Season trivia for Ligue 1 2020/2021
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 2020/2021 Ligue 1 season in France.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2020/2021 season were the players Gaëtan Laborde - Andy Delort (Montpellier) and Wissam Ben Yedder - Kevin Volland (Monaco). Together they scored 8 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 2020/2021 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Ibrahima Niane, playing for Metz, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 20 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Metz-Lorient.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2020/2021 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) - October 2020
Terem Moffi (Lorient) - April 2021
Most braces by player
Kylian Mbappé in Paris Saint-Germain scored (at least) two goals in a match 8 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2020/2021 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2020/2021 season was Kylian Mbappé 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:
Burak Yilmaz (Lille)
Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2020/2021 season was Wissam Ben Yedder, in total he scored 10 penalties for his Monaco.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 2 teams, and the teams that each scored 12 penalty goals were Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Farid Boulaya was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Metz.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Marseille was the best team, in total they scored 5 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of most own goals during the 2020/2021 season in Ligue 1. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Anthony Lopes (Lyon) and John Boye (Metz).
Most own goals by team
Lens scored 3 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2020/2021 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, and the players who achieved this were Kevin Volland (Monaco) and Terem Moffi (Lorient).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
The best streak of matches with an assist was 4 matches in the season, a feat achieved byDimitri Payet (Marseille) and Moses Simon (Nantes)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Wissam Ben Yedder in Monaco scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Memphis Depay in Lyon 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
Kylian Mbappé in Paris Saint-Germain scored a total of 16 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Ligue 1 during the 2020/2021 season.
Most consecutive wins
Paris Saint-Germain was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2020/2021 season, with a total of 8 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Lyon were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2020/2021 season, playing 16 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Dijon had a streak of 12 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Ligue 1 during the 2020/2021 season.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Rennes were best at during the 2020/2021 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 Brest have managed this in 5 matches during the 2020/2021 season, more than any other team in Ligue 1.
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