Match Report
5 points and 3 places separated them: Peterhead 5th with 2, Partick Thistle 2nd with 7. Peterhead had been under-performing their position — 35th on five-round form against 5th in the table. Against a league average of 1.51 goals per team per game, Peterhead ran at 0.75 scored and 2.5 conceded, Partick Thistle at 1.75 and 1.25.
Peterhead had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Partick Thistle, 12.
The venue was Balmoor Stadium in Peterhead, with room for 4,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.