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), Gessime Yassine - Enzo Bardeli (USL Dunkerque), Nesta Elphege - Jessy Benet (Grenoble), Ilhan Fakili - Kader Bamba (Clermont), 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:
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 player who has scored the most braces, meaning at least two goals in a match this season, is Tawfik Bentayeb in Troyes, in total he has scored at least two goals in a match three times.
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 five matches,
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match has most frequently been scored this season by Zuriko Davitashvili in Saint-Étienne, in total he has scored the last goal five times.
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 Florian Tardieu (Saint-Étienne) and Dame Guèye (Le Mans).
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
Right now, there are five players who have managed to score in 3 matches in a row, and they are:
Jaurès Assoumou (Troyes)
Jessy Benet (Grenoble)
Tawfik Bentayeb (Troyes)
Lucas Stassin (Saint-Étienne)
Thomas Robinet (USL Dunkerque)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Jaurès Assoumou (Troyes) and Jessy Benet (Grenoble) have scored or assisted in 4 consecutive matches, which is the best in Ligue 2 so far this season.
Players with most goals in the first half
So far this season, it is Keito Nakamura in Reims who has scored the most goals in the first half with 6 goals.
Players with most goals in the second half
Tawfik Bentayeb in Troyes has scored the most goals in the second half of the match, having scored 6 goals in the second half so far.
Most consecutive wins
The teams with the most consecutive wins this season are Pau, Troyes and Red Star FC, having managed a total of 4 straight victories.
Most matches in a row without losing
Troyes have 9 consecutive matches without losing, which is the best in Ligue 2 this season.
Most consecutive losses
The team with the most consecutive losses right now, with 5 straight defeats, is Amiens.
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.