Season trivia for Liga MX 2016/2017 Apertura
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 2016/2017 Apertura Liga MX season in Mexico.
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 Gael Sandoval and Carlos Izquierdoz. Together they were behind 3 goals for Santos Laguna in the 2016/2017 Apertura season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2016/2017 Apertura season:
Fastest hat-trick
Álvaro Navarro, playing for Puebla, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 12 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Morelia-Puebla.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2016/2017 Apertura was 4 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Dayro Moreno (Tijuana) - July 2016
Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey) - August 2016
Raul Ruidiaz (Morelia) - August 2016
Mauro Boselli (León) - October 2016
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored three times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Silvio Romero (América)
Franco Jara (Pachuca)
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2016/2017 Apertura season was Mauro Boselli in León, in total he did it six times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were three players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, four 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 2016/2017 Apertura season was Dayro Moreno, in total he scored five penalties for his Tijuana.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, three players scored two goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Cruz Azul was the best team, in total they scored five goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2016/2017 Apertura season was Paulo da Silva, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Liga MX, which he did two times.
Most own goals by team
Tijuana scored three own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2016/2017 Apertura season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Mauro Boselli in León scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2016/2017 Apertura season, which was the best in the league.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Mauro Boselli in León scored or assisted in 9 consecutive matches during the 2016/2017 Apertura season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Dayro Moreno in Tijuana who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 8 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Camilo Sanvezzo in Querétaro scored a total of 7 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Liga MX during the 2016/2017 Apertura season.
Most consecutive wins
There were seven teams that had 3 consecutive wins in the 2016/2017 Apertura season, and those teams were Tijuana, Pachuca, Necaxa, Tigres UANL, León, Guadalajara and Toluca.
Most matches in a row without losing
The longest unbeaten streak belonged to Tigres UANL and León, who had 11 consecutive matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Veracruz had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Liga MX during the 2016/2017 Apertura season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Jaguares FC managed the feat of not winning a single match in 13 consecutive matches during the 2016/2017 Apertura season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Veracruz have managed this in four matches during the 2016/2017 Apertura season, more than any other team in Liga MX.