Arbroath

vs

Partick Thistle

Preview

Arbroath

• Partick Thistle are second in the Championship 2025/2026 table with 64 points from their 34 games while Arbroath are third with 50 from the same number of games.
• Arbroath have won two and lost three of their last five, including a 2-1 win at home to Raith Rovers and a 1-0 loss away to Ayr United.
• Arbroath’s recent home record is more solid, however, with two wins and a defeat in the last three at Gayfield.

Partick Thistle

• Partick Thistle have won three and drawn two of their last five league games, including a 2-0 home win over Dunfermline Athletic and a 2-2 away draw at Airdrieonians.
• The Jags are in much better form going into this game than the Smokies, who have won only two of their last five matches, losing three in that run.
• The Jags have won 5, drawn 8 and lost 4 of their 17 Championship 2025/2026 away games, averaging 1.35 goals scored and 1.41 conceded per away match.

Head-to-Head

• Arbroath v Partick has been a tight contest in the past with the Jags winning two, drawing two and losing one of their previous five meetings in all competitions.
• Their most recent head-to-head was seven weeks ago and finished 0-0.

Key Players

• Aidan Fitzpatrick has been their most creative player, supplying three assists in his team’s last five games.
• Findlay Marshall leads the Smokies’ scoring in the Championship 2025/2026 with 12 goals from 34 games and has scored two of his side’s last six.

Betting Insights

• Back the visitors to win but BTTS looks likely given the respective records of the two sides in this fixture.
• Arbroath’s average at Gayfield against Partick is 1.0 goals scored while Partick averages 1.0 as visitors.

Prediction

• Partick will have enough firepower to get the better of Arbroath in this one, but the hosts are tough to beat at home and will have the set pieces to keep the game interesting.
• So an entertaining game is expected with the visitors edging it, although not in a walkover.