- Celtic have won three of their last five trips to Inverness to play Caley Thistle.
- Inverness have only scored one goal in their last three encounters with Celtic.
- Four of Inverness's last five goals against Celtic have been scored in the second half.
- Caley Thistle earned their promotion to the SPL on the back of nine straight wins in Scottish Division 1 and a 21-game unbeaten run.
- Adam Rooney scored in each of Inverness' last six league games at the end of 2009/10.
- Celtic won all eight of their league games under Neil Lennon in 2009/10.
- The Bhoys have never lost on the opening day of an SPL campaign (nine wins, three draws).
Aberdeen v Hamilton
- Aberdeen lost twice at home to Hamilton last season, conceding a total of five goals.
- Aberdeen and Hamilton have only drawn once in their last twelve encounters.
- Hamilton scored six goals against Aberdeen last season; four of them were scored in the second half.
- The Dons have never won a home game on the opening day of an SPL season, losing four and drawing one.
- Aberdeen picked up only three wins from their last 18 SPL games of the last campaign.
- The Accies ended 2009/10 by winning five of their final six games.
Hearts v St Johnstone
- St Johnstone were undefeated against Hearts last season and managed to win away from home 2-1.
- Hearts have lost three of their last four games at home to the Saints, and have won just one of the last nine.
- Four of St Johnstone's five goals against Hearts last season came in the second half.
- The Saints have won none of their five games on the opening day of the SPL season (four defeats, one draw).
- Only Kilmarnock (29) and Falkirk (31) scored fewer goals than the Jambos last season (35).
- Only three teams scored more than St Johnstone (57).
Rangers v Kilmarnock
- Kilmarnock failed to score a goal against Rangers last season.
- Rangers have won their last four home games against Kilmarnock.
- Rangers have scored eighteen goals against Kilmarnock in their last eight encounters and have only conceded two.
- The Gers have hit at least three goals on the last three occasions that they have started an SPL campaign at home.
- In their last seven opening games of the season, Killie have either shipped four (three times) or kept a clean sheet (four times).
- Kenny Miller has scored in his last five starts against Kilmarnock.
St Mirren v Dundee United
- St Mirren have lost two out of their last three home games against the Terrors.
- United have played St Mirren six times over the last two seasons and have won five.
- St Mirren's three goals against United last season all came in the second half.
- The Buddies have lost four of their five opening games of the season in the SPL.
- United have never won away from home on the opening day of an SPL campaign.
- The Terrors hit just one goal in their final four league games of last season.
Motherwell v Hibernian
- The 6-6 draw between the sides in the penultimate game of the 2009/10 season was the highest-scoring SPL game of all time.
- The Steelmen then drew their final game of the season 3-3 with Rangers.
- Motherwell and Hibernian played each other four times last season with a total of nineteen goals scored between them.
- Anthony Stokes and Colin Nish scored eight of Hibernian's eleven goals against Motherwell last season.
- Motherwell and Hibernian have only drawn two of their last fifteen matches against each other.
- The Steelmen have won only one of their last 11 SPL opening matches.
