Season trivia for Eliteserien 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 2018 Eliteserien season in Norway.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2018 season were the players Franck Boli - Ohi Omoijuanfo (Stabæk), Daouda Bamba - Stian Aasmundsen (Kristiansund), Kent-Are Antonsen - Gjermund Åsen (Tromsø), Mads Reginiussen - Erik Tønne (Ranheim) and Magnus Wolff Eikrem - Fredrik Aursnes (Molde). Together they scored 4 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 2018 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Bendik Bye, playing for Kristiansund, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 10 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Strømsgodset-Kristiansund.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2018 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Erling Haaland (Molde) - July 2018
Franck Boli (Stabæk) - September 2018
Most braces by player
Franck Boli in Stabæk scored (at least) two goals in a match 5 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2018 season.
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 6 matches during the season:
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Marcus Pedersen in Strømsgodset during the 2018 season, in total he did this 6 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2018 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 4 penalties each, and these were Michael Karlsen (Ranheim) and Ole Jørgen Halvorsen (Sarpsborg).
Most stoppage time goals by player
Felix Horn Myhre was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2018 season, in total he scored 2 stoppage time goals for his Vålerenga.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2018 season was Simen Wangberg, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Eliteserien, which he did 2 times.
Most own goals by team
Tromsø scored 3 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2018 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Rufo in Sandefjord scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2018 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Erling Haaland in Molde who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 9 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Franck Boli in Stabæk scored a total of 10 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Eliteserien during the 2018 season.
Most consecutive wins
Brann was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2018 season, with a total of 7 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Brann were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2018 season, playing 14 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Sandefjord had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Eliteserien during the 2018 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Sandefjord managed the feat of not winning a single match in 15 consecutive matches during the 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 Ranheim were best at during the 2018 season, they came back to win 6 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Lillestrøm and Sandefjord 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 2018 season.
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