Season trivia for Eredivisie 2017/2018
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 2017/2018 Eredivisie season in Netherlands.
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 Wout Weghorst and Alireza Jahanbakhsh. Together they were behind 8 goals for AZ Alkmaar in the 2017/2018 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2017/2018 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Luuk de Jong, playing for PSV Eindhoven, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 27 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between PSV Eindhoven-Zwolle.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2017/2018 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Fran Sol (Willem II) - March 2018
Tom van Weert (Groningen) - April 2018
Bjørn Johnsen (Den Haag) - April 2018
Bryan Linssen (Vitesse) - April 2018
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:
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:
Youness Mokhtar (Zwolle)
Nicolai Jørgensen (Feyenoord)
Wout Weghorst (AZ Alkmaar)
Hirving Lozano (PSV Eindhoven)
Fran Sol (Willem II)
Alireza Jahanbakhsh (AZ Alkmaar)
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 7 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Mason Mount (Vitesse)
Alireza Jahanbakhsh (AZ Alkmaar)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2017/2018 season was Marco van Ginkel, in total he scored 9 penalties for his PSV Eindhoven.
Most penalty goals by team
PSV Eindhoven was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total they scored 10 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 6 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Vincent Vermeij (Heracles Almelo)
Paul Gladon (Heracles Almelo)
Wout Weghorst (AZ Alkmaar)
David Neres (Ajax)
Jamiro Monteiro (Heracles Almelo)
Alireza Jahanbakhsh (AZ Alkmaar)
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Heracles Almelo was the best team, in total they scored 7 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2017/2018 season in Eredivisie. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Jurgen Mattheij (Excelsior) and Frederik Holst (Sparta Rotterdam).
Most own goals by team
2 teams each scored 5 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Excelsior and Sparta Rotterdam.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 season, and the players who achieved this were Tim Matavz (Vitesse) and Bartholomew Ogbeche (Willem II).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
The best streak of matches with an assist was 4 matches in the season 2017/2018, a feat achieved byJens Toornstra (Feyenoord) and Mason Mount (Vitesse)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
The players who were involved in goals in the most consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 season were Tim Matavz (Vitesse) and Nicolai Jørgensen (Feyenoord), with a streak of 6 matches in a row with at least one goal and/or assist.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Alireza Jahanbakhsh in AZ Alkmaar who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 12 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
2 players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 12 times, and the players who did this were Wout Weghorst (AZ Alkmaar) and Bryan Linssen (Vitesse).
Most consecutive wins
PSV Eindhoven was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2017/2018 season, with a total of 10 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Ajax were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2017/2018 season, playing 14 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Sparta Rotterdam had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Eredivisie during the 2017/2018 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Twente managed the feat of not winning a single match in 15 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 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 Ajax were best at during the 2017/2018 season, they came back to win 10 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Willem II and Sparta Rotterdam 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 2017/2018 season.
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