St Johnstone vs Partick Thistle, 2017-18 Scottish Premiership, Regular Season

· Scottish Premiership

St Johnstone

74': Liam Craig (P)

FT
1 - 3

Partick Thistle

13': Steven Lawless
64': Conor Sammon
90'+4': Ryan Edwards

St Johnstone 1-3 Partick Thistle

Match Commentary

13': Goal! St. Johnstone 0, Partick Thistle 1. Steven Lawless (Partick Thistle) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Miles Storey.
41': Steven MacLean (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
57': Substitution, St. Johnstone. Christopher Kane replaces Denny Johnstone.
57': Substitution, St. Johnstone. David McMillan replaces Steven MacLean.
62': Substitution, Partick Thistle. Ryan Edwards replaces Chris Erskine.
64': Goal! St. Johnstone 0, Partick Thistle 2. Conor Sammon (Partick Thistle) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ryan Edwards.
71': Tomás Cerny (Partick Thistle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
74': Goal! St. Johnstone 1, Partick Thistle 2. Liam Craig (St. Johnstone) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
78': Substitution, St. Johnstone. Blair Alston replaces David McMillan because of an injury.
83': Substitution, Partick Thistle. Adam Barton replaces Steven Lawless.
90'+4': Goal! St. Johnstone 1, Partick Thistle 3. Ryan Edwards (Partick Thistle) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.

Game Information

Competition: Scottish Premiership

Venue: McDiarmid Park
Location: Perth, Scotland
Attendance: 2,848

SPFL Premiership Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Celtic	4	+6	10
2	Heart of Midlothian	4	+4	10
3	Hibernian	3	+1	5
4	Dundee United	3	+1	4

Full Standings

Line-Ups

St Johnstone (4-4-2)

No.	Name
12	Zander Clark (GK)
6	Steven Anderson
5	Joe Shaughnessy
14	Aaron Comrie
22	Keith Watson
26	Liam Craig
7	Chris Millar
21	Stefan Scougall
10	David Wotherspoon
9	Steven MacLean
17	Denny Johnstone

St Johnstone Substitutes:

Christopher Kane, David McMillan, Blair Alston, Alan Mannus, Kyle Mcclean, Jason Kerr, Liam Gordon.

Partick Thistle (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Tomas Cerny (GK)
4	Baily Cargill
5	Niall Keown
3	Callum Booth
16	Paul McGinn
11	Steven Lawless
37	Martin Woods
6	Abdul Osman
18	Conor Sammon
39	Miles Storey
10	Chris Erskine

Partick Thistle Substitutes:

Daniel Devine, Ryan Edwards, Mustapha Dumbuya, Ryan Scully, Kris Doolan, Adam Barton, Blair Spittal.

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