Season trivia for 2. Bundesliga 2017/2018
It's not all about becoming the top scorer or winning matches - there's also a wealth of fascinating information related to goalscorers and other remarkable records. Below, you'll find trivia and interesting facts from the 2017/2018 2. Bundesliga season in Germany.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2017/2018 season were the players Marvin Ducksch - Steven Lewerenz (Holstein Kiel) and Lukas Hinterseer - Robbie Kruse (Bochum). Together they scored 6 goals for their teams, where one of the players scored the goal and the other one assisted to it.
Fastest goalscorer
The fastest goal scorers during the season 2017/2018 were these players, all of whom scored in minute 2 of any match of the season:
Fastest hat-trick
Sebastian Andersson, playing for Kaiserslautern, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 9 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Kaiserslautern-Greuther Fürth.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In September 2017, Mikael Ishak (Nürnberg) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2017/2018 season.
Most braces by player
Steven Skrzybski in Union Berlin scored (at least) two goals in a match 4 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2017/2018 season.
Most first goals in a match
The first goal of a match means a lot, and these players each scored it in a total of 7 matches during the season:
Pascal Köpke (Erzgebirge Aue)
Andreas Voglsammer (Arminia Bielefeld)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Lukas Hinterseer in Bochum during the 2017/2018 season, in total he did this 7 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2017/2018 was shared between 3 players, all of whom scored 5 penalties each, and these were
Most penalty goals by team
Holstein Kiel was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total they scored 8 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Konstantin Kerschbaumer was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Arminia Bielefeld.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Arminia Bielefeld was the best team, in total they scored 8 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by team
Kaiserslautern scored 6 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2017/2018 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Mikael Ishak in Nürnberg scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Sonny Kittel in Ingolstadt who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Lukas Hinterseer in Bochum scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Marvin Ducksch in Holstein Kiel who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 9 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
5 players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 9 times, and the players who did this were Tobias Kempe (Darmstadt), Marvin Ducksch (Holstein Kiel), Steven Skrzybski (Union Berlin), Lukas Hinterseer (Bochum) and Sebastian Andersson (Kaiserslautern).
Most consecutive wins
Fortuna Düsseldorf was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2017/2018 season, with a total of 5 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Nürnberg were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2017/2018 season, playing 11 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2017/2018 season, there were 6 teams that had 4 consecutive losses, and those teams were Bochum, Darmstadt, Kaiserslautern, Duisburg, Greuther Fürth and Heidenheim.
Most matches in a row without a win
Darmstadt managed the feat of not winning a single match in 12 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Bochum were best at during the 2017/2018 season, they came back to win 6 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Arminia Bielefeld have managed this in 4 matches during the 2017/2018 season, more than any other team in 2. Bundesliga.
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