Season trivia for Bundesliga 2018/2019
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 2018/2019 Bundesliga season in Germany.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2018/2019 season were the players Kevin Volland - Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), Yussuf Poulsen - Timo Werner (RB Leipzig) and Luka Jovic - Filip Kostic (Eintracht Frankfurt). 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
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2018/2019 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Alassane Plea, playing for Borussia Mönchengladbach, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 13 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Werder Bremen-Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2018/2019 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Luka Jovic (Eintracht Frankfurt) - October 2018
Max Kruse (Werder Bremen) - March 2019
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München) - March 2019
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 6 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München)
Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig)
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2018/2019 season was Kai Havertz in Bayer Leverkusen, in total he did it 9 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Paco Alcácer in Borussia Dortmund during the 2018/2019 season, in total he did this 9 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2018/2019 season was Andrej Kramaric, in total he scored 5 penalties for his Hoffenheim.
Most penalty goals by team
Schalke 04 was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2018/2019 season, in total they scored 7 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Paco Alcácer was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2018/2019 season, in total he scored 4 stoppage time goals for his Borussia Dortmund.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Borussia Dortmund was the best team, in total they scored 8 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by team
Stuttgart scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2018/2019 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 season, and the players who achieved this were Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München) and Sébastien Haller (Eintracht Frankfurt).
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
The players who were involved in goals in the most consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 season were Alassane Plea (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Kevin Volland (Bayer Leverkusen) and Filip Kostic (Eintracht Frankfurt), with a streak of 7 matches in a row with at least one goal and/or assist.
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 10 goals, and the players who did this were Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen) and Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München).
Players with most goals in the second half
Paco Alcácer in Borussia Dortmund scored a total of 15 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Bundesliga during the 2018/2019 season.
Most consecutive wins
Bayern München was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2018/2019 season, with a total of 7 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
The longest unbeaten streak belonged to Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig, who had 15 consecutive matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Hannover 96 had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Bundesliga during the 2018/2019 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Nürnberg managed the feat of not winning a single match in 20 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 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 Borussia Dortmund were best at during the 2018/2019 season, they came back to win 5 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Augsburg have managed this in 5 matches during the 2018/2019 season, more than any other team in Bundesliga.
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