Season trivia for Liga MX 2017/2018 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 2017/2018 Apertura Liga MX season in Mexico.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2017/2018 Apertura season were the players Dorlan Pabon - Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey) and Jonathan Urretaviscaya - Victor Guzmán (Pachuca). Together they scored 6 goals for their teams, where one of the players scored the goal and the other one assisted to it.
Fastest goalscorer
Dorlan Pabon, playing in Monterrey, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Monterrey-Veracruz, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Rogelio Funes Mori, playing for Monterrey, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 43 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Monterrey-Morelia.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In October 2017, Camilo Sanvezzo (Querétaro) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2017/2018 Apertura season.
Most braces by player
Enner Valencia in Tigres UANL scored (at least) two goals in a match four times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2017/2018 Apertura season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2017/2018 Apertura season was Raul Ruidiaz in Morelia, in total he did it six times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Avilés Hurtado in Monterrey during the 2017/2018 Apertura season, in total he did this six times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2017/2018 Apertura was shared between three players, all of whom scored four penalties each, and these were
Most penalty goals by team
Tigres UANL was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2017/2018 Apertura season, in total they scored eight of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Camilo Sanvezzo was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2017/2018 Apertura season, in total he scored two stoppage time goals for his Querétaro.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Toluca was the best team, in total they scored three goals in the final minutes of the match.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Mauro Boselli in León scored in 8 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 Apertura season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Elias Hernández in León 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 Rogelio Funes Mori in Monterrey 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
two players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 8 times, and the players who did this were Enner Valencia (Tigres UANL) and Mauro Boselli (León).
Most matches in a row without losing
Monterrey were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2017/2018 Apertura season, playing 11 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2017/2018 Apertura season, there were two teams that had 4 consecutive losses, and those teams were Guadalajara and Pumas UNAM.
Most matches in a row without a win
Querétaro managed the feat of not winning a single match in 11 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 Apertura 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 Toluca were best at during the 2017/2018 Apertura season, they came back to win four matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Morelia have managed this in four matches during the 2017/2018 Apertura season, more than any other team in Liga MX.