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

· Scottish Premiership

St Johnstone

33': Michael O'Halloran

FT
1 - 0

Partick Thistle

St Johnstone see off Partick to maintain winning start

Match Commentary

33': Goal! St. Johnstone 1, Partick Thistle 0. Michael O'Halloran (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Steven Anderson.
44': Steven Lawless (Partick Thistle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
60': Substitution, Partick Thistle. Milan Nitriansky replaces Callum Booth because of an injury.
64': Substitution, Partick Thistle. Conor Sammon replaces Steven Lawless.
68': Substitution, Partick Thistle. Kris Doolan replaces Ryan Edwards.
71': Substitution, St. Johnstone. Craig Thomson replaces Stefan Scougall.
75': Substitution, St. Johnstone. Graham Cummins replaces Steven MacLean.
86': Miles Storey (Partick Thistle) is shown the yellow card.
87': Substitution, St. Johnstone. Liam Craig replaces Michael O'Halloran.

Game Information

Competition: Scottish Premiership

Venue: McDiarmid Park
Location: Perth, Scotland
Attendance: 3,470

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
1	Alan Mannus (GK)
6	Steven Anderson
5	Joe Shaughnessy
24	Brian Easton
19	Richard Foster
18	Paul Paton
8	Murray Davidson
21	Stefan Scougall
10	David Wotherspoon
11	Michael O'Halloran
9	Steven MacLean

St Johnstone Substitutes:

Liam Craig, Scott Tanser, Craig Thomson, Zander Clark, Callum Hendry, Ally Gilchrist, Graham Cummins.

Partick Thistle (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Tomas Cerny (GK)
4	Jordan Turnbull
5	Niall Keown
3	Callum Booth
14	Christie Elliott
19	Ryan Edwards
13	Adam Barton
6	Abdul Osman
39	Miles Storey
10	Chris Erskine
11	Steven Lawless

Partick Thistle Substitutes:

Conor Sammon, Milan Nitriansky, Blair Spittal, Ryan Scully, Kris Doolan, Stuart Bannigan, Daniel Devine.

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