Aberdeen 2-1 Partick Thistle: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 20 August 2016
Result
Aberdeen 2-1 Partick Thistle
Premiership · Saturday 20 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Aberdeen 2-1 Partick Thistle: match report
Aberdeen beat Partick Thistle 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 20 August 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Niall McGinn opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Aberdeen's goals came from Niall McGinn (28') and M. Storey (58'). Partick Thistle scored through Chris Erskine (90+1').
Discipline: Aberdeen received 1 yellow card; Partick Thistle received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Aberdeen went on to finish that season 2nd with 76 points, and Partick Thistle 7th with 42.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · A. Osman
- 28'Goal · Niall McGinn
- 58'Goal · M. Storey
- 66'Yellow card · Niall McGinn
- 83'Yellow card · D. Devine
- 86'Yellow card · S. Welsh
- 87'Second yellow · S. Welsh
- 90+1'Goal · Chris Erskine
Team news
Aberdeen line-up
Joe Lewis, Shaleum Logan, Andy Considine, Mark Reynolds, Anthony O'Connor, Graeme Shinnie, Kenny McLean, Niall McGinn, Peter Pawlett, Adam Rooney, Miles Storey
Partick Thistle line-up
Tomas Cerny, Liam Lindsay, Daniel Devine, Ziggy Gordon, Callum Booth, Sean Welsh, Abdul Osman, David Amoo, Steven Lawless, Ryan Edwards, Adebayo Azeez