Season trivia for Brasileirão 2020
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 2020 Brasileirão season in Brazil.
Fastest goalscorer
Alerrandro, playing in RB Bragantino, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between RB Bragantino-Fluminense, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Yuri Alberto, playing for Internacional, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 8 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between São Paulo-Internacional.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2020 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Keno (Atlético Mineiro) - September 2020
Pedro (Flamengo) - October 2020
Thiago Galhardo (Internacional) - October 2020
Luciano (São Paulo) - November 2020
Claudinho (RB Bragantino) - January 2021
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored three times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Pedro (Flamengo)
Claudinho (RB Bragantino)
Germán Cano (Vasco da Gama)
Thiago Galhardo (Internacional)
Brenner (São Paulo)
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2020 season was Germán Cano in Vasco da Gama, in total he did it eight times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2020 was shared between three players, all of whom scored six penalties each, and these were
Most penalty goals by team
Santos was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2020 season, in total they scored eleven of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was seven goals, which two teams managed to do, and these were Fluminense and São Paulo.
Most own goals by team
Sport Recife scored four own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2020 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were two players who scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2020 season, and the players who achieved this were Thiago Galhardo (Internacional) and Gabriel Barbosa (Flamengo).
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Thiago Galhardo in Internacional scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2020 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Thiago Galhardo in Internacional 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
Luciano in São Paulo scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Brasileirão during the 2020 season.
Most consecutive wins
Internacional was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2020 season, with a total of 9 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
São Paulo were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2020 season, playing 17 straight matches without losing.
Most matches in a row without a win
Goiás managed the feat of not winning a single match in 11 consecutive matches during the 2020 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Fluminense and São Paulo, and these teams turned the game around five times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Goiás have managed this in five matches during the 2020 season, more than any other team in Brasileirão.