Season trivia for Ligue 1 2017/2018
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 2017/2018 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 Neymar and Edinson Cavani. Together they were behind 9 goals for Paris Saint-Germain in the 2017/2018 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2017/2018 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Memphis Depay, playing for Lyon, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 21 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Troyes-Lyon.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In August 2017, Radamel Falcao (Monaco) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2017/2018 season.
Most braces by player
Edinson Cavani in Paris Saint-Germain scored (at least) two goals in a match 7 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2017/2018 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2017/2018 season was Edinson Cavani in Paris Saint-Germain, in total he did it 9 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 7 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain)
Florian Thauvin (Marseille)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2017/2018 season was Mario Balotelli, in total he scored 6 penalties for his Nice.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 2 players scored 3 goals in added time, and the players who did so were Adama Niane (Troyes) and Jimmy Briand (Guingamp).
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 5 goals, which 4 teams managed to do, and these were Lyon, Paris Saint-Germain, Guingamp and Monaco.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2017/2018 season was Damien Da Silva, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Ligue 1, which he did 3 times.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Rony Lopes in Monaco scored in 8 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Edinson Cavani in Paris Saint-Germain 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
Edinson Cavani in Paris Saint-Germain scored a total of 14 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Ligue 1 during the 2017/2018 season.
Most consecutive wins
Paris Saint-Germain was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2017/2018 season, with a total of 9 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Monaco were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2017/2018 season, playing 17 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Metz had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Ligue 1 during the 2017/2018 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
The longest winless run in the 2017/2018 season was 11 matches in a row, and it was Metz, Lille and Strasbourg who managed that dubious achievement.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Monaco were best at during the 2017/2018 season, they came back to win 6 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Toulouse have managed this in 6 matches during the 2017/2018 season, more than any other team in Ligue 1.
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