Sean Welsh helped Partick Thistle maintain their unbeaten run in the Ladbrokes Premiership but warned his Jags team-mates not to take their eye off the ball.

Thistle made it four games unbeaten on league duty at the weekend after they took a point from a largely uninspiring encounter in the highland capital with struggling Inverness.

The draw hoisted the Jags up into sixth place on goal difference as Alan Archibald’s upwardly mobile side kept themselves climbing in the right directions and continued to build on their good form that had started before the winter break.

Not so long ago, Thistle were in a perilous position in the lower reaches of the table. A 2-0 win over Inverness on the first day of the season was followed by nine games without a win but the Maryhill men have improved their fortunes in that time.

Inverness, on the other hand, are in the midst of a wretched 11 man run without a win and are stuck at the foot of the standings with Hamilton.

But in a tight division – they are only six points behind Partick Thistle – Welsh knows that the Glasgow Jags have to keep peering over their shoulders.

The 26-year-old said: "This league is still so bunched up. If you put together two or three victories, you are right up there and we had to do that to get ourselves out of the situation we were in so I can sympathise with Inverness. Two defeats and you could be back bottom of the league.

"The top six is our aim and if we can put a run together we know we are capable of achieving that because we are good enough.”

Thistle haven’t conceded a goal in their last four visits to Inverness and while they remained resolute at the back again on Saturday they couldn’t find a way to break the deadlock.

Ade Azeez was left wondering how he didn’t score mid-way through the first half when his jab from a couple of yards out was deflected on to the bar by the shoulder of Caley keeper Owain Fon Williams.

Welsh added: "It's a hard place to come so you'll always take a point. But with the possession we had and the control of the game we are probably slightly disappointed.

"We always seem to do well up here. A lot of teams find it difficult here but we seem to enjoy it. It's a decent park and it's open and I thought we played some decent stuff and were quite unfortunate not to get a goal.

"We were on a good run before the break and we've picked up from where we left off. It was just that last cutting edge pass to create chances for the strikers that we didn't produce. But our possession and play was very good at times.”

The visitors looked the more composed in possession and Fon Williams saved the hosts again in the first half when he got down low to beat away Chris Erskine’s effort from distance.

The Jags will now look to build on their profitable run when they host fifth-placed St Johnstone on Wednesday night.

Thistle manager Alan Archibald said: “We maybe just edged it but it was that final ball that was just a wee bit slack at times. It's a hard place to come and we're delighted with the clean sheet.

"We played against a determined Caley Thistle team that were desperate to go and win the game. We're a bit disappointed not to get the victory and go nine points clear of them but we've got a home game on Wednesday and we’ll look to build."