Partick Thistle vs Aberdeen. Scottish Premiership.
The Energy Check Stadium at FirhillAttendance3,974.
Friday 4 November 2016 23:25, UK
Anthony O'Connor's first goal for Aberdeen and a classy Jayden Stockley strike helped secure a 2-1 win at Partick Thistle and moved the Dons back up to second in the Scottish Premiership.
Derek McInnes' men had lost their last two games but continued their excellent recent record at Firhill - this was their seventh win in their last eight visits - and never looked back after O'Connor's well-worked strike.
Ade Azeez wasted a good chance for Thistle in the first half before they equalised through Adam Barton's header but Stockley's lob ended the hosts' four-match unbeaten run and they remain seventh.
Aberdeen enjoyed plenty of the ball in the opening exchanges without causing Thistle keeper Thorsten Stuckmann too much anxiety, a Jonny Hayes strike from distance notwithstanding.
The breakthrough arrived when Andy Considine headed down a free-kick to Adam Rooney who teed up O'Connor in the 39th minute to fire home from 10 yards.
Joe Lewis tipped over a misplaced header from his own Shay Logan but the Dons keeper could do nothing about Barton's header from the resultant corner after 51 minutes.
However the jubilant home support and no sooner retaken their seats than James Maddison picked out Stockley who lifted the ball over the advancing Stuckmann into the unguarded net for his fourth of the season.
Thistle huffed and puffed for a response, three attacking changes failing to spark a revival and tame efforts late on from Chris Erskine and Danny Devine was to be as good as it got for the hosts.
