Season trivia for Jupiler Pro League 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 Jupiler Pro League season in Belgium.
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 Abdoulay Diaby and Hans Vanaken. Together they were behind 7 goals for Club Brugge 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
All of these players managed to score a hat-trick, that is, three goals in the same match, within 16 minutes:
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In December 2017, Abdoulay Diaby (Club Brugge) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2017/2018 season.
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 3 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Abdoulay Diaby (Club Brugge)
Ryota Morioka (Anderlecht/Beveren)
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2017/2018 season was Kaveh Rezaei in Charleroi, in total he did it 8 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 4 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 5 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Zinho Gano (Beveren/Oostende)
Abdoulay Diaby (Club Brugge)
Hassane Bandé (Mechelen)
Teddy Chevalier (Kortrijk)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2017/2018 season was Isaac Kiese Thelin, in total he scored 6 penalties for his Anderlecht/Beveren.
Most penalty goals by team
Club Brugge was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total they scored 13 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Roman Yaremchuk was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Gent.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Club Brugge was the best team, in total they scored 6 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by team
2 teams each scored 4 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Genk and Royal Excel Mouscron.
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 Ruud Vormer (Club Brugge) and Mbaye Leye (Eupen).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Ruud Vormer in Club Brugge who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 6 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Ruud Vormer in Club Brugge scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 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 8 goals, and the players who did this were Yuya Kubo (Gent) and Orlando Sá (Standard Liège).
Players with most goals in the second half
4 players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 10 times, and the players who did this were Kaveh Rezaei (Charleroi), Abdoulay Diaby (Club Brugge), Isaac Kiese Thelin (Anderlecht/Beveren) and Teddy Chevalier (Kortrijk).
Most consecutive wins
There were 3 teams that had 5 consecutive wins in the 2017/2018 season, and those teams were Charleroi, Gent and Club Brugge.
Most matches in a row without losing
Club Brugge were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2017/2018 season, playing 11 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Mechelen had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Jupiler Pro League during the 2017/2018 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Charleroi managed the feat of not winning a single match in 12 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 Standard Liège were best at during the 2017/2018 season, they came back to win 7 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Kortrijk have managed this in 4 matches during the 2017/2018 season, more than any other team in Jupiler Pro League.
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