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  • Wed, 26 Oct 2016 Premier Sports Cup
    0
    2
    FT HT 0 - 0
    Adebayo Azeez ( 29' ), Kris Doolan ( 62' )
     

    Dark Blues Rooted To The Bottom After Another Defeat

    Dundee remain rooted at the foot of the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership after going down 2-0 to Partick Thistle at Dens Park.

    Paul Hartley's side are now three points behind second-bottom Motherwell after goals in either half from Ade Azeez and Kris Doolan gave Alan Archibald's visitors a deserved victory on Tayside.

    After a run of five games without a win, Dundee began as the more enterprising side with a testing Danny Williams cross in the third minute forcing Ryan Williams to muscle into the pack and punch the ball to safety.

    But as the visitors eased themselves into the game, they were unlucky not to take the lead in 10th minute when Sean Welsh's corner was headed back across goal only for Liam Lindsay's powerful header crash off the underside of the crossbar.

    With his team very much on the defensive, Cammy Kerr unleashed a wonderful 30-yard strike which flew narrowly wide.

    With neither side showing much quality around goal the frustration of both sets of fans began to become apparent until Azeez's opener on 29 minutes.

    Abdul Osman swung in an inviting cross which an unmarked Azeez rose to head across Bayne to score his first goal of the season

    Seeing his team toiling in the air, manager Paul Hartley hauled off centre-back Kevin Gomis five minutes later and replaced him with Bulgarian defender Kostadin Gadzhalov.

    As the game fizzled out to half-time, the hosts missed a glaring opportunity to equalise.

    A wonderful curling cross from Kerr was missed by the goalkeeper but astonishingly captain Darren O'Dea steered his header wide from only three yards out.

    On the hour, with Dundee's defence looking static and square, Azeez had the opportunity to extend Thistle's lead when he was put through by Doolan. Only the spread-eagled arms of Scott Bain prevented a goal.

    The warning signs for the Dees were there for all to see. Two minutes later their defensive frailties were exposed and they were trailing by two goals.

    Holt was easily outmuscled on the byline by Azeez, who then had the simple task of rolling the ball across to Doolan for the striker to side-foot the ball in from eight yards.

    The second goal appeared to be the final straw for a dispirited Dundee side as they continued to toil.

    O'Dea saw another header blocked by the goalkeeper but otherwise the visitors created the better chances as they ran out with a fully deserved victory.

    Reaction

    Dundee manager Paul Hartley: "It was a real disappointing performance from us, it wasn't good enough and we didn't deserve anything from the game.

    "We had a little spell in the first half for 15 minutes when I felt we were okay but overall the performance wasn't good enough.

    "We have to look at a team for Saturday and try to pick the players up and try and get a result from somewhere. We are on a bad run, we are in a position where we are in trouble but we have to remain positive. We are not winning games and that cannot continue."

    Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald: "That is the performance we have been waiting for all season, getting it right at both ends tonight with both strikers scoring and getting a fantastic clean sheet as well.

    "We are delighted for Azeez, he has worked ever so hard and most of the games he has had chances but he took his goal well tonight and also had an assist.

    "We don't enjoy luck with goalkeepers, Ryan Scully has been taken to hospital with a suspected dislocated shoulder, fingers crossed he is okay but it doesn't look good."

    Line Ups

    Formation: 3-5-2
    • 1
      Scott Bain
    • 2
      Kevin Holt
    • 3
      Kevin Gomis
    • 4
      Darren O'Dea
    • 5
      Danny Williams
    • 6
      Cameron Kerr
    • 7
      Tom Hateley
    • 8
      Paul McGowan
    • 9
      Craig Wighton
    • 10
      Marcus Haber
    • 11
      Rory Loy

    Substitutes

    • 1
      David Mitchell
    • 2
      Julen Etxabeguren
    • 3
      Nick Ross
    • 4
      James Vincent
    • 5
      Yordi Teijsse
    • 6
      Michael Duffy
    • 7
      Kostadin Gadzhalov

    Formation: 4-4-2
    • 1
      Ryan Scully
    • 2
      Liam Lindsay
    • 3
      Callum Booth
    • 4
      Christie Elliot
    • 5
      Daniel Devine
    • 6
      Ryan Edwards
    • 7
      Abdul Osman
    • 8
      Sean Welsh
    • 9
      Adebayo Azeez
    • 10
      Adam Barton
    • 11
      Kris Doolan

    Substitutes

    • 1
      Chris Erskine
    • 2
      Thorsten Stuckmann
    • 3
      David Wilson
    • 4
      Declan McDaid
    • 5
      David Syme
    • 6
      David Amoo
    • 7
      Ziggy Gordon
    Referee: Steven McLean
    Attendance: 4,783
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