A cheap booking for Partick forward David Amoo, who swipes at the ankles of Celtic full-back Kieran Tierney, who does love to get forward whenever he can. 

Kris Commons gets the ball stuck under his feet on the edge of the box and he slips when he eventually gets a shot away from 18 yards, the ball rising over the crossbar. Celtic growing ever more dangerous... 

The Thistle defence are back-tracking furiously as Nir Bitton strides forward but he over-hits a pass to Gary Mackay-Steven and goalkeeper Tomas Cerny is able to collect.

Liam Lindsay is unchallenged as he controls the ball 30 yards out and the Partick defender decides to have a pop. It's a fierce effort and swerving near the top corner, forcing Craig Gordon to bat the ball away with a flying leap.

Callum McGregor has been prominent in these early stages as Celtic take a firm grip and the midfielder drags an angled shot wide from the edge of the penalty box.

This time it's Kris Commons darting at the home defence from the right and he slides a pass across goal invitingly. Gary Mackay-Steven comes sliding in but can only get a fraction of a stud on the ball and it slips narrowly wide. 

Callum McGregor drifts forward from the right and floats a nice cross into the Thistle box where Leigh Griffiths dives low to power in a header from near the penalty spot. Tomas Cerny is at full-stretch to push the ball away from the target.

Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths sees daylight in behind the home defence but Danny Seaborne displays an impressive burst of pace to make up ground and snuff out the danger.

A decent cross is whipped into the Celtic penalty area but goalkeeper Craig Gordon deals with it comfortably. The home side are looking sprightly.

And we're off!

Tom English
BBC Sport Scotland

"It will be interesting to see what happens if Partick can rattle Celtic's cage. They've been asked a few questions in recent weeks and haven't come up with many answers."

Are Dundee United doomed after last night's 2-1 defeat at Motherwell?

The Terrors are eight points adrift of Kilmarnock at the foot of the Premiership with nine games to go but manager Mixu Paatelainen was defiant, telling BBC Scotland: "We've got plenty of opportunities and plenty of chances to close that gap and that's our aim."

Motherwell moved into the top half of the table, although boss Mark McGhee is still looking over his shoulder at the chasing pack.

"It puts three more points between us the team sitting second bottom," he said after his players came from behind to win at Fir Park.

You can watch highlights of that game on our site.

"No games are easy and Partick are a good football team. We have good skills in the team and we need to build on the winning feeling from last weekend. Every good performance builds confidence."

"If we turn in a similar performance to the one against Aberdeen and are maybe more clinical, we could take something from the game. With the way the league is, everyone is scrapping for something and we need to be at it."

The grass is pretty sparse on patches of the Firhill pitch.

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Thistle complete a sequence of matches against the Premiership's top three teams today following defeats to Aberdeen and Hearts.

Alan Archibald's side are very much in the mix for a top-six finish but a dip in form could yet see them sucked back towards the relegation play-off spot.

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With Dedryck Boyata suspended and Jozo Simunovic injured, the versatile Charlie Mulgrew remains in central defence for Celtic. Stefan Johansen is missing after suffering an ankle problem in the Scottish Cup win over Morton as Nir Bitton returns to the midfield. 

Partick are without injured duo Mustapha Dumbuya and Stuart Bannigan, while on-loan Aidan Nesbitt cannot play against his parent club. Kris Doolan is restored to the attack.

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Partick Thistle: Cerny, Miller, Seaborne Lindsay, Booth, Welsh, Osman, Fraser, Doolan, Lawless, Amoo. Subs: Scully, German, Frans, Elliott, Wilson, Edwards, Pogba.

Celtic: Gordon; Lustig, Sviatchenko, Mulgrew, Tierney; McGregor, Brown, Bitton, Commons, Mackay-Steven, Griffiths. Subs: Fasan, Ambrose, Armstrong, Forrest, Roberts, Kazim-Richards, Rogic.

Celtic have let Aberdeen back in with a sniff of a chance after back-to-back league draws but the visitors can take heart from a very healthy record against the Jags.

Since Thistle returned to the top flight, Celtic have won all nine encounters, with the Maryhill side failing to score in the last six meetings.

Oasis were dominating the pop charts the last time Thistle came out on top, in what Some Might Say was a shock 3-1 success at Celtic Park in May 1995.