Season trivia for La Liga 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 La Liga season in Spain.
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 Marcos Llorente and Luis Suárez. Together they were behind 6 goals for Atlético Madrid in the 2020/2021 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2020/2021 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Rafa Mir, playing for Huesca, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 20 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Real Valladolid-Huesca.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2020/2021 was 7 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla) - January 2021
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - February 2021
Most braces by player
Lionel Messi in Barcelona scored (at least) two goals in a match 9 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2020/2021 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2020/2021 season was Youssef En-Nesyri in Sevilla, in total he did it 10 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Karim Benzema in Real Madrid during the 2020/2021 season, in total he did this 10 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2020/2021 season was Gerard Moreno, in total he scored 10 penalties for his Villarreal.
Most penalty goals by team
Villarreal was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total they scored 12 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Karim Benzema was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total he scored 4 stoppage time goals for his Real Madrid.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Real Madrid was the best team, in total they scored 8 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2020/2021 season was Víctor Ruiz, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in La Liga, which he did 2 times.
Most own goals by team
3 teams each scored 3 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Getafe, Atlético Madrid and Real Betis.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, and the players who achieved this were Lionel Messi (Barcelona) and Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad).
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 goals or assists in most consecutive matches
The players who were involved in goals in the most consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season were Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo) and Lionel Messi (Barcelona), with a streak of 9 matches in a row with at least one goal and/or assist.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Lionel Messi in Barcelona who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 14 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Lionel Messi in Barcelona scored a total of 16 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in La Liga during the 2020/2021 season.
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