Season trivia for EFL Championship 2019/2020
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 2019/2020 EFL Championship season in England.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2019/2020 season were the players Joe Bryan - Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) and Sammy Ameobi - Lewis Grabban (Nottingham Forest). 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 2019/2020 season:
Fastest hat-trick
George Puscas, playing for Reading, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 5 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Wigan-Reading.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2019/2020 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) - October 2019
Scott Hogan (Stoke/Birmingham) - February 2020
Saïd Benrahma (Brentford) - July 2020
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 5 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Ollie Watkins (Brentford)
Lewis Grabban (Nottingham Forest)
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 9 matches during the season:
Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham)
Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Ollie Watkins in Brentford during the 2019/2020 season, in total he did this 9 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2019/2020 was shared between 3 players, all of whom scored 6 penalties each, and these were
Most penalty goals by team
Preston North End was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2019/2020 season, in total they scored 10 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Atdhe Nuhiu was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2019/2020 season, in total he scored 4 stoppage time goals for his Sheffield Wednesday.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Sheffield Wednesday was the best team, in total they scored 8 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
5 players share the less-than-honourable title of most own goals during the 2019/2020 season in EFL Championship. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were:
Reece Burke (Hull)
Dillon Phillips (Charlton)
Kyle Bartley (West Bromwich)
Matty Pearson (Luton)
Tobias Figueiredo (Nottingham Forest)
Most own goals by team
3 teams each scored 4 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Nottingham Forest, Middlesbrough and West Bromwich.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Aleksandar Mitrovic in Fulham scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2019/2020 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, a feat achieved byJed Wallace (Millwall) and Lee Tomlin (Cardiff)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Jed Wallace in Millwall scored or assisted in 8 consecutive matches during the 2019/2020 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Aleksandar Mitrovic in Fulham 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
Ollie Watkins in Brentford scored a total of 15 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in EFL Championship during the 2019/2020 season.
Most consecutive wins
Brentford was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2019/2020 season, with a total of 8 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
West Bromwich were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2019/2020 season, playing 14 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Huddersfield had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in EFL Championship during the 2019/2020 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Barnsley managed the feat of not winning a single match in 17 consecutive matches during the 2019/2020 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 West Bromwich were best at during the 2019/2020 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 Stoke have managed this in 6 matches during the 2019/2020 season, more than any other team in EFL Championship.
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