Season trivia for Liga MX 2023/2024 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 2023/2024 Apertura 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 Harold Preciado and Juan Brunetta. Together they were behind 6 goals for Santos Laguna in the 2023/2024 Apertura season.
Fastest goalscorer
Raúl Zúñiga, playing in Querétaro, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Juárez-Querétaro, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Érick Sánchez, playing for Pachuca, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 18 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Tijuana-Pachuca.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2023/2024 Apertura was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Jonathan Rodríguez (América) - October 2023
Ángel Sepúlveda (Querétaro/Cruz Azul) - October 2023
Guillermo Martinez (Puebla) - November 2023
Federico Viñas (León) - November 2023
Most braces by player
Harold Preciado in Santos Laguna scored (at least) two goals in a match three times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2023/2024 Apertura season.
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 six matches during the season:
André-Pierre Gignac (Tigres UANL)
Ángel Sepúlveda (Querétaro/Cruz Azul)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Avilés Hurtado in Juárez during the 2023/2024 Apertura season, in total he did this five times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2023/2024 Apertura was shared between six players, all of whom scored four penalties each, and these were
Juan Dinenno (Pumas UNAM)
Avilés Hurtado (Juárez)
Tiago Volpi (Toluca)
André-Pierre Gignac (Tigres UANL)
César Huerta (Pumas UNAM)
Roberto Alvarado (Guadalajara)
Most penalty goals by team
Pumas UNAM was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2023/2024 Apertura season, in total they scored eight of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Nicolás Ibáñez was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2023/2024 Apertura season, in total he scored three stoppage time goals for his Tigres UANL.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Tigres UANL was the best team, in total they scored six goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by team
Necaxa scored four own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2023/2024 Apertura season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were two players who scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 Apertura season, and the players who achieved this were Guillermo Martinez (Puebla) and Federico Viñas (León).
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Julián Quiñones in América scored or assisted in 6 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 Apertura season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Harold Preciado in Santos Laguna 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 Juan Brunetta (Santos Laguna) and Julián Quiñones (América).
Most consecutive wins
América was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2023/2024 Apertura season, with a total of 7 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
América were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2023/2024 Apertura season, playing 19 straight matches without losing.
Most matches in a row without a win
Necaxa managed the feat of not winning a single match in 8 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 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 América were best at during the 2023/2024 Apertura season, they came back to win four matches in total.