Season trivia for Premier League 2010/2011
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 2010/2011 Premier League season in England.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2010/2011 season were the players Robin van Persie - Theo Walcott (Arsenal) and Dudley Campbell - Charlie Adam (Blackpool). Together they scored 8 goals for their teams, where one of the players scored the goal and the other one assisted to it.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2010/2011 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Wayne Rooney, playing for Manchester United, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 14 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between West Ham-Manchester United.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In January 2011, Robin van Persie (Arsenal) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2010/2011 season.
Most braces by player
Carlos Tevez in Manchester City scored (at least) two goals in a match 6 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2010/2011 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2010/2011 season was Carlos Tevez in Manchester City, in total he did it 9 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 6 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Clint Dempsey (Fulham)
Robin van Persie (Arsenal)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2010/2011 season was Charlie Adam, in total he scored 7 penalties for his Blackpool/Liverpool.
Most penalty goals by team
Manchester City was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2010/2011 season, in total they scored 8 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Robert Huth was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2010/2011 season, in total he scored 2 stoppage time goals for his Stoke.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Stoke was the best team, in total they scored 5 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2010/2011 season was John Paintsil, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Premier League, which he did 3 times.
Most own goals by team
Fulham scored 5 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2010/2011 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2010/2011 season, and the players who achieved this were Peter Odemwingie (West Bromwich) and Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
The best streak of matches with an assist was 4 matches in the season 2010/2011, a feat achieved byAndrey Arshavin (Arsenal) and Nani (Manchester United)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Peter Odemwingie in West Bromwich scored or assisted in 9 consecutive matches during the 2010/2011 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Carlos Tevez in Manchester City who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 11 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Dimitar Berbatov in Manchester United scored a total of 12 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Premier League during the 2010/2011 season.
Most consecutive wins
Chelsea was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2010/2011 season, with a total of 5 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Manchester United were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2010/2011 season, playing 24 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2010/2011 season, there were 3 teams that had 5 consecutive losses, and those teams were West Ham, West Bromwich and Blackpool.
Most matches in a row without a win
Blackburn managed the feat of not winning a single match in 10 consecutive matches during the 2010/2011 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Tottenham and West Bromwich, and these teams turned the game around 6 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Aston Villa, Sunderland and West Ham were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 4 different matches during the 2010/2011 season.
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