Season trivia for Liga MX 2021/2022 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 2021/2022 Clausura Liga MX season in Mexico.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2021/2022 Clausura season were the players Nicolás Ibáñez - Victor Guzmán (Pachuca) and Alexis Vega - Roberto Alvarado (Guadalajara). 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
Salvador Reyes, playing in América, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Puebla-América, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
André-Pierre Gignac, playing for Tigres UANL, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 20 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Tigres UANL-Atlas.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In May 2022, Nicolás Ibáñez (Pachuca) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2021/2022 Clausura season.
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:
Rodrigo Aguirre (Necaxa)
Nicolás Ibáñez (Pachuca)
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2021/2022 Clausura season was Nicolás Ibáñez in Pachuca, in total he did it five times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were two players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, five times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Nicolás Ibáñez (Pachuca)
Julián Quiñones (Atlas)
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2021/2022 Clausura was shared between two players, all of whom scored four penalties each, and these were Julio Furch (Atlas) and André-Pierre Gignac (Tigres UANL).
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by three teams, and the teams that each scored five penalty goals were Tigres UANL, Atlas and Puebla.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Leonardo Fernández was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2021/2022 Clausura season, in total he scored three stoppage time goals for his Toluca.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, América was the best team, in total they scored five goals in the final minutes of the match.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
André-Pierre Gignac in Tigres UANL scored in 9 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 Clausura season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Nicolás Ibáñez in Pachuca who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 6 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 9 times, and the players who did this were André-Pierre Gignac (Tigres UANL) and Nicolás Ibáñez (Pachuca).
Most consecutive wins
América was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2021/2022 Clausura season, with a total of 6 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
América were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2021/2022 Clausura season, playing 11 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Juárez had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Liga MX during the 2021/2022 Clausura season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Juárez managed the feat of not winning a single match in 11 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 Clausura 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 Tigres UANL were best at during the 2021/2022 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 Santos Laguna have managed this in three matches during the 2021/2022 Clausura season, more than any other team in Liga MX.