Dundee United have been relegated from the Scottish Premiership after a derby defeat at Dens Park. Here are the numbers behind their season from hell.

35 - Number of players to feature in United's league campaign.

10 - Points accrued in the first 22 games of the season.

18 - Minutes of action played by summer signing Rodney Sneijder - brother of former Real Madrid star Wesley - before his contract was cancelled by mutual consent.

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3 - Only three players have netted more than twice in the league - Billy McKay (12), Blair Spittal (5) and Simon Murray (3).

3,800,000 - Pounds received for players in last three transfer windows - for Gary Mackay-Steven, Stuart Armstrong, Nadir Ciftci, Ryan McGowan and John Souttar.

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6 - Combined starts made this season by Charlie Telfer and Robbie Muirhead, who together cost the club £350,000.

7 - Signings made by Mixu Paatelainen since he took charge in October - bringing in Guy Demel, Eiji Kawashima, Gavin Gunning, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, Riku Riski, Kyle Knoyle and Edward Ofere. Two of them have already left.

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27 - Points lost from winning positions.

2 - Total number of league goals scored by strikers Henri Anier, Darko Bodul, Mario Bilate, Robbie Muirhead, Edward Ofere, Riku Riski and Florent Sinama-Pongolle from a combined 40 appearances.

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45 - Number of points United gained in the first 23 matches of last season, before selling Gary Mackay-Steven and Stuart Armstrong to Celtic.

35 - Points collected in their subsequent 50 games.