Postpublished at 20:19 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Partick Thistle 1-0 Ayr Utd
Ayr have a corner out of nothing really but they can't force David Mitchell into a stop as the ball is eventually lashed well wide by Ben Dempsey.
Summary
FT: Partick Thistle 3-0 Ayr United: McMillan rams ball low into the net from tight angle; Graham makes up for glaring first-half miss to tap in second & third
Second leg will take place Friday 26th May (7:45pm)
Postpublished at 20:19 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Postpublished at 20:16 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Partick Thistle 1-0 Ayr Utd
Scott Tiffoney looks right up for this.
The Ayr defence is struggling to deal with the Thistle forward.
WATCH: McMillan puts Thistle in frontpublished at 20:14 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Partick Thistle 1-0 Ayr Utd
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End of X postYELLOW CARDpublished at 20:11 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Partick Thistle 1-0 Ayr Utd
Josh Mullin is in the book. He reacts to Kyle Turner giving him a wee pull and puts his hands in the Thistle man's face.
A bit daft. Sportscene pundit James McFadden thinks he's lucky.
Postpublished at 20:10 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Partick Thistle 1-0 Ayr Utd
Charlie Albinson, goodness me.
The Ayr keeper comes rushing out and makes an absolute mess of a header.
The ball ends up falling for Brian Graham but his lobbed effort is waaaay off target. Big chance.
Postpublished at 20:07 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Partick Thistle 1-0 Ayr Utd
Thistle fancy it now.
What a difference these past five minutes or so.
GOAL! Partick Thistle 1-0 Ayr Utdpublished at 20:04 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Jack McMillan
Firhill erupts and it's Jack McMillan again!
Steven Lawless slips the right-back on the underlap into the box. It's a tight angle but McMillan squeezes in through the legs of the keeper.
Postpublished at 20:02 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Partick Thistle 0-0 Ayr Utd
Thistle's backline are looking quite nervy...
GREAT SAVE!published at 20:01 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Partick Thistle 0-0 Ayr Utd
Fine save up the other end.
Scott Tiffoney plucks down a ball from the moon then drills across goal but Charlie Albinson makes a good stop with his right hand.
GREAT SAVE!published at 19:58 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Partick Thistle 0-0 Ayr Utd
What a strike. What a save.
Chris Maguire leathers one first time from about 25 yards but David Mitchell tips over.
The resulting corner has Thistle flapping but they survive again.
Postpublished at 19:57 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Partick Thistle 0-0 Ayr Utd
Josh Mullin curls in a fine ball from a deep free-kick... but no-one is there.
Perhaps an early glimpse of a lack of Dipo Akinyemi.
Postpublished at 19:54 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Partick Thistle 0-0 Ayr Utd
Brilliant from Aidan Fitzpatrick.
He absolutely flies down the left, skips by his man then powers into the Ayr box.
He can't pick out a man though.
Postpublished at 19:53 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Partick Thistle 0-0 Ayr Utd
Quite a cagey start from Thistle.
No flow to their play so far...
Postpublished at 19:50 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Partick Thistle 0-0 Ayr Utd
Ayr have started the brighter, putting balls into the Thistle box.
The visitors look fresh.
Postpublished at 19:49 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Partick Thistle 0-0 Ayr Utd
James McFadden
Former Scotland forward on BBC SportscenePartick Thistle are favourites for me but I think it'll be a tight game.
KICK-OFFpublished at 19:47 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Partick Thistle 0-0 Ayr Utd
Aaaand we're off...
Postpublished at 19:46 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
The players are out at a bouncing Firhill...
Akinyemi out with illnesspublished at 19:43 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Partick Thistle v Ayr Utd (19:45)
Ayr boss Lee Bullen confirms Dipo Akinyemi's absence is due to a sickness bug which has impacted the team.
Positive news in a sense, Ayr fans? Means he should be back for next week.
'Thistle have real belief'published at 19:41 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Partick Thistle v Ayr Utd (19:45)
Leanne Crichton
Ex-Scotland international on BBC ScotlandThere's a real belief in this Thistle team.
They look like they're getting stronger. They have a good blend of experience and youth and know what it takes in these play-off patches.
'We won't settle for second' - Bullenpublished at 19:39 British Summer Time 19 May 2023
Partick Thistle v Ayr Utd (19:45)
Due to finishing second, Ayr have had two weeks off to prepare for this and come into the tie unbeaten in five, albeit three of those games have been draws.
The two wins have come in their most recent outings though, with Lee Bullen's men ending the league season with back-to-back wins over Raith and Inverness.
They are looking to reach the top flight for the first time since in 1978.
"It's very, very difficult to comprehend how important it would be," Bullen said this week. "We're probably still in a bit of a dream state in relation to where we are.
"But the fact that we're in this position, there's no way we're just going to go out there and just be happy with finishing second in the league and making a semi-final in the play-offs."
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