Season trivia for Liga MX 2024/2025 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 2024/2025 Apertura Liga MX season in Mexico.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2024/2025 Apertura season were the players Paulinho - Jesús Gallardo (Toluca) and Brian Rodriguez - Rodrigo Aguirre (América). 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 2024/2025 Apertura season:
Fastest hat-trick
Salomon Rondon, playing for Pachuca, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 49 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Pachuca-Necaxa.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2024/2025 Apertura was 4 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Henry Martín (América) - July 2024
Lucas Cavallini (Puebla) - July 2024
Óscar Estupiñán (Juárez) - October 2024
Paulinho (Toluca) - October 2024
Sergio Canales (Monterrey) - November 2024
Raúl Zúñiga (Tijuana) - November 2024
Germán Berterame (Monterrey) - December 2024
Most braces by player
Paulinho in Toluca scored (at least) two goals in a match three times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2024/2025 Apertura season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2024/2025 Apertura season was Germán Berterame in Monterrey, 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, six times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Paulinho (Toluca)
Ángel Sepúlveda (Cruz Azul)
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2024/2025 Apertura was shared between two players, all of whom scored four penalties each, and these were Carlos Rotondi (Cruz Azul) and Christian Rivera (Tijuana).
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 Tijuana, Atlético San Luis and Monterrey.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, five players scored two goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Rodrigo Aguirre (América)
Raúl Zúñiga (Tijuana)
Lucas Cavallini (Puebla)
Paulinho (Toluca)
Ángel Sepúlveda (Cruz Azul)
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Tijuana was the best team, in total they scored five goals in the final minutes of the match.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Paulinho in Toluca scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2024/2025 Apertura season, which was the best in the league.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Sergio Canales in Monterrey scored or assisted in 8 consecutive matches during the 2024/2025 Apertura season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Germán Berterame in Monterrey 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
Paulinho in Toluca scored a total of 8 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Liga MX during the 2024/2025 Apertura season.
Most consecutive wins
Cruz Azul was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2024/2025 Apertura season, with a total of 7 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Cruz Azul were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2024/2025 Apertura season, playing 9 straight matches without losing.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Atlético San Luis, Cruz Azul and América, and these teams turned the game around three times 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 2024/2025 Apertura season, more than any other team in Liga MX.