Season trivia for Ekstraklasa 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 Ekstraklasa season in Poland.
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 Michal Chrapek and Jakub Swierczok. Together they were behind 5 goals for Piast Gliwice 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
Tomás Pekhart, playing for Legia Warszawa, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 13 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Zaglebie Lubin-Legia Warszawa.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2020/2021 was 4 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Flávio Paixão (Lechia Gdansk) - September 2020
Ivi López (Raków Czestochowa) - October 2020
Tomás Pekhart (Legia Warszawa) - December 2020
Tomás Pekhart (Legia Warszawa) - March 2021
Patryk Szysz (Zaglebie Lubin) - April 2021
Most braces by player
Tomás Pekhart in Legia Warszawa scored (at least) two goals in a match five times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2020/2021 season.
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 Jakub Swierczok in Piast Gliwice, in total he did it eight times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Tomás Pekhart in Legia Warszawa during the 2020/2021 season, in total he did this eight times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2020/2021 season was Tomás Pekhart, in total he scored seven penalties for his Legia Warszawa.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by two teams, and the teams that each scored eight penalty goals were Raków Czestochowa and Legia Warszawa.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, two players scored two goals in added time, and the players who did so were Rafael Lopes (Legia Warszawa) and Tiago Alves (Piast Gliwice).
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Lechia Gdansk was the best team, in total they scored five goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2020/2021 season was Sasa Balic, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Ekstraklasa, which he did two times.
Most own goals by team
Zaglebie Lubin scored three 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
Jakub Swierczok in Piast Gliwice scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 11 goals, and the players who did this were Jakub Swierczok (Piast Gliwice) and Tomás Pekhart (Legia Warszawa).
Players with most goals in the second half
Tomás Pekhart in Legia Warszawa scored a total of 11 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Ekstraklasa during the 2020/2021 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were two teams that had 6 consecutive wins in the 2020/2021 season, and those teams were Legia Warszawa and Pogon Szczecin.
Most matches in a row without losing
The longest unbeaten streak belonged to Raków Czestochowa and Piast Gliwice, who had 10 consecutive matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2020/2021 season, there were six teams that had 4 consecutive losses, and those teams were Warta Poznan, Stal Mielec, Lechia Gdansk, Wisla Kraków, Podbeskidzie and Piast Gliwice.
Most matches in a row without a win
Wisla Plock managed the feat of not winning a single match in 10 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 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 Zaglebie Lubin were best at during the 2020/2021 season, they came back to win five matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Wisla Kraków have managed this in six matches during the 2020/2021 season, more than any other team in Ekstraklasa.