Season trivia for Ligue 2 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 2 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 Pablo Chavarria and Jordan Pefok. Together they were behind 9 goals for Reims 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
Youssouf Hadji, playing for Nancy, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 25 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Nancy-LB Châteauroux.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In November 2017, Umut Bozok (Nîmes) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2017/2018 season.
Most braces by player
Umut Bozok in Nîmes scored (at least) two goals in a match 5 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 Ludovic Ajorque in Clermont, in total he did it 9 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Riad Nouri in Ajaccio during the 2017/2018 season, in total he did this 6 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2017/2018 was shared between 3 players, all of whom scored 5 penalties each, and these were
Most penalty goals by team
Lens was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total they scored 8 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Riad Nouri was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Ajaccio.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2017/2018 season in Ligue 2. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Cédric Cambon (Orléans) and Ibrahima Conté (Lorient).
Most own goals by team
Orléans scored 7 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2017/2018 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Gaëtan Robail in Valenciennes scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Julien Faussurier in Brest who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 6 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Diego Rigonato in Reims scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Umut Bozok in Nîmes who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 13 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Umut Bozok in Nîmes scored a total of 11 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Ligue 2 during the 2017/2018 season.
Most consecutive wins
Reims was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2017/2018 season, with a total of 7 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Paris FC were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2017/2018 season, playing 12 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2017/2018 season, there were 2 teams that had 7 consecutive losses, and those teams were Lens and Quevilly-Rouen.
Most matches in a row without a win
Tours managed the feat of not winning a single match in 13 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 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 LB Châteauroux were best at during the 2017/2018 season, they came back to win 7 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but FBBP 01 have managed this in 7 matches during the 2017/2018 season, more than any other team in Ligue 2.
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