Season trivia for EFL Championship 2020/2021
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 2020/2021 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 Teemu Pukki and Emiliano Buendia. Together they were behind 11 goals for Norwich in the 2020/2021 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2020/2021 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Sergi Canos, playing for Brentford, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 23 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Cardiff-Brentford.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In October 2020, Ivan Toney (Brentford) scored 8 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2020/2021 season.
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 7 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Adam Armstrong (Blackburn)
Teemu Pukki (Norwich)
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2020/2021 season was Teemu Pukki in Norwich, in total he did it 12 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Ivan Toney in Brentford during the 2020/2021 season, in total he did this 10 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2020/2021 season was Ivan Toney, in total he scored 9 penalties for his Brentford.
Most penalty goals by team
Watford was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total they scored 10 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Adam Armstrong was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total he scored 4 stoppage time goals for his Blackburn.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Queens Park Rangers was the best team, in total they scored 6 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
4 players share the less-than-honourable title of most own goals during the 2020/2021 season in EFL Championship. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were:
Yoann Barbet (Queens Park Rangers)
Michael Rose (Coventry)
Angus MacDonald (Rotherham)
Jason McCarthy (Wycombe Wanderers)
Most own goals by team
Rotherham scored 5 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2020/2021 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, and the players who achieved this were Lucas Joao (Reading) and Teemu Pukki (Norwich).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Chris Martin in Bristol City who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
The players who were involved in goals in the most consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season were Lyndon Dykes (Queens Park Rangers) and Ivan Toney (Brentford), with a streak of 8 matches in a row with at least one goal and/or assist.
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 15 goals, and the players who did this were Ivan Toney (Brentford) and Teemu Pukki (Norwich).
Players with most goals in the second half
2 players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 16 times, and the players who did this were Ivan Toney (Brentford) and Adam Armstrong (Blackburn).
Most consecutive wins
Norwich was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2020/2021 season, with a total of 9 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Brentford were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2020/2021 season, playing 21 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2020/2021 season, there were 2 teams that had 7 consecutive losses, and those teams were Wycombe Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday.
Most matches in a row without a win
The longest winless run in the 2020/2021 season was 11 matches in a row, and it was Derby and Wycombe Wanderers who managed that dubious achievement.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Brentford were best at during the 2020/2021 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 Huddersfield have managed this in 7 matches during the 2020/2021 season, more than any other team in EFL Championship.
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