Season trivia for Ligue 2 2018/2019
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 2018/2019 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 Gaëtan Charbonnier and Mathias Autret. Together they were behind 6 goals for Brest in the 2018/2019 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2018/2019 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Yannick Gomis, playing for Lens, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 35 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Lens-Orléans.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In August 2018, Habib Diallo (Metz) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2018/2019 season.
Most braces by player
Habib Diallo in Metz scored (at least) two goals in a match 6 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2018/2019 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2018/2019 season was Habib Diallo in Metz, in total he did it 13 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Gaëtan Charbonnier in Brest during the 2018/2019 season, in total he did this 11 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2018/2019 season was Habib Diallo, in total he scored 10 penalties for his Metz.
Most penalty goals by team
Metz was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2018/2019 season, in total they scored 12 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:
Yoann Touzghar (Troyes)
Édouard Butin (Brest)
Mathieu Coutadeur (Ajaccio)
Pierre-Yves Hamel (Lorient)
Yoane Wissa (Lorient)
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Troyes was the best team, in total they scored 5 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by team
GFC Ajaccio scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2018/2019 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Gaëtan Charbonnier in Brest scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Maxime Barthelmé in LB Châteauroux who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Gaëtan Charbonnier in Brest scored or assisted in 9 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Habib Diallo in Metz 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
Gaëtan Charbonnier in Brest scored a total of 18 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Ligue 2 during the 2018/2019 season.
Most consecutive wins
Troyes was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2018/2019 season, with a total of 8 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Metz were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2018/2019 season, playing 16 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Nancy had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Ligue 2 during the 2018/2019 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Chamois Niortais managed the feat of not winning a single match in 17 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 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 Brest were best at during the 2018/2019 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 Valenciennes have managed this in 8 matches during the 2018/2019 season, more than any other team in Ligue 2.
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