Season trivia for Ligue 2 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 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 Niels Nkounkou and Ibrahima Wadji. Together they were behind 6 goals for Saint-Étienne 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
Papiss Cissé, playing for Amiens, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 21 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Chamois Niortais-Amiens.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In August 2022, Jean-Philippe Krasso (Saint-Étienne) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2022/2023 season.
Most braces by player
Georges Mikautadze 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 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 Josh Maja in Bordeaux, in total he did it 11 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 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:
Georges Mikautadze (Metz)
Jean-Philippe Krasso (Saint-Étienne)
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2022/2023 was shared between 3 players, all of whom scored 7 penalties each, and these were
Most penalty goals by team
Saint-Étienne was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2022/2023 season, in total they scored 9 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Godson Kyeremeh was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2022/2023 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Caen.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2022/2023 season was Francois Lajugie, 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
3 teams each scored 3 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Quevilly-Rouen, Chamois Niortais and Rodez.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Mayron George in Pau scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2022/2023 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
The players who were involved in goals in the most consecutive matches during the 2022/2023 season were Georges Mikautadze (Metz) and Niels Nkounkou (Saint-Étienne), with a streak of 6 matches in a row with at least one goal and/or assist.
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 12 goals, and the players who did this were Georges Mikautadze (Metz) and Josh Maja (Bordeaux).
Players with most goals in the second half
Alexandre Mendy in Caen scored a total of 15 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Ligue 2 during the 2022/2023 season.
Most consecutive wins
Sochaux was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2022/2023 season, with a total of 6 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Le Havre were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2022/2023 season, playing 32 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Stade Lavallois had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Ligue 2 during the 2022/2023 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Dijon managed the feat of not winning a single match in 10 consecutive matches during the 2022/2023 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 Caen were best at during the 2022/2023 season, they came back to win 6 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Guingamp have managed this in 6 matches during the 2022/2023 season, more than any other team in Ligue 2.
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