Season trivia for Eredivisie 2020/2021
Its not all about becoming the top scorer or winning matches - theres 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 Eredivisie season in Netherlands.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2020/2021 season were the players Danilo - Vaclav Cerny (Twente) and Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye - Vangelis Pavlidis (Willem II). Together they scored 7 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 2020/2021 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Reza Ghoochannejhad, playing for Zwolle, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 12 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Willem II-Zwolle.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In January 2021, Giorgos Giakoumakis (VVV-Venlo) scored 11 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2020/2021 season.
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 4 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Giorgos Giakoumakis (VVV-Venlo)
Myron Boadu (AZ Alkmaar)
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 7 matches during the season:
Danilo (Twente)
Donyell Malen (PSV Eindhoven)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Steven Berghuis in Feyenoord during the 2020/2021 season, in total he did this 10 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2020/2021 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 8 penalties each, and these were Giorgos Giakoumakis (VVV-Venlo) and Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord).
Most penalty goals by team
Ajax was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total they scored 10 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Giorgos Giakoumakis was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his VVV-Venlo.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, PSV Eindhoven was the best team, in total they scored 7 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 3 players who scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, and the players who achieved this were:
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Dusan Tadic in Ajax scored or assisted in 7 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 9 goals, and the players who did this were Giorgos Giakoumakis (VVV-Venlo) and Donyell Malen (PSV Eindhoven).
Players with most goals in the second half
Giorgos Giakoumakis in VVV-Venlo scored a total of 17 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Eredivisie during the 2020/2021 season.
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