Season trivia for Ligue 1 2021/2022
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 2021/2022 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 Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi. Together they were behind 11 goals for Paris Saint-Germain in the 2021/2022 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2021/2022 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Andy Delort, playing for Nice, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 7 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Reims-Nice.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In April 2022, Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) scored 9 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2021/2022 season.
Most braces by player
Kylian Mbappé 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 2021/2022 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2021/2022 season was Moussa Dembélé in Lyon, in total he did it 11 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Wissam Ben Yedder in Monaco during the 2021/2022 season, in total he did this 8 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2021/2022 season was Wissam Ben Yedder, in total he scored 8 penalties for his Monaco.
Most penalty goals by team
Marseille was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2021/2022 season, in total they scored 10 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 4 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Serhou Guirassy (Rennes)
Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Étienne)
Seko Fofana (Lens)
Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint-Germain)
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Paris Saint-Germain was the best team, in total they scored 6 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
5 players share the less-than-honourable title of most own goals during the 2021/2022 season in Ligue 1. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were:
Timothée Kolodziejczak (Saint-Étienne)
Tiago Djaló (Lille)
Marcelo (Lyon)
Moritz Jenz (Lorient)
Batista Mendy (Angers)
Most own goals by team
Saint-Étienne scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2021/2022 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 7 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, and the players who achieved this were Moussa Dembélé (Lyon) and Martin Terrier (Rennes).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Lionel Messi in Paris Saint-Germain 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
Martin Terrier in Rennes scored or assisted in 8 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Kylian Mbappé in Paris Saint-Germain who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 15 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Andy Delort in Montpellier/Nice scored a total of 17 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Ligue 1 during the 2021/2022 season.
Most consecutive wins
Monaco was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2021/2022 season, with a total of 9 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Paris Saint-Germain were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2021/2022 season, playing 15 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2021/2022 season, there were 3 teams that had 7 consecutive losses, and those teams were Saint-Étienne, Lorient and Angers.
Most matches in a row without a win
Lorient managed the feat of not winning a single match in 15 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Nice and Paris Saint-Germain, and these teams turned the game around 6 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Troyes and Saint-Étienne were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 6 different matches during the 2021/2022 season.
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