Season trivia for EFL Championship 2021/2022
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 2021/2022 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 Harry Wilson and Aleksandar Mitrovic. Together they were behind 13 goals for Fulham in the 2021/2022 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2021/2022 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Sam Surridge, playing for Nottingham Forest, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 21 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Nottingham Forest-Swansea.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In October 2021, Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) scored 8 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2021/2022 season.
Most braces by player
Aleksandar Mitrovic in Fulham scored (at least) two goals in a match 12 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2021/2022 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2021/2022 season was Aleksandar Mitrovic in Fulham, in total he did it 20 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 3 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 9 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2021/2022 season was Aleksandar Mitrovic, in total he scored 6 penalties for his Fulham.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 4 teams, and the teams that each scored 6 penalty goals were Nottingham Forest, Fulham, Middlesbrough and Blackpool.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Matt Godden was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2021/2022 season, in total he scored 4 stoppage time goals for his Coventry.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Coventry was the best team, in total they scored 11 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 2021/2022 season in EFL Championship. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were:
Kyle McFadzean (Coventry)
Nathan Thompson (Peterborough)
Jake Cooper (Millwall)
Lloyd Kelly (Bournemouth)
Most own goals by team
Middlesbrough scored 6 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2021/2022 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Aleksandar Mitrovic in Fulham scored in 7 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 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 byFabio Carvalho (Fulham) and Harry Toffolo (Huddersfield)
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 24 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Aleksandar Mitrovic in Fulham scored a total of 19 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in EFL Championship during the 2021/2022 season.
Most consecutive wins
Fulham was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2021/2022 season, with a total of 7 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Huddersfield were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2021/2022 season, playing 17 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Cardiff had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in EFL Championship during the 2021/2022 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Peterborough managed the feat of not winning a single match in 15 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 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 Coventry were best at during the 2021/2022 season, they came back to win 7 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Bristol City and Reading were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 7 different matches during the 2021/2022 season.
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