About Match
Arbroath go into the game 6th in the table on 8 points; Partick Thistle sit 3rd on 11 — a 3-point gap. Per game in the league, Arbroath score 0.67 and conceding 1.33, Partick Thistle 1 and 0.2, against a competition average of 1.02 goals per team per game. Victory would move Arbroath to 11 points and up to 3rd, overtaking Partick Thistle, with other results unchanged.
19 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Arbroath 6, draws 7, Partick Thistle 6, at 2.16 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 32% of the meetings went to the host. Goals have dried up lately: 1.2 per game across the last five meetings, against 2.16 across the full history.
Gayfield Park in Arbroath stages the fixture, a ground that holds 5,900.