Season trivia for Liga MX 2020/2021 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 2020/2021 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 Alexis Canelo and Rubens Sambueza. Together they were behind 5 goals for Toluca in the 2020/2021 Clausura season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2020/2021 Clausura season:
Fastest hat-trick
Santiago Ormeño, playing for Puebla, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 65 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Puebla-Juárez.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2020/2021 Clausura was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Alexis Canelo (Toluca) - February 2021
Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey) - March 2021
Eduardo Aguirre (Santos Laguna) - May 2021
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:
Most first goals in a match
The first goal of a match means a lot, and these players each scored it in a total of four matches during the season:
Michael Estrada (Toluca)
Alexis Canelo (Toluca)
Henry Martín (América)
Santiago Ormeño (Puebla)
Jonathan Rodríguez (Cruz Azul)
Ángel Mena (León)
Maximiliano Meza (Monterrey)
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were five players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, three times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Daniel Álvarez (Puebla)
Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey)
Alexis Canelo (Toluca)
Nicolás Ibáñez (Atlético San Luis)
José Juan Macias (Guadalajara)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2020/2021 Clausura season was Nicolás Ibáñez, in total he scored five penalties for his Atlético San Luis.
Most penalty goals by team
Puebla was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2020/2021 Clausura season, in total they scored six of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, two players scored two goals in added time, and the players who did so were Daniel Álvarez (Puebla) and Luis Chávez (Pachuca).
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Jonathan Rodríguez in Cruz Azul scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 Clausura season, which was the best in the league.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Henry Martín in América scored or assisted in 6 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 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 7 goals, and the players who did this were Fidel Martinez (Tijuana) and Alexis Canelo (Toluca).
Players with most goals in the second half
Jonathan Rodríguez in Cruz Azul scored a total of 8 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Liga MX during the 2020/2021 Clausura season.
Most consecutive wins
Cruz Azul was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2020/2021 Clausura season, with a total of 12 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Cruz Azul were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2020/2021 Clausura season, playing 15 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2020/2021 Clausura season, there were two teams that had 4 consecutive losses, and those teams were Pachuca and Pumas UNAM.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something América were best at during the 2020/2021 Clausura season, they came back to win three matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but León have managed this in three matches during the 2020/2021 Clausura season, more than any other team in Liga MX.