Season trivia for Ligue 1 2010/2011
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 2010/2011 Ligue 1 season in France.
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 Morgan Amalfitano and Kevin Gameiro. Together they were behind 9 goals for Lorient in the 2010/2011 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2010/2011 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Moussa Sow, playing for Lille, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 20 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Caen-Lille.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In May 2011, Loic Remy (Marseille/Nice) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2010/2011 season.
Most braces by player
Kevin Gameiro in Lorient scored (at least) two goals in a match 5 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2010/2011 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2010/2011 season was Moussa Sow in Lille, in total he did it 10 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Youssef El Arabi in Caen during the 2010/2011 season, in total he did this 7 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2010/2011 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 4 penalties each, and these were Park Chu-young (Monaco) and Anthony Modeste (Bordeaux).
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 5 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Youssef El Arabi (Caen)
Lisandro Lopez (Lyon)
Marama Vahirua (Nancy)
Park Chu-young (Monaco)
Renato Civelli (Nice)
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Nice was the best team, in total they scored 5 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2010/2011 season was Adriano Pereira, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Ligue 1, which he did 2 times.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2010/2011 season, and the players who achieved this were Youssef El Arabi (Caen) and Loic Remy (Nice and Marseille).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Gaël Danic in Valenciennes who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Moussa Sow in Lille who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 12 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Moussa Sow in Lille scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Ligue 1 during the 2010/2011 season.
Most consecutive wins
Rennes was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2010/2011 season, with a total of 5 wins in a row.
Most consecutive losses
Arles had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Ligue 1 during the 2010/2011 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Arles managed the feat of not winning a single match in 23 consecutive matches during the 2010/2011 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Lorient and Saint-Étienne were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 4 different matches during the 2010/2011 season.
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