Season trivia for Ligue 2 2024/2025
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 2024/2025 Ligue 2 season in France.
Note that the season is not finished yet, and there for the information below is not necessarily the final version.
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 Jean-Philippe Krasso and Alimami Gory. Together they were behind 6 goals for Paris FC in the 2024/2025 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2024/2025 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Cheikh Sabaly, playing for Metz, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 16 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Metz-Martigues.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2024/2025 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Cheikh Sabaly (Metz) - September 2024
Eli Junior Kroupi (Lorient) - March 2025
Eli Junior Kroupi (Lorient) - April 2025
Most braces by player
Eli Junior Kroupi in Lorient scored (at least) two goals in a match 6 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2024/2025 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2024/2025 season was Eli Junior Kroupi in Lorient, in total he did it 8 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Sambou Soumano in Lorient during the 2024/2025 season, in total he did this 7 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2024/2025 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 6 penalties each, and these were Gauthier Hein (Metz) and Eli Junior Kroupi (Lorient).
Most penalty goals by team
Lorient was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2024/2025 season, in total they scored 11 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Sambou Soumano was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2024/2025 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Lorient.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Metz was the best team, in total they scored 8 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Eli Junior Kroupi in Lorient scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2024/2025 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 10 goals, and the players who did this were Jean-Philippe Krasso (Paris FC) and Eli Junior Kroupi (Lorient).
Players with most goals in the second half
Sambou Soumano in Lorient scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Ligue 2 during the 2024/2025 season.
Most matches in a row without losing
Metz were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2024/2025 season, playing 12 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Caen had a streak of 9 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Ligue 2 during the 2024/2025 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Clermont managed the feat of not winning a single match in 14 consecutive matches during the 2024/2025 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 Lorient were best at during the 2024/2025 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 Rodez have managed this in 4 matches during the 2024/2025 season, more than any other team in Ligue 2.
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