Season trivia for Ligue 1 2011/2012
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 2011/2012 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 Jérémy Menez and Nenê. Together they were behind 9 goals for Paris Saint-Germain in the 2011/2012 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2011/2012 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Nenê, playing for Paris Saint-Germain, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 18 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Paris Saint-Germain-Rennes.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2011/2012 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Alain Traore (Auxerre) - August 2011
Nenê (Paris Saint-Germain) - May 2012
Most braces by player
Nenê in Paris Saint-Germain scored (at least) two goals in a match 6 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2011/2012 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2011/2012 season was Yoan Gouffran in Bordeaux, in total he did it 9 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Olivier Giroud in Montpellier during the 2011/2012 season, in total he did this 6 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2011/2012 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 9 penalties each, and these were Nenê (Paris Saint-Germain) and Eden Hazard (Lille).
Most penalty goals by team
Lille was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2011/2012 season, in total they scored 12 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Kévin Monnet-Paquet was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2011/2012 season, in total he scored 2 stoppage time goals for his Lorient.
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 4 goals, which 4 teams managed to do, and these were Lorient, Bordeaux, Paris Saint-Germain and Evian.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2011/2012 season in Ligue 1. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Aly Cissokho (Lyon) and Souleymane Diawara (Marseille).
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Modibo Maiga in Sochaux scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2011/2012 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Eden Hazard in Lille who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 5 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Eden Hazard in Lille scored or assisted in 8 consecutive matches during the 2011/2012 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Yoan Gouffran in Bordeaux who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 9 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Olivier Giroud in Montpellier scored a total of 19 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Ligue 1 during the 2011/2012 season.
Most consecutive wins
Paris Saint-Germain was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2011/2012 season, with a total of 6 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Lille were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2011/2012 season, playing 17 straight matches without losing.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Paris Saint-Germain and Lille, and these teams turned the game around 5 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Auxerre have managed this in 5 matches during the 2011/2012 season, more than any other team in Ligue 1.
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