Season trivia for Ligue 2 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 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 Branco van den Boomen and Rhys Healey. Together they were behind 7 goals for Toulouse 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
Rhys Healey, playing for Toulouse, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 34 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Toulouse-Sochaux.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2021/2022 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Morgan Guilavogui (Paris FC) - February 2022
Rhys Healey (Toulouse) - April 2022
Most braces by player
Rhys Healey in Toulouse scored (at least) two goals in a match 5 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 first goal of a match means a lot, and these players each scored it in a total of 7 matches during the season:
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Rhys Healey in Toulouse during the 2021/2022 season, in total he did this 6 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2021/2022 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 5 penalties each, and these were Alexandre Mendy (Caen) and Branco van den Boomen (Toulouse).
Most penalty goals by team
Paris FC was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2021/2022 season, in total they scored 8 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:
Alan Virginius (Sochaux)
Gaëtan Charbonnier (Auxerre)
David Henen (Grenoble)
Elías Már Ómarsson (Nîmes)
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2021/2022 season was Bafodé Diakité, 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
Bastia scored 3 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 4 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, and the players who achieved this were Benjamin Santelli (Bastia) and Ado Onaiwu (Toulouse).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Youssouf M'Changama in Guingamp 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
Branco van den Boomen in Toulouse 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 Alexandre Mendy in Caen who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 9 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Rhys Healey in Toulouse scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Ligue 2 during the 2021/2022 season.
Most consecutive wins
Paris FC was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2021/2022 season, with a total of 6 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Paris FC were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2021/2022 season, playing 16 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2021/2022 season, there were 2 teams that had 6 consecutive losses, and those teams were USL Dunkerque and Chamois Niortais.
Most matches in a row without a win
Rodez managed the feat of not winning a single match in 18 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 art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Pau were best at during the 2021/2022 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 Le Havre have managed this in 5 matches during the 2021/2022 season, more than any other team in Ligue 2.
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