Season trivia for Chinese Super League 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 2019 Chinese Super League season in China.
Best scoring couple
The top goal-scoring pair, in other words two players where one scored the goal and the other player assisted to it, were Eran Zahavi and Dia Saba. Together they were behind 8 goals for Guangzhou City in the 2019 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2019 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Kim Shin-Wook, playing for Shanghai Shenhua, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 18 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Shanghai Shenhua-Guangzhou City.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In July 2019, Paulinho (Guangzhou) scored 8 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2019 season.
Most braces by player
Eran Zahavi in Guangzhou City scored (at least) two goals in a match seven times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2019 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 eight matches during the season:
Graziano Pellè (Shandong Taishan)
Eran Zahavi (Guangzhou City)
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were four players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, six times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Dong Xuesheng (Hebei)
Jean Evrard Kouassi (Wuhan)
Dia Saba (Guangzhou City)
Elkeson (Shanghai Port/Guangzhou)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2019 season was Yannick Ferreira Carrasco, in total he scored seven penalties for his Dalian Professional.
Most penalty goals by team
Dalian Professional was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2019 season, in total they scored nine of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, four players scored three goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Renato Augusto (Beijing Guoan)
Eran Zahavi (Guangzhou City)
Paulinho (Guangzhou)
Wang Ziming (Beijing Guoan)
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Guangzhou was the best team, in total they scored eight goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2019 season was Yuan Mincheng, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Chinese Super League, which he did two times.
Most own goals by team
Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic scored four own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2019 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Paulinho in Guangzhou scored in 7 consecutive matches during the 2019 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
The best streak of matches with an assist was 4 matches in the season 2019, a feat achieved byCao Yunding (Shanghai Shenhua) and Yang Liyu (Guangzhou)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Paulinho in Guangzhou scored or assisted in 11 consecutive matches during the 2019 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Eran Zahavi in Guangzhou City who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 14 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Eran Zahavi in Guangzhou City scored a total of 14 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Chinese Super League during the 2019 season.
Most consecutive wins
Guangzhou was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2019 season, with a total of 13 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Guangzhou were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2019 season, playing 15 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Beijing Renhe had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Chinese Super League during the 2019 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Shenzhen FC managed the feat of not winning a single match in 13 consecutive matches during the 2019 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 Guangzhou City and Hebei, and these teams turned the game around four times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Beijing Renhe have managed this in five matches during the 2019 season, more than any other team in Chinese Super League.