Season trivia for La Liga 2015/2016
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 2015/2016 La Liga season in Spain.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2015/2016 season were the players Luis Suárez - Lionel Messi (Barcelona) and Neymar - Luis Suárez (Barcelona). Together they scored 14 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 2015/2016 season:
Fastest hat-trick
All of these players managed to score a hat-trick, that is, three goals in the same match, within 14 minutes:
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In April 2016, Luis Suárez (Barcelona) scored 9 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2015/2016 season.
Most braces by player
Luis Suárez in Barcelona scored (at least) two goals in a match 10 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2015/2016 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2015/2016 season was Karim Benzema in Real Madrid, in total he did it 11 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Luis Suárez in Barcelona during the 2015/2016 season, in total he did this 11 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2015/2016 season was Youssef El Arabi, in total he scored 7 penalties for his Granada.
Most penalty goals by team
Barcelona was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2015/2016 season, in total they scored 11 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Álvaro Negredo was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2015/2016 season, in total he scored 2 stoppage time goals for his Valencia.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Real Madrid was the best team, in total they scored 5 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 2015/2016 season in La Liga. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Grzegorz Krychowiak (Sevilla) and Diego Mariño (Levante).
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 3 players who scored in 7 consecutive matches during the 2015/2016 season, and the players who achieved this were:
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Lionel Messi in Barcelona who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Cristiano Ronaldo in Real Madrid who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 20 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Luis Suárez in Barcelona scored a total of 29 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in La Liga during the 2015/2016 season.
Most consecutive wins
Barcelona was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2015/2016 season, with a total of 12 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Barcelona were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2015/2016 season, playing 23 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Getafe had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in La Liga during the 2015/2016 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
The longest winless run in the 2015/2016 season was 13 matches in a row, and it was Deportivo La Coruña and Getafe who managed that dubious achievement.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Barcelona were best at during the 2015/2016 season, they came back to win 5 matches in total.
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