Match Report
| Heart of Midlothian | Heart of Midlothian |  |  | Partick Thistle | Partick Thistle | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dominic Niven | D. Niven |  | 62 | G |  | 1 | | G | 47 | | Craig Morrison | C. Morrison | |||||||||
| Andy Hendry | A. Hendry | | 60 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 58 | | Colin McNeill | C. McNeill | |||||||||
| John Cleland | J. Cleland | | 55 | D | | 3 | | D | 55 | | Don McGrory | D. McGrory | |||||||||
| Duncan Dalglish | D. Dalglish | | 53 | D | | 4 | | D | 55 | | Scott Law | S. Law | |||||||||
| Andy Sullivan | A. Sullivan | | 47 | D | | 5 | | D | 53 | | Craig Morrison | C. Morrison | |||||||||
| Callum Sullivan | C. Sullivan | | 60 | M | | 6 | | M | 57 | | Dominic Bremner | D. Bremner | |||||||||
| Stuart Gemmell | S. Gemmell | | 58 | M | | 7 | | M | 57 | | Paul Gemmell | P. Gemmell | |||||||||
| Kevin Niven | K. Niven | | 47 | M | | 8 | | M | 56 | | Alec Law | A. Law | |||||||||
| David Strachan | D. Strachan | | 40 | M | | 9 | | M | 54 | | Stuart Collins | S. Collins | |||||||||
| Alec Hopkin | A. Hopkin | | 61 | A | | 10 | | A | 52 |  | Julian Delgado | J. Delgado | |||||||||
| Garry Gough | G. Gough | | 60 | A | | 11 | | A | 49 | | Callum Hendry | C. Hendry | |||||||||
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Match Report
An overcast sky looms overhead here at Tynecastle where Heart of Midlothian play host to Partick Thistle. A crowd of 9,285 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Partick Thistle kick off the first half!
9.41
0-0Alec Law knocks the ball to his team mate, Callum Hendry. Callum Hendry knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
15.35
0-0Stuart Collins barges into Stuart Gemmell. Stuart Collins is warned by the referee! Stuart Gemmell hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
16.25
0-0Paul Gemmell chips the ball to his team mate, Julian Delgado. Julian Delgado passes the ball forward but Callum Hendry is offside!
18.43
0-0Partick Thistle are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Heart of Midlothian's defence.
28.02
Alec Law passes the ball forward to Callum Hendry. Callum Hendry knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Andy Sullivan.
39.07
Scott Law sees space and advances. Scott Law knocks the ball forward to Callum Hendry. Callum Hendry knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
42.27
0-0Andy Sullivan threads the ball through to Kevin Niven. Kevin Niven threads the ball through to Garry Gough. Garry Gough lofts in a cross ball towards Alec Hopkin. Alec Hopkin directs the ball goalwards with his head but it curls horrendously wide!
44.33
David Strachan deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Alec Hopkin. Alec Hopkin finds some space and shoots from distance but it is miles over!
45.00
Paul Gemmell flicks the ball to his team mate, Julian Delgado. Julian Delgado sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. It's miles wide!
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
Heart of Midlothian kick off and get the second half underway!
49.34
Callum Sullivan threads the ball through to Garry Gough. Garry Gough knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Craig Morrison who gathers it comfortably.
53.54
Stuart Gemmell sees space and advances. Stuart Gemmell knocks the ball forward to Garry Gough but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
61.53
Stuart Gemmell controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Garry Gough. Garry Gough knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Scott Law.
63.15
Andy Sullivan makes a probing pass to Callum Sullivan. Callum Sullivan chips the ball to his team mate, Alec Hopkin. Alec Hopkin shoots from 20 yards but it flies wide!
67.33
Callum Sullivan makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Garry Gough. Garry Gough controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it is miles over!
69.06
1-0Andy Sullivan makes a simple pass to Kevin Niven. Kevin Niven kicks a strong pass forward to Garry Gough. Garry Gough lofts in a cross ball towards Alec Hopkin. Alec Hopkin directs the ball goalwards with his head. Craig Morrison is helpless! The ball slams into the back of the net - goal!!
72.53
Stuart Gemmell makes a simple pass to Garry Gough. Garry Gough lofts in a cross ball towards Alec Hopkin. Alec Hopkin heads the ball goalwards but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
73.30
Paul Gemmell chips the ball to his team mate, Julian Delgado. Julian Delgado knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Duncan Dalglish.
77.25
Kevin Niven knocks the ball forward to Alec Hopkin. Alec Hopkin knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
83.54
David Strachan knocks the ball forward to Garry Gough. Garry Gough shoots from distance. It's miles wide!
87.43
Kevin Niven chips the ball to his team mate, Garry Gough. Garry Gough knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
1
0
Shots off Target
6
1
Offsides
1
1
Fouls
0
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
67.4%
32.6%
Play Area
24.4%
47.7%
27.9%
Scorers
| Alec Hopkin 69 |