Season trivia for EFL Championship 2014/2015
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 2014/2015 EFL Championship season in England.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2014/2015 season were the players Hugo Rodallega - Ross McCormack (Fulham), Yann Kermorgant - Matt Ritchie (Bournemouth) and Hugo Rodallega - Lasse Vigen Christensen (Fulham). Together they scored 7 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 2014/2015 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Marc Pugh, playing for Bournemouth, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 21 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Birmingham-Bournemouth.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2014/2015 was 7 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Odion Ighalo (Watford) - January 2015
Ross McCormack (Fulham) - April 2015
Most braces by player
Daryl Murphy in Ipswich scored (at least) two goals in a match 6 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2014/2015 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2014/2015 season was Daryl Murphy in Ipswich, in total he did it 11 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 8 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Kenwyne Jones (Cardiff/Bournemouth)
Callum Wilson (Bournemouth)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2014/2015 season was Grant Leadbitter, in total he scored 8 penalties for his Middlesbrough.
Most penalty goals by team
Bournemouth was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2014/2015 season, in total they scored 11 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Jota was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2014/2015 season, in total he scored 4 stoppage time goals for his Brentford.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Brentford was the best team, in total they scored 9 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2014/2015 season in EFL Championship. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Danny Batth (Wolverhampton) and James Tarkowski (Brentford).
Most own goals by team
4 teams each scored 3 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Wolverhampton, Cardiff, Blackpool and Brentford.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Troy Deeney in Watford scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2014/2015 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Michail Antonio in Nottingham Forest who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Daryl Murphy in Ipswich who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 17 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Cameron Jerome in Norwich scored a total of 14 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in EFL Championship during the 2014/2015 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were 2 teams that had 6 consecutive wins in the 2014/2015 season, and those teams were Bournemouth and Norwich.
Most matches in a row without losing
Bournemouth were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2014/2015 season, playing 14 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Blackpool had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in EFL Championship during the 2014/2015 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Charlton managed the feat of not winning a single match in 13 consecutive matches during the 2014/2015 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 Nottingham Forest were best at during the 2014/2015 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 Leeds have managed this in 7 matches during the 2014/2015 season, more than any other team in EFL Championship.
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