Season trivia for Liga MX 2020/2021 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 2020/2021 Apertura Liga MX season in Mexico.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2020/2021 Apertura season were the players Luis Quiñones - André-Pierre Gignac (Tigres UANL), Alonso Escoboza - Henry Martín (América) and Camilo Sanvezzo - Martin Rodriguez (Mazatlán). Together they scored 4 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 2020/2021 Apertura season:
Fastest hat-trick
Camilo Sanvezzo, playing for Mazatlán, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 30 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Atlético San Luis-Mazatlán.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In October 2020, Camilo Sanvezzo (Mazatlán) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2020/2021 Apertura season.
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored four times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Juan Dinenno (Pumas UNAM)
Jonathan Rodríguez (Cruz Azul)
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2020/2021 Apertura season was Dario Lezcano in Juárez, in total he did it seven times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Juan Dinenno in Pumas UNAM during the 2020/2021 Apertura season, in total he did this five times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2020/2021 Apertura was shared between two players, all of whom scored five penalties each, and these were Nicolás Sánchez (Monterrey) and Ángel Mena (León).
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, two players scored two goals in added time, and the players who did so were Jesús Ricardo Angulo (Guadalajara) and Jonathan Rodríguez (Cruz Azul).
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Cruz Azul was the best team, in total they scored four goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2020/2021 Apertura season was Luis García, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Liga MX, which he did two times.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
André-Pierre Gignac in Tigres UANL scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 Apertura season, which was the best in the league.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Ángel Mena in León scored or assisted in 10 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 Apertura 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 6 goals, and the players who did this were Camilo Sanvezzo (Mazatlán) and Ángel Mena (León).
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 Jonathan Rodríguez (Cruz Azul) and André-Pierre Gignac (Tigres UANL).
Most consecutive wins
León was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2020/2021 Apertura season, with a total of 7 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
León were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2020/2021 Apertura season, playing 14 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Necaxa had a streak of 5 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Liga MX during the 2020/2021 Apertura season.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something León were best at during the 2020/2021 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 Mazatlán have managed this in three matches during the 2020/2021 Apertura season, more than any other team in Liga MX.