Season trivia for Ligue 2 2025/2026
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 2025/2026 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 players who have been behind the most goals this season so far are Dembo Sylla - Damien Durand (Red Star FC), Anto Sekongo - Enzo Bardeli (USL Dunkerque), Gessime Yassine - Enzo Bardeli (USL Dunkerque), Nesta Elphege - Jessy Benet (Grenoble), Ilhan Fakili - Kader Bamba (Clermont), Augustine Boakye - Lucas Stassin (Saint-Étienne), Enzo Bardeli - Marco Essimi (USL Dunkerque), Tawfik Bentayeb - Merwan Ifnaoui (Troyes) and Keito Nakamura - Teddy Teuma (Reims). In total, the different pair of players have scored 3 goals, with one player scoring the goal and the other assisting it.
Fastest goalscorer
These players have all scored in the first minute in a match this season:
Fastest hat-trick
The fastest hat-trick this season was scored by Famara Diedhiou of Clermont, scoring three goals within 63 minutes in the match between Amiens-Clermont.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season is 5 goals, which Tawfik Bentayeb (Troyes) scored in October 2025.
Most braces by player
The players who have scored at least two goals the most times in a match this season are these, and they have scored braces three times so far:
Zuriko Davitashvili (Saint-Étienne)
Tawfik Bentayeb (Troyes)
Most first goals in a match
Damien Durand in Red Star FC has scored the first goal of the match the most times so far this season, and he has done it in six matches,
Most last goals in a match
Right now, there are two players who have scored the last goal of the match five times, and the players who have done so are these:
Zuriko Davitashvili (Saint-Étienne)
Yadaly Diaby (Grenoble)
Most penalty goals by player
The most penalty goals scored so far this season is three goals from the penalty spot, and all these players have managed this achievement are
Most penalty goals by team
two different teams have each scored five penalty goals so far, and these are Red Star FC and Pau.
Most own goals by player
The player who has managed to put the ball into his own net the most times is Théo Pellenard in Stade Lavallois, in total he has scored two own goals so far this season.
Most own goals by team
The team that has scored the most own goals so far in the current season is Stade Lavallois, having done so three times.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Currently, it is Ibrahima Baldé in Rodez who has the most consecutive matches with a goal, which is 5 matches in a row.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
Jean Lambert Evans in Rodez is the player who has so far provided assists in the most consecutive matches this season, 4 matches in a row.
Players with most goals in the first half
two players have scored 6 goals in the first half, which is the most this season, and these players are Damien Durand (Red Star FC) and Keito Nakamura (Reims).
Players with most goals in the second half
Louis Mafouta (Guingamp), Tawfik Bentayeb (Troyes) and Yadaly Diaby (Grenoble) have all scored 6 goals in the second half, which is the best so far this season.
Most consecutive wins
The teams with the most consecutive wins this season are Pau, Troyes, USL Dunkerque and Red Star FC, having managed a total of 4 straight victories.
Most matches in a row without losing
Le Mans have 17 consecutive matches without losing, which is the best in Ligue 2 this season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Bastia is the team with the longest streak of matches without a win so far this season, their run is at 11 straight matches without a win.
Most comebacks from behind to win
Troyes, Montpellier, Rodez and Reims have managed to come back from behind to win in three matches in total, which is the best in Ligue 2 so far this season.