Rendering partial views in MVC 3 with Ajax loading image

I have just started using Html.RenderPartial(usercontrol, model) to render my user controls. Is it possible to change this functionality to show an Ajax loading image while the partial view loads?

EDIT : Had a try at this, but have been unable to get it to work. I have a partial view like this (_FixtureList.cshmtl) :

@model List<Areas.Gameplan.Models.Fixture>

@foreach (var item in this.Model)
{ 

<tr> 
    <td class="teamgrid">@Html.Encode(item.Week)</td>
    <td><img src='@Html.Encode(item.Logo)' alt="Logo" /></td>
    <td class="teamgrid">@Html.Encode(item.Opponent)</td>
    <td class="teamgrid">@Html.Encode(item.Result)</td>
</tr> 

And this is currently how I am rendering the page :

public ActionResult Cincinnati()
    {
        //renderpartial
        List<Fixture> lstFixtures = _Base.DataRepository.GetFixtureList("2017", "Cincinnati");

        return View(lstFixtures);
    }

}

And this is the relevant part of my view (Cincinnati.cshtml) :

@model List<Areas.Gameplan.Models.Fixture>

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Cincinnati Bengals";
    Layout = "~/Areas/Gameplan/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}


<div id="bigborder">

    <p>
        <br />

    <div class="sidebarleftteam">

        <div id="divFixtures">

           <table id='tblFixtures' align='center'><tr><th><img src='../../../../Content/Images/Gameplan/fixtureweek.jpg' /></th><th><img src='../../../../Content/Images/Gameplan/fixtureopponent.jpg' /></th><th/><th><img src='../../../../Content/Images/Gameplan/fixturescore.jpg' /></th></tr> 

                @{ Html.RenderPartial("_FixtureList", this.Model); }

           </table>

How would I apply your example to this code?

EDIT :

Figured it out, this is how I did it :

public ActionResult MyPartial()
    {
        List<Fixture> lstFixtures = _Base.DataRepository.GetFixtureList("2016", "Cincinnati");
        return PartialView("_FixtureList", lstFixtures);
    }

And in the view :

 $.ajax(
 {
     type: 'POST',
     async: true,
     contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
     dataType: 'html',
     url: 'MyPartial',
     beforeSend: function (xhr) {
         $('#mydiv').addClass('ajaxRefreshing');
         xhr.setRequestHeader('X-Client', 'jQuery');
     },
     success: function (result) {
         $('#mydiv').html("<table id='tblFixtures' align='center'><tr><th><img src='../../../../Content/Images/Gameplan/fixtureweek.jpg' /></th><th><img src='../../../../Content/Images/Gameplan/fixtureopponent.jpg' /></th><th/><th><img src='../../../../Content/Images/Gameplan/fixturescore.jpg' /></th></tr>" + result + "</table>");
     },

     error: function (error) {
         alert(error);
     },
     complete: function () {
         $('#mydiv').removeClass('ajaxRefreshing');
     }
 });