Season trivia for EFL Championship 2017/2018
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 2017/2018 EFL Championship season in England.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2017/2018 season were the players Ivan Cavaleiro - Diogo Jota (Wolverhampton), Steve Morison - Lee Gregory (Millwall) and Leo Bonatini - Diogo Jota (Wolverhampton). 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 2017/2018 season:
Fastest hat-trick
James Maddison, playing for Norwich, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 21 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Hull-Norwich.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In November 2017, Leon Clarke (Sheffield United) scored 9 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2017/2018 season.
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 4 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Billy Sharp (Sheffield United)
Ryan Sessegnon (Fulham)
Lewis Grabban (Aston Villa/Sunderland)
Leon Clarke (Sheffield United)
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2017/2018 season was Matej Vydra in Derby, 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 Britt Assombalonga in Middlesbrough during the 2017/2018 season, in total he did this 8 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2017/2018 season was Matej Vydra, in total he scored 6 penalties for his Derby.
Most penalty goals by team
Derby was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total they scored 8 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 2 players scored 4 goals in added time, and the players who did so were Nélson Oliveira (Norwich) and Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday).
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 7 goals, which 3 teams managed to do, and these were Fulham, Cardiff and Bristol City.
Most own goals by team
Bristol City scored 5 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2017/2018 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Leo Bonatini in Wolverhampton scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 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 2017/2018, a feat achieved byLeo Bonatini (Wolverhampton), Ben Marshall (Wolverhampton and Millwall) and Robert Snodgrass (Aston Villa)
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Matej Vydra in Derby who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 13 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Leon Clarke in Sheffield United scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in EFL Championship during the 2017/2018 season.
Most consecutive wins
Cardiff was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2017/2018 season, with a total of 8 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Fulham were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2017/2018 season, playing 23 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Bolton had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in EFL Championship during the 2017/2018 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Sunderland managed the feat of not winning a single match in 16 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 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 Preston North End were best at during the 2017/2018 season, they came back to win 5 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Queens Park Rangers, Brentford, Hull and Sheffield Wednesday were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 4 different matches during the 2017/2018 season.
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