HT: Partick Thistle 0-0 Leicester City
Posted on: Tue 24 Jul 2007
City's first chance of the game came in the 13th minute of the contest. Stephen Clemence threaded a delightful ball into the path of Mark de Vries, but the big striker saw his shot well blocked by Jags defender Scott Boyd.
The Foxes came close again five minutes later. Richard Stearman, who had started the game in a right-wing position, swung in a corner from the right, but Clemence's acrobatic volley from the edge of the 18-yard box fell just over the bar.
Clemence was in the thick of the action again on 23 minutes. The former Birmingham midfielder picked up a loose clearance in the middle of the park and fed a fine ball through to Alan Sheehan, but the Irishman saw his shot from distance comfortably saved by Jonathan Tuffey in the Jags goal.
Thistle had their first clear chance on goal a minute later. Stevie Murray swung in a corner from the right, but striker Liam Buchanan was unable to get a clean strike on the ball at the far post and Henderson was able to gather easily.
A quick move down the right almost produced a chance for the home side in the 28th minute, but Stearman was on hand to produce an excellent block and thus end any danger.
Jags striker Buchanan broke through the City backline with five minutes of the half remaining, but Stearman was on his toes again and made up ground to recover and make another good block.
City: Henderson, Chambers, N'Gotty, McAuley ©, Mattock, Stearman, Kishishev, Clemence, Sheehan, Fryatt, de Vries.
Subs: Hume, Logan, Wesolowski, Newton, Hellings, Odhiambo.
Thistle: Tuffey, Robertson, Archibald, Boyd, Harkins, Donnelly, Trialist, Buchanan, Roberts, Murray.
Subs: Hinchcliffe, Chaplain, McStay, Lennon, Strachan, Gibson, Trialist.
Att: 1,403