It's a second home defeat in a row. 

A Muirhead effort goes high and wide of goal. 

The free kick drops in front of Fox who collects. 

Longstaff fouls Tiffoney and Thistle have a free kick. 

The ball is behind for a goal kick. Megginson somehow escaped a second yellow card for a foul on Tiffoney that lead to the corner. 

Into injury time. It will be interesting to see how much Williams plays of that. He's booked two for time wasting. 

There's a couple of shots blocked inside the Thistle box before Scully's shot is saved by Sneddon. 

Turner looks to have hurt himself while taking a free kick but is back on his feet. 

Thistle are trying to get forward when they can but with no real outlet inside the box and a man short this is getting harder and harder. The stop start nature to the game isn't helping as another Cove player is down receiving treatment. 

Thistle win a free kick. The ball is pushed wide to Milne but his cross is poor. 

Thistle go down to ten men as the red card is flashed in the direction of Brian Graham. For what is unclear at this juncture. 

It's still Cove that lead, but not quite sure how. There's firstly a tremendous Fox save to keep out a Holt header after a Turner free kick then strong Thistle appeals for a penalty fall on deaf ears. It's been much better from Thistle but the score stubbornly refuses to change. 

Thistle have the free kick but it is Hodson that collects a yellow card. 

McIntosh gets to Turner's corner ahead of Holt. 

It's frantic inside the Cove box but the ball never quite drops for a Thistle player to have a clear look at goal. 

This is Thistle's best spell yet but there is no joy from Turner's corner. 

Ironic cheers as the referee signals a corner as Fox gets a touch to McKinnon's shot from the edge of the box. 

Tiffoney's low cross across the face of the Cove goal is hacked to safety. 

Turner finds Tiffoney. Tiffoney cuts inside to the edge of the box but although his effort is on target it's never going to beat Fox who makes a routine save. 

It's a good ball in from Milne but Graham can't quite get close enough to it to make contact. 

The referee spots an infringement as Longstaff's corner comes over. 

Longstaff leaves Holt on the ground but McAvoy steps in to clear. 

It's a clever ball from Holt over the Cove defence looking for Tiffoney but the ball runs away from Tiffoney and out for a goal kick. 

Graham has a shooting opportunity at the right corner of the Cove box. The ball doesn't sit up for him and he sends his shot wide of goal. 

It's a familiar story. Thistle dominance but a failure to turn that into a goal or goals and a sucker punch at the other end. 

Fox turns Fitzpatrick's low shot round the post but the referee unbelievably gives a goal kick. 

It's an excellent corner from Longstaff and Thistle have to be grateful that no Cove player is on the end of it to apply a telling finish. 

A Cove player goes down and stays down as Turner's corner comes over and play is stopped. 

Turner's effort fizzes over the bar, with a slight deflection, following excellent hold up play from Milne. 

Ross looks hold Mullen as he tries to get on the ball at the edge of the box but referee Williams thinks otherwise and play continues. 

Thistle can make nothing of the corner though. 

Turner is again unlucky with a free kick with Fox getting down low to push the ball behind. 

Logan comes through the back of Lawless and Thistle have a free kick about 10 yards outside the Cove box. 

The ball is worked wide to McMillan in a good position but his cross his poor with the frustration of the home crowd all too audible. 

Thistle fall behind. Dunne is allowed to advance to the corner of the Thistle box and his cross is bundled home at the back post by Megginson. 

Milne does well to get the ball over from the left but no Thistle player anticipates the ball coming over and it drifts across the 6 yard box and out of play. 

Nearly disaster for Thistle as Fitzpatrick is short with a pass back to Sneddon but Sneddon whips the ball away from the lurking Cove player and disaster is adverted 

Turner lifts the free kick in deep. It bobs about for a few seconds before being cleared. 

Lawless picks up the ball after Turner's corner is cleared and is fouled right on the edge of the box near the bye line. 

Turner goes for goal with the free kick and Fox does well to turn the ball round for a corner. 

Ross fouls Mullen and Thistle have a free kick near the left hand corner of the Cove box. No yellow card this time though. 

Sneddon is off his line to confidently claim a Longstaff free kick. 

McMillan trips Dunne as he starts to get clear of him and picks up the game's first yellow card. 

First chance for Thistle and Mullen really should do better when he gets in behind the Cove defence. He delays his shot which allows a defender to get back to block and Fox is able to collect the ball before it goes out for a corner. 

It's a cheap corner that Thistle concede. Mullen slicing Longstaff's free kick behind. Longstaff though can't make anything of the corner as the scrappy start to the game continues. 

It's been a quiet opening but Cove win a free kick in from the left touchline following a foul from McAvoy who has slotted in the centre of the Thistle defence. 

It's Cove that get the game underway. Thistle shooting towards The John Lambie Stand in the first half. 

It's a breezy Firhill that awaits the players of Partick Thistle and Cove Rangers for this afternoon's cinch Championship fixture. 

Ian McCall's selection worries have thankfully eased although Ross Docherty misses out. 

Steven Lawless goes straight back into the starting eleven while the return to the matchday squad for Darren Brownlie, Brian Graham, Cole McKinnon and Scott Tiffoney starts on the substitute bench. 

New loan signing from Fulham wears the Thistle number 18 jersey this afternoon and plays from the start.