Perhaps it’s a good sign when not only do you expect a win for your team, but you also envisage a clean sheet, too, says fitba reporter Andrew Watson.
Aberdeen started the game brightly and on the attack, but with little end result.
A seemingly speculative free kick from Niall McGinn, though, saw Scotland call-up keeper Scott Fox pick the ball out of his net after 25 minutes.
1-0 Aberdeen!
Fifteen minutes later and Peter Pawlett was running at Thistle’s defence, posing a goalmouth threat for Calvin Zola to net from only two yards out.
2-0.
11 minutes after the interval, the impressive Cammy Smith left the pitch, with ex-Celtic man Barry Robson coming on. Zola then came off to be replaced by Scott Vernon at the 64 minute mark.
Michael Hector, formerly of Millwall, rocketed an absolute wonder shot into the roof of the net approximately at the time of that latter substitution.
3-0.
Only seconds later Partick might have pulled one back after a cheeky dink from the centre of the park, but the enquiring shot was beaten by Jamie Langfield’s crossbar.
Pawlett came off to allow for club captain Russell Anderson fourteen minutes after Hector’s goal, arguably to shore up the defence and earn a much desired fourth consecutive clean sheet.
Hector was also involved in a superb cross for McGinn to finish expertly after 87 minutes.
4-0.
To be fair, the score belied the sometimes excellent efforts of the Firhill men, who besieged the Dons defence. It’s just that they didn’t finish chances, unlike what was achieved at the other end of the field by a side more clinical in attack.
Final score: 4-0.