Inverness 1-0 Partick Thistle (agg 3-1): Billy Dodds' side set up play-off with Arbroath

Inverness will play Arbroath in the Scottish Premiership play-off semi-final after completing an aggregate win against Partick Thistle.

Brian Graham almost levelled on the night with a volley against the bar and a header that was superbly saved.

Kirk Broadfoot came close to netting Inverness’ fourth goal in the tie when his second-half header was kept out.

Billy Dodds’ side will host Arbroath in Tuesday’s first leg, with the return at Gayfield next Friday. Both matches will be broadcast live on BBC Scotland, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.

• Reaction & as it happened

Though the hosts had threatened through Logan Chalmers and Robbie Deas, their opening goal came during Partick’s best spell of the first half.

Robbie Crawford was unable to direct Scott Tiffoney’s cross on target, Graham flashed a shot wide and Tiffoney was also off target.

Inverness scored with the same combination that gave them their winner at Firhill, Shane Sutherland providing the pass and Samuels the finish.

But the visitors could have cancelled that strike out with Graham’s acrobatic volley rattling the frame of the goal and the striker then denied by goalkeeper Mark Ridgers’ sharp reflexes.

Partick could not maintain that intensity in the second half and Broadfoot’s header forced a brilliant block by Jamie Sneddon, who later denied Sutherland.

Inverness defender David Carson: “I thought we were magnificent. When it got difficult, we really dug in. We just had to be really compact, really resilient. Everybody’s put in a great shift and we’ve got our just deserves.”

Partick Thistle captain Ross Docherty: “We more than matched them. Over the two legs, mistakes have cost us. Inverness deserve to go through and good luck to them. The did get the early goal and we gave ourselves a wee bit to climb. We move on.”