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Monday 11th August 2014

Weekend in numbers

The SPFL league season kicked off on Saturday, with Dundee United, Raith Rovers, Ayr United and Montrose topping the four divisions after the first round of fixtures.

The SPFL league season kicked off on Saturday, with Dundee United, Raith Rovers, Ayr United and Montrose topping the four divisions after the first round of fixtures.

Here are a few of the numbers behind the weekend games:

48 Goals in 20 SPFL games for an average of 2.4 per game

9 Home wins

6 Away wins

5 Draws

4-1 Biggest win of the weekend - for Montrose against East Stirlingshire

3-0 Biggest away win - Dundee United at Aberdeen

1 Player scored two goals - Garry Wood of Montrose

3 Red cards - Jim Goodwin (St Mirren), Jordan Allan (Morton), Ross McCord (Montrose)

1 Home win in the Premiership - Motherwell beating St Mirren 1-0

0 Away wins in League 1

10 Minutes when Billy McKay scored the first Premiership goal of the season

3 Teams came from behind to win in League 2 - Albion Rovers, Arbroath and Clyde

38 Age of Marvin Andrews, who played for Elgin City as a trialist

19 Minutes played when Hibernian keeper Mark Oxley scored against Livingston

7,588 Fans at Dens Park for Dundee's top-flight return v Kilmarnock

16 Months since Rangers had last lost a league match - v Peterhead on 20/04/13