Season trivia for Liga MX 2018/2019 Clausura
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 2018/2019 Clausura 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 Ángel Mena and Jean Meneses. Together they were behind 6 goals for León in the 2018/2019 Clausura season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2018/2019 Clausura season:
Fastest hat-trick
Rogelio Funes Mori, playing for Monterrey, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 27 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Monterrey-Santos Laguna.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In February 2019, Brian Fernandez (Necaxa) and Ángel Mena (León) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2018/2019 Clausura season.
Most braces by player
Ángel Mena in León scored (at least) two goals in a match five times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2018/2019 Clausura season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2018/2019 Clausura season was Ángel Mena in León, in total he did it five times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Matías Alustiza in Puebla during the 2018/2019 Clausura season, in total he did this four times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2018/2019 Clausura season was Milton Caraglio, in total he scored five penalties for his Cruz Azul.
Most penalty goals by team
Cruz Azul was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2018/2019 Clausura season, in total they scored seven of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
André-Pierre Gignac was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2018/2019 Clausura season, in total he scored two stoppage time goals for his Tigres UANL.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Necaxa 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 2018/2019 Clausura season was Jaine Barreiro, 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
Pachuca scored four own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2018/2019 Clausura season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were two players who scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 Clausura season, and the players who achieved this were Brian Fernandez (Necaxa) and Ángel Mena (León).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Ángel Mena in León who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 5 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Ángel Mena in León scored or assisted in 9 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 Clausura 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 5 goals, and the players who did this were:
Players with most goals in the second half
three players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 9 times, and the players who did this were Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey), Brian Fernandez (Necaxa) and Ángel Mena (León).
Most consecutive wins
León was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2018/2019 Clausura season, with a total of 12 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
León were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2018/2019 Clausura season, playing 12 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Querétaro had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Liga MX during the 2018/2019 Clausura season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Veracruz managed the feat of not winning a single match in 17 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 Clausura season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.