Season trivia for EFL Championship 2015/2016
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 2015/2016 EFL Championship season in England.
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 Ross McCormack and Moussa Dembélé. Together they were behind 8 goals for Fulham in the 2015/2016 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2015/2016 season:
Fastest hat-trick
All of these players managed to score a hat-trick, that is, three goals in the same match, within 29 minutes:
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2015/2016 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Daryl Murphy (Ipswich) - November 2015
Abel Hernandez (Hull) - January 2016
Lasse Vibe (Brentford) - April 2016
Most braces by player
Andre Gray in Burnley/Brentford scored (at least) two goals in a match 5 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2015/2016 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 8 matches during the season:
Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday)
Sam Vokes (Burnley)
Abel Hernandez (Hull)
Nahki Wells (Huddersfield)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Andre Gray in Burnley/Brentford during the 2015/2016 season, in total he did this 8 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2015/2016 season was Tomer Hemed, in total he scored 5 penalties for his Brighton.
Most penalty goals by team
Burnley was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2015/2016 season, in total they scored 7 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Jordan Rhodes was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2015/2016 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Blackburn/Middlesbrough.
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 7 goals, which 2 teams managed to do, and these were Middlesbrough and Preston North End.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2015/2016 season was Matthew Connolly, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in EFL Championship, which he did 3 times.
Most own goals by team
Cardiff scored 5 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2015/2016 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2015/2016 season, and the players who achieved this were Nick Blackman (Reading) and Jordan Rhodes (Blackburn and Middlesbrough).
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Ross McCormack in Fulham scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2015/2016 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Andre Gray in Burnley/Brentford who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 11 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Andre Gray in Burnley/Brentford scored a total of 14 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in EFL Championship during the 2015/2016 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were 2 teams that had 6 consecutive wins in the 2015/2016 season, and those teams were Burnley and Middlesbrough.
Most matches in a row without losing
Brighton were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2015/2016 season, playing 21 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Bolton had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in EFL Championship during the 2015/2016 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Bolton managed the feat of not winning a single match in 17 consecutive matches during the 2015/2016 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 Sheffield Wednesday and Preston North End, and these teams turned the game around 4 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Bolton have managed this in 6 matches during the 2015/2016 season, more than any other team in EFL Championship.
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