Season trivia for Ligue 1 2022/2023
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 2022/2023 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 15 goals for Paris Saint-Germain in the 2022/2023 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2022/2023 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Loïs Openda, playing for Lens, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 5 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Clermont-Lens.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2022/2023 was 7 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain) - August 2022
Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) - May 2023
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 2022/2023 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2022/2023 season was Kylian Mbappé in Paris Saint-Germain, in total he did it 10 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 3 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 8 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2022/2023 season was Jonathan David, in total he scored 10 penalties for his Lille.
Most penalty goals by team
Lille was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2022/2023 season, in total they scored 11 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 5 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Mohamed Bayo (Lille)
Folarin Balogun (Reims)
Téji Savanier (Montpellier)
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain)
Alexandre Lacazette (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 Lille and Montpellier.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2022/2023 season was Cédric Hountondji, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Ligue 1, which he did 2 times.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Kylian Mbappé in Paris Saint-Germain scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2022/2023 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Kylian Mbappé in Paris Saint-Germain scored or assisted in 8 consecutive matches during the 2022/2023 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 14 goals, and the players who did this were Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) and Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon).
Players with most goals in the second half
Kylian Mbappé in Paris Saint-Germain scored a total of 15 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Ligue 1 during the 2022/2023 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were 3 teams that had 6 consecutive wins in the 2022/2023 season, and those teams were Marseille, Paris Saint-Germain and Lorient.
Most matches in a row without losing
Reims were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2022/2023 season, playing 19 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Angers had a streak of 13 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Ligue 1 during the 2022/2023 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Angers managed the feat of not winning a single match in 21 consecutive matches during the 2022/2023 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Montpellier have managed this in 6 matches during the 2022/2023 season, more than any other team in Ligue 1.
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