partick Thistle." First Division leaders Partick Thistle will be missing Ross Forbes. Forbes was dismissed in the 2-1 Boxing Day defeat by Morton which marked a first home defeat of the season for Jackie McNamara's side. The Firhill men will also be missing Stephen O'Donnell and Mark McGuigan with ankle injuries, with McNamara being positive despite the result against the Greenock side. He said: "There was not that much wrong with our performance especially in the first half when we should have been out of sight. "We will go to Airdrie in good spirits as a result but we know that they will be out for revenge after our handsome win over them in our last meeting. "I watched Airdrie against Falkirk last weekend and they played well despite going down 4-1."

Formation:442Manager: Jimmy Boyle

Airdrie Utd

Formation: 442Manager: Jackie McNamara

Partick

Grant Adam
Chris O'Neil
Gregor Buchanan
Ricki Lamie
Marc Warren
Liam Watt
James Barclay
Nathan Blockley
William McLaren
John Boyle
Ryan Donnelly
SUBS
Andrew Duncan
Josh Watt
Liam Buchanan
Jamie Bain
David Lilley

Home

Away

Graeme Smith
Aaron Muirhead
Conrad Balatoni
Alan Archibald
Aaron Sinclair
Steven Lawless
Paul Paton
Stuart Bannigan
Christopher Erskine
Steven Craig
Sean Welsh
SUBS
Scott Fox
Kris Doolan
Hugh Murray
David Rowson
Jonathon Black

Match Report

Form Guide

LDDLLL Airdrie Utd VS Partick DWLWWL

Last Meetings

Partick 7 - 0 Airdrie Utd 20/10/2012 Airdrie Utd 2 - 0 Partick 03/04/2010 Partick 2 - 0 Airdrie Utd 13/02/2010 Airdrie Utd 2 - 5 Partick 12/12/2009 Partick 2 - 0 Airdrie Utd 03/10/2009 Partick 0 - 1 Airdrie Utd 02/05/2009

Top Scorers

Airdrie Utd J Boyle 7 P Di Giacomo 2 J Bain 1 R Donnelly 1 A Cook 1 N Blockley 1 K Stallard 1 J Watt 1 G Buchanan 1 Partick S Lawless 9 S Craig 5 K Doolan 5 C Erskine 3 S Bannigan 3 R Forbes 2 S Welsh 2 C Balatoni 1 A Sinclair 1 S O'Donnell 1

Goals

Airdrie Utd Total goals 56 Goals per game 17 (For) 2 (Against) Period 0-10 mins 2 (For) 2 (Against) Period 11-20 mins 2 (For) 5 (Against) Period 21-30 mins 2 (For) 2 (Against) Period 31-40 mins 1 (For) 5 (Against) Period 41-50 mins 1 (For) 2 (Against) Period 51-60 mins 4 (For) 6 (Against) Period 61-70 mins 2 (For) 7 (Against) Period 71-80 mins 3 (For) 8 (Against) Period 81-90 mins Partick Total goals 74 Goals per game 35 4 (For) Period 0-10 mins 3 (For) 2 (Against) Period 11-20 mins 5 (For) 1 (Against) Period 21-30 mins 4 (For) 1 (Against) Period 31-40 mins 4 (For) 2 (Against) Period 41-50 mins 5 (For) 2 (Against) Period 51-60 mins 5 (For) 2 (Against) Period 61-70 mins 2 (For) Period 71-80 mins 3 (For) 3 (Against) Period 81-90 mins