A lot of football is being played in the middle third now.

Knocks and fouls aplenty too. Inverness get set to launch a long free-kick into the box.

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BBC Scotland at Caledonian Stadium

There hasn’t been an awful lot to sing about, so I don’t blame the fans keeping wrapped up and quieter than usual.

Zip up, head down kind of night.

Harry Milne picks up a yellow card as the Partick player slides into a needless challenge in all fairness.

Inverness' Zak Delaney picked up a booking a few minutes ago too.

The referee isn't wasting any time in dishing out the cards.

No goals yet but we're getting a pretty entertaining affair so far.

Inverness are a constant threat in behind Partick Thistle's high backline, while Kyle Turner and Scott Tiffoney are showing good touches for their side going the other way.

Both sides will be looking for favours from teams in the games elsewhere too, where the only goal so far this evening in the Championship is Ayr's opener.

What a save Mark Ridgers!

Partick work it well and it ends up with the ball slipped to Brian Graham on the edge of the area. The camera angle gave us a perfect vantage point behind the striker to see him open up his body and direct it back across the goal.

It seemed destined to ripple the net until Ridgers got a hand to tip it around the post. Sensational.

An Inverness corner ends up being knocked back and forth for a moment before Robbie Deas' volley spins into the grasp of the Partick goalie Mitchell.

Decent attempt from the centre half.

It has been a cagey affair so far for fans of a footballing cliche.

Neither side's posed too much of a threat outwith Billy Mckay's snapshot a few minutes ago.

Billy Mckay takes a smart first touch from a looping through ball and turns towards the Partick Thistle box.

His shot is palmed away by David Mitchell in the Partick goal who got down well to deny the striker an early opener

The ball is zipping about on the slick surface as Inverness knock it about the back for the opening few minutes.

David Carson concedes a foul for a pull of Scott Tiffoney's jersey just inside the home side's half.

A peep from the referee Grant Irvine's whistle and we're off.

It's been a decidedly dreich night in the Highlands to say the least.

A break in the rain just as we get underway hopefully means we get a reprieve for the next 90 minutes or so.

Amy Canavan
BBC Scotland at Caledonian Stadium

You wouldn’t believe it now with clear skies above us, but a matter of minutes ago it was lashing it down with some concerns for the game’s go-ahead being whispered…

Weather as unpredictable as the Scottish Championship.

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Inverness' Danny Devine picked up an injury in the pre-match warm-up and is replaced by Lewis Hyde.

Kick off is just moments away...

Inverness manager Billy Dodds isn't giving up hope on a playoff spot still being a possibility for his side.

He said: "We're used to it by now [being plagued with injuries]. We've still got a strong team out and I'm happy with the team we've got out and I'm happy with the squad I've got to pick from.

"We take it on the chin tonight [injuries throughout squad], and we go to try and get the win.

"They're on a good run of form and they'll be confident coming up here. They know a win is going to be massive for them, especially against us but we know we've got an opportunity as well, we are not giving up.

"We're outsiders but we've shown before that you can get results and still believe that we can sneak in those playoff spots."

Patrick Thistle manager Kris Doolan reckons momentum will be key for all sides as the season gets into the home stretch.

Speaking to BBC Scotland pre-match, he said: "It's been great [the past few weeks], it's obviously been a baptism of fire but the results have been very good.

"We're on a great run just now with five clean sheets in six games and that's something we want to protect and look after, as well as scoring more goals.

"From our point of view, it's all going well in terms of momentum and coming into this part of the season every team will be looking for momentum, and luckily we have it and we're coming here full of confidence tonight."

With only one win in their last eight league games, Inverness could really do with a jolt to their Scottish Championship campaign. More draws than losses have come in that period in fairness,

A Hampden semi-final awaits in the Scottish Cup against Falkirk, and they're in no real danger of slipping into the relegation battle.

Fourth bottom and without much to cheer about in the league, is this game a must-win purely for some morale and momentum as they head towards that Scottish Cup semi-final?

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After Ian McCall's sacking post-Scottish Cup defeat to Rangers, Partick Thistle are yet to lose a game.

In fact, six games later, they've only conceded one goal in a 3-1 victory over Dundee.

The man in charge of those six games? Kris Doolan. Since the start of March, the job's been his on a permanent basis and he's certainly hit the ground running in his managerial career.

Sometimes club legends returning as the gaffer doesn't quite work out but it sure is so far for Doolan and Partick Thistle.

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A potential final-day Scottish Championship title decider between Queen's Park and Dundee will be televised live by BBC Scotland.

There was plenty of end-of-season drama last time around as Killie snatched the title at Rugby Park against Arbroath in the last minute.

Could one of this year's current crop make it even tenser and do it on the last matchday?

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