Aberdeen 2 - 1 Partick Thistle

The only action of note in the opening five minutes was the booking of Scott Muirhead. The youngster went in hard and appeared to win the ball, but referee Murray deemed the challenge to be illegal and booked the youngster. The jeers from the red army turned to cheers three minutes later when the Dons grabbed the lead. A Sheerin free kick was flighted into the box and as Mikkelsen dithered Scott Booth headed the ball into the net unchallenged. Tosh became the second Don to be booked when he was cautioned for a meaty challenge in the 10th minute.

Aberdeen almost made it 2-0 in the 16th minute when good play saw Sheerin collect a Booth pass on the edge of the box and drill his effort inches wide of the Thistle post. Preece was smartly off his line after 20 minutes to intercept a Rowson lob into the box as the visitors probed for an opening. The visitors' efforts to get back on terms were being aided by some poor distribution from the home side. Loud claims went up from the Thistle players and fans in the 25th minute as Mitchell took a tumble in the box, but much to their consternation referee Murray booked the Jags man for diving.

Mikkelesen was scrambling across his goal line in the 43rd minute to turn a fierce Sheerin shot round his post and the last chance of the half fell to Muirhead who hit a rather wild volley high into the family stand.

The second period started at a frantic pace as Preece made a fumble in the opening minute before recovering quickly. The Dons should have extended their lead in the 47th minute when Booth and Zdrilic combined well before the Aussie strikers shot was half blocked then cleared off the line. Partick capitalised on this let off five minutes later when Mitchell took advantage of a Hart slip up to fire in the equaliser. It was tough on the centre back that had had a decent game to that point.

Mackie made an impact in the 74th minute when he swung in an early cross that was fumbled by Mikkelesen. Unfortunately no one was able to capitalise on the error. The Dons did capitalise two minutes later when Russell Anderson rose above the Thistle defence to head home a Tosh cross. Immediately after the goal Deloumeaux replaced the injured Heikkinen and Hinds replaced Zdrilic.

Aberdeen could have wrapped it up in the 85th minute when Muirhead broke with pace and delivered a deep cross. Unfortunately Booth was unable to control the ball and the chance was lost. Despite a couple of half chances there was no further incident and the Dons held on to win.