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Monday 8th December 2014

Weekend in numbers

@splstats looks at some of the numbers behind Saturday’s games

@splstats looks at some of the numbers behind Saturday’s games:

11 Inverness Caledonian Thistle's 2-1 win at Dens Park on Saturday extended their unbeaten run against Dundee to 11 league matches. The Caley Jags haven't lost a league game against The Dee since January 2005, when Steven Robb, Tam McManus and John Sutton handed Jim Duffy's side a 3-1 win, with player/manager Craig Brewster grabbing a late consolation for Inverness. That remains Dundee's only league victory against Inverness – in 13 meetings the Highland side have picked up six wins and six draws.

16 Heart of Midlothian's 4-1 win over Queen of the South ensured that they remained the only SPFL side still unbeaten in the league this season. Including the final game of last season, the Jam Tarts have now gone 16 league games without a loss, their best run since the 1985/86 season. On that occasion, a 27-game unbeaten run took them to the verge of the Premier Division title, but a last-day defeat to Dundee ended their streak, and handed the trophy to Celtic. Robbie Neilson's side have won all eight of their league matches at Tynecastle this season, which is their best streak since George Burley's team won their opening eight SPL fixtures in 2005/06.

14 Chris Kane scored the only goal of the game as Dumbarton recorded a 1-0 victory over Alloa at the Indodrill Stadium. It was the Sons' fifth consecutive win against the Wasps, the first time that either side have managed five in a row in this fixture. Alloa haven't beaten Dumbarton in over five years - their last success came at the Bet Butler Stadium in August 2009. Since then, Dumbarton have recorded 11 wins and three draws in 14 meetings in all competitions.

5 Stranraer's 2-0 victory over Morton helped them leapfrog their opponents into third place in the League 1 table, just two points behind leaders Forfar.It was their fifth league win in a row at Stair Park - the first time they've ever managed that outside the bottom tier of Scottish football. Stephen Aitken's side are now unbeaten in 11 league matches, which is their best run since a side featuring Aitken as a player set a club record of 15 in a row in 2004.

50 Saturday's match was the 50th league meeting between Albion Rovers and Elgin City since the Moray side joined the SFL in 2000. Rovers' 3-0 win at Cliftonhill on Saturday puts them 18-16 ahead in the head-to-head between the sides, with the other 16 matches finishing as draws.That result extended the Coatbridge side's unbeaten league run against the Black and Whites to 10 matches, and they have scored 12 times in the last three meetings.

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