Hamilton Accies twice came from behind to earn a point at home to Partick Thistle, with Mihai Popescu grabbed an acrobatic leveller.Scott Tiffoney gave the Jags the lead on the stroke of half-time before Andy Ryan netted his eighth goal of the season to pull Accies level from the penalty spot early in the second half.A Zak Rudden strike had Thistle back in front soon after but Popescu's bicycle kick after 64 minutes earned a share of the spoils.It keeps Accies, who have yet to record back-to-back wins in the league this season, sixth in the Championship and they remain eight points adrift of fifth-place Partick.

Accies were hit by positive Covid tests in the build-up to the clash and made three changes from last week's 3-0 win away to Queen of the South.

Skipper Brian Easton and forward Andy Winter returned to the first XI as Andy Ryan replaced Zimbabwe international David Moyo, who is on Africa Cup of Nations duty, while new signing Dan O'Reilly made his home debut.Josh Mullin and Ronan Hughes dropped out the squad from last week and Accies named 16-year-old academy product Chrissy McGinn on the bench.Partick, who weren't without their own Covid issues following last week's postponement at home to Morton, handed Robbie Crawford his debut after his move from Motherwell on Thursday.Accies started brightly and within 40 seconds a sidefoot strike from Miko Virtanen on the edge of the box called Jags keeper Jamie Sneddon into action.In 13 minutes Hamilton's Joe Hilton was forced into action for the first time when he got down well to turn a Zak Rudden drive behind at his near post.A strike from Jamie Hamilton, deployed in a central midfield role to assist the depleted side, fizzed narrowly over the bar after 24 minutes and

Hamilton 2 Partick Thistle 2: Popescu's acrobatic effort earns point for Accies

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