Thistle confident on Gordon fitness for cup
PARTICK Thistle are confident defender Ziggy Gordon will be fit to face Stenhousemuir tonight as the Jags bid for a third Betfred Cup win.
Alan Archibald’s side moved top of Group E with a 2-1 win over Queen of the South on Saturday and will all but confirm their place in the last 16 if they can move on to nine points this evening.
Boss Archibald has a lengthy Firhill injury list at present and will still be without several key players for the trip to Ochilview as the Jags play their third competitive outing of the campaign.
Captain Abdul Osman, midfielder Stuart Bannigan and forward Christie Elliott are all still out, and Mustapha Dumbuya is a long-term absentee as he recovers from an Achilles injury. But rightback Gordon is on course to be fit for the cup clash despite suffering a shoulder knock against the Doonhamers.
Tomas Cerny was fit enough to take up a place on the bench on Saturday but David Crawford is poised to continue between the posts.
With the new Premiership campaign now less than a fortnight away, Archibald is unlikely to rush back either Cerny or Ryan Scully and risk losing them for the opening weeks of the top-flight schedule.
Ex-Jags defender Jordan McMillan is free to return to training next month after his doping ban was reduced.
The 27-year-old was sacked by Thistle last year after testing positive for cocaine after the Premiership encounter with Celtic in December, 2014.