FootyMAD Partick Thistle match preview

History of the Partick Thistle v Glasgow Celtic fixture

Celtic face a trip to Partick Thistle at Firhill Stadium on Saturday evening, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the The Bhoys have winning an impressive 62 games, and losing 20.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2003, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Scottish Premier match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2002/2003	Sun 02 Feb	Partick	0 - 2	Celtic	SPL
2002/2003	Sun 17 Nov	Celtic	4 - 0	Partick	SPL
2002/2003	Wed 06 Nov	Celtic	1 - 1	Partick	SLC
2002/2003	Sat 24 Aug	Partick	0 - 1	Celtic	SPL
1995/1996	Sat 27 Apr	Partick	2 - 4	Celtic	SPL
1995/1996	Sat 24 Feb	Celtic	4 - 0	Partick	SPL
1995/1996	Sat 11 Nov	Partick	1 - 2	Celtic	SPL

Recent respective form guides

Partick Thistle's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Jags have scored 5, a worringly large 8 have been leaked at the other end.

Celtic's away form is none too clever either, remaining unbeaten in their last six, winning five and drawing the one. These six games have produced a glut of goals, with the The Bhoys scoring 17 and conceding 5.

Partick see themselves just below half way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, showing a record of 1 points from their 2 games played so far, Celtic are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 4 points from 2 games.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Partick	6	2	1	3	9	9	7
Celtic	6	5	1	0	21	6	16

FootyMad's prediction ...

Celtic are in smashing form away from home at present, and Footymad sees this carrying them to a narrow victory at Partick. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Partick	Not drawn a match in their last 5 .
Celtic	Undefeated in last 6 away games. 9 games since last defeat.