Season trivia for Eredivisie 2018/2019
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 2018/2019 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 Hirving Lozano and Luuk de Jong. Together they were behind 7 goals for PSV Eindhoven in the 2018/2019 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2018/2019 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Alexander Isak, playing for Willem II, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 17 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Willem II-Fortuna Sittard.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In March 2019, Alexander Isak () scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2018/2019 season.
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored seven times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Luuk de Jong ()
Dusan Tadic ()
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2018/2019 season was Luuk de Jong in , in total he did it eight times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were two players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, seven 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 2018/2019 season was Dusan Tadic, in total he scored eleven penalties for his .
Most penalty goals by team
Ajax was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2018/2019 season, in total they scored twelve of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Donyell Malen was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2018/2019 season, in total he scored four stoppage time goals for his .
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, PSV Eindhoven was the best team, in total they scored eleven goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2018/2019 season was Ricardo van Rhijn, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Saudi Professional League, which he did three times.
Most own goals by team
two teams each scored four own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were AZ Alkmaar and NAC Breda.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Alexander Isak in Willem II scored in 7 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Steven Bergwijn in PSV Eindhoven who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 5 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Steven Bergwijn in PSV Eindhoven scored or assisted in 11 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Michel Vlap in who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 11 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Dusan Tadic in scored a total of 19 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Saudi Professional League during the 2018/2019 season.
Most consecutive wins
PSV Eindhoven was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2018/2019 season, with a total of 13 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
PSV Eindhoven were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2018/2019 season, playing 13 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Excelsior had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Saudi Professional League during the 2018/2019 season.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were PSV Eindhoven, VVV-Venlo and FC Emmen, and these teams turned the game around four times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
AZ Alkmaar and Groningen were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in five different matches during the 2018/2019 season.