Hamilton Accies' relegation fears have deepened after a dramatic draw at home to Partick Thistle ensured a play-off for their Championship survival is now their only real hope of staying up.Brian Graham saw his 28th minute opener cancelled out by Dan O'Reilly in the first half, but Accies looked to have won it with O'Reilly netting again in the 90th minute.However, Steven Lawless found a last-gasp leveller for Thistle and that, coupled with bottom side Cove beating eighth-place Arbroath, means only goal difference has Accies in the play-off spot having played a game more than the Aberdeenshire outfit.Eighth-place is mathematically possible for Accies but it would require at least a 16-goal turnaround due to Arbroath's vastly superior goal difference.John Rankin's side, who have won just seven games from 35 this term, now have to hope league leaders Dundee do them a favour on Friday night when they host Cove, which would maintain their advantage and put their destiny in their own hands going into the final day on May 5.Accies made two changes from the midweek defeat to Inverness as Dario Zanatta and Andy Winter came in at the expense of John-Pierre Tiehi and Tom Sparrow.

There was no sign of fan favourite Lucas de Bolle as the Newcastle United loanee was absent from the squad entirely.Nutmegs by Connor Smith and then Dario Zanatta on the near side created Hamilton's first opening of the match in four minutes, with Zanatta finding the run of Reghan Tumilty down the left.

He burst into the box and almost found Benny Ashley-Seal in the six-yard box but some last-ditch defending from Darren Brownlie cut out the cross at the vital moment.Moments later, the visitors had a glorious chance when Kyle Turner's cross fell perfectly

Hamilton 2 Partick Thistle 2: Dramatic draw deepens Accies drop fears as they go joint-bottom

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