Falkirk vs Partick preview - Khalis misses out again

Falkirk defender Mehdi Khalis will miss out again as the Bairns look to get their promotion push back on track against visitors Partick.

However, Brian McLean and Mark Millar are expected to overcome knocks sustained in Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Dunfermline to play.

Manager Steven Pressley is far from despondent, and said: "Losing to Dunfermline certainly hurt us but we are not out of things as Partick did us a favour, but we need to repay that favour by defeating Ian McCall's men.

"We played some good stuff at times on Saturday and we just need to do that consistently over the 90 minutes. The games between us and Thistle have been really tight this season and this one will be no different."

Partick are without Willie Kinniburgh, Ross McGeough and Simon Donnelly through injury as they look to build on Saturday's fine win at Raith.

However, Paul Cairney and Bryan Hodge could return after knocks.

The teams have played each other five times this season and the scores stands at Partick two, Falkirk one with one game drawn, and Firhill assistant boss Ian Maxwell said: "We did them a wee turn at the weekend in a game where we played really well and passed the ball to a high standard.

"But there are no plans to do any more favours."

Maxwell added: "It`s only our second league game of the season against each other but we know one another well through three different cup ties."