Season trivia for Ligue 1 2014/2015
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 2014/2015 Ligue 1 season in France.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2014/2015 season were the players Paul-georges Ntep - Abdoulaye Doucouré (Rennes) and André-Pierre Gignac - Dimitri Payet (Marseille). Together they scored 7 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 2014/2015 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Modibo Maiga, playing for Metz, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 29 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Metz-Toulouse.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2014/2015 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) - December 2014
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain) - March 2015
Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) - May 2015
Most braces by player
Alexandre Lacazette in Lyon scored (at least) two goals in a match 7 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2014/2015 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 9 matches during the season:
André-Pierre Gignac (Marseille)
Max-Alain Gradel (Saint-Étienne)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Alexandre Lacazette in Lyon during the 2014/2015 season, in total he did this 10 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2014/2015 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 8 penalties each, and these were Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain).
Most penalty goals by team
Paris Saint-Germain was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2014/2015 season, in total they scored 13 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Alexandre Lacazette was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2014/2015 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Lyon.
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 5 goals, which 2 teams managed to do, and these were Lyon and Montpellier.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2014/2015 season was Kassim Abdallah, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Ligue 1, which he did 2 times.
Most own goals by team
Bastia scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2014/2015 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Alexandre Lacazette in Lyon scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2014/2015 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Dimitri Payet in Marseille who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Alexandre Lacazette in Lyon scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2014/2015 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Alexandre Lacazette in Lyon who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 14 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Alexandre Lacazette in Lyon scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Ligue 1 during the 2014/2015 season.
Most consecutive wins
Marseille was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2014/2015 season, with a total of 8 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Paris Saint-Germain were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2014/2015 season, playing 17 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Lens had a streak of 5 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Ligue 1 during the 2014/2015 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Metz managed the feat of not winning a single match in 18 consecutive matches during the 2014/2015 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 Paris Saint-Germain were best at during the 2014/2015 season, they came back to win 5 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Nice have managed this in 5 matches during the 2014/2015 season, more than any other team in Ligue 1.
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