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Monday 28th July 2014

Weekend in numbers

The new SPFL season began at the weekend, with goals galore in the first round of the Petrofac Training Cup.

The new SPFL season began at the weekend, with goals galore in the first round of the Petrofac Training Cup.

Here are some of the numbers behind the 14 ties that went ahead – the match between Dunfermline Athletic and Raith Rovers was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

55 Goals scored in the first round of the Petrofac Training Cup

3.93 Average number of goals per game

2 Penalty shoot-outs - both of them at the Excelsior Stadium

2 Hat-tricks - Greig Spence for Alloa and Zander Sutherland for Brora Rangers

4 Players scored two goals - Rory Loy (Falkirk), Blair Alston (Falkirk), Gordon Smith (Stirling Albion) and Frank McKeown (Stranraer)

5 Ties went to extra time

7 Goals for Falkirk against local rivals East Stirlingshire, six of them in the second half

8 Away teams progressed to the second round

3 Minutes for Darren Lavery to score the first goal of season 2014/15 for Berwick v Queen's Park

4 Smiths in the Stirling Albion squad that beat Elgin City - Darren Lee Smith, Gordon Smith and Chris Smith started and Darren Smith was an unused substitute.

2 Montrose players sent off in the 3-0 home defeat to Peterhead

6 Teams knocked out clubs from a higher division - Albion Rovers, Brora Rangers, Clyde, Brechin City, East Fife and Stranraer

17 Age of Morton midfielder Cameron O'Neil, who scored the only goal against Spartans