FootyMAD's Gretna match preview

History of the Partick Thistle v Gretna fixture

Partick Th. prepare to entertain Gretna at Firhill Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to break their duck against the visitors. Out of their two previous meetings, the The Jags have drawn one game and lost the other.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Firhill Stadium was less than a year ago, in March 2006, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a Scottish Division Two match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2005/2006	Sat 18 Mar	Partick Th.	0-2	Gretna	SCD2
2005/2006	Sat 21 Jan	Gretna	6 - 1	Partick Th.	SCD2
2005/2006	Sat 12 Nov	Partick Th.	3 - 3	Gretna	SCD2
2005/2006	Sat 17 Sep	Gretna	2 - 2	Partick Th.	SCD2

Recent respective form guides

Partick Thistle's woeful home form means they have chalked up just a single victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While The Jags have scored 8, a worringly large 14 have been leaked at the other end.

Gretna's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 12 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Partick Th.'s 11 points from 6 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 4th position. Gretna are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 13 points from 6 games.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Partick Th.	6	1	2	3	8	13	5
Gretna	6	2	1	3	9	15	7

FootyMad's prediction ...

These are testing times at Firhill Stadium for the The Jags and the Madmen are unable to see past Gretna claiming victory in a close match.

Sequence statistics:
Partick Th.	Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
Gretna	Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 4 most recent games.