St Mirren Await As Partick Thistle Vs Dunfermline Athletic Stays 1-1

Partick Thistle vs Dunfermline Athletic went into the second leg of their Scottish Premiership play-off semi-final level at 1-1 on aggregate. The winner moves on to face St Mirren over two legs, with the final schedule still tied to Dunfermline Athletic's place in the Scottish Cup final on Saturday, 23 May.

1-1 Before Kickoff

The tie reached its 50th game of the season for both sides, a marker that shows how deep this run has gone for two teams still separated by a single goal over the first leg. The second leg was scheduled for 19:45, with the aggregate score leaving everything open at the start.

Partick Thistle carried one of the more unusual home records into the match. They finished their league campaign unbeaten at home across 18 games, with 12 wins and 6 draws, and became the first Championship side to go through a home league season unbeaten in a decade.

St Mirren Step In

That home record also matched a rare place in the club's history. It was the sixth time Partick Thistle had completed an unbeaten home league campaign, with only Celtic and Rangers doing it more often.

For Dunfermline Athletic, the complication is not the semi-final itself but what comes after it. Their place in the Scottish Cup final means the two-legged play-off final does not yet have a confirmed date, so the winner of this tie has a final opponent in St Mirren but not a fixed finish line on the calendar.

St Mirren moved into position after Craig McLeish's side won at Pittodrie on Tuesday, and Kilmarnock's win against Dundee left them second bottom. That leaves the semi-final winner facing a St Mirren side already set for the play-off final while the date waits on Dunfermline Athletic's other cup run.