Season trivia for Ligue 2 2019/2020
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 2019/2020 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 Yoane Wissa and Pierre-Yves Hamel. Together they were behind 5 goals for Lorient in the 2019/2020 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2019/2020 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Jessy Deminguet, playing for Caen, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 30 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Caen-Le Mans.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In August 2019, Tino Kadewere (Le Havre) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2019/2020 season.
Most braces by player
Tino Kadewere in Le Havre scored (at least) two goals in a match 4 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2019/2020 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2019/2020 season was Ibrahim Sissoko in Chamois Niortais, in total he did it 8 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 6 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Vagner Gonçalves (Nancy)
Adrian Grbic (Clermont)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2019/2020 season was Tino Kadewere, in total he scored 6 penalties for his Le Havre.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 2 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were Nolan Roux (Guingamp) and Alexis Gonçalves (LB Châteauroux).
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 3 goals, which 4 teams managed to do, and these were Nancy, LB Châteauroux, Le Havre and Guingamp.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2019/2020 season was Julien Laporte, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Ligue 2, which he did 2 times.
Most own goals by team
Lorient scored 3 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2019/2020 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Tino Kadewere in Le Havre scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2019/2020 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Tino Kadewere in Le Havre who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 10 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
2 players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 10 times, and the players who did this were Tino Kadewere (Le Havre) and Adrian Grbic (Clermont).
Most consecutive wins
Lorient was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2019/2020 season, with a total of 5 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Clermont were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2019/2020 season, playing 12 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2019/2020 season, there were 3 teams that had 5 consecutive losses, and those teams were Rodez, Chamois Niortais and Le Mans.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Lens were best at during the 2019/2020 season, they came back to win 4 matches in total.
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