Season trivia for Premier League 2015/2016
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 2015/2016 Premier League season in England.
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 Olivier Giroud and Mesut Özil. Together they were behind 9 goals for Arsenal in the 2015/2016 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2015/2016 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Sergio Agüero, playing for Manchester City, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 8 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Manchester City-Newcastle.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In April 2016, Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2015/2016 season.
Most braces by player
Harry Kane in Tottenham scored (at least) two goals in a match 7 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2015/2016 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2015/2016 season was Jamie Vardy in Leicester, in total he did it 12 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:
Harry Kane (Tottenham)
Jermain Defoe (Sunderland)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2015/2016 season was Troy Deeney, in total he scored 6 penalties for his Watford.
Most penalty goals by team
Leicester was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2015/2016 season, in total they scored 10 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 5 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Christian Benteke (Liverpool)
Jamie Vardy (Leicester)
Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
Jermain Defoe (Sunderland)
Ross Barkley (Everton/Everton)
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 4 goals, which 4 teams managed to do, and these were Bournemouth, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2015/2016 season in Premier League. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) and Damien Delaney (Crystal Palace).
Most own goals by team
4 teams each scored 3 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Aston Villa, Swansea, Tottenham and Crystal Palace.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Jamie Vardy in Leicester scored in 11 consecutive matches during the 2015/2016 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Mesut Özil in Arsenal who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 7 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Jamie Vardy in Leicester scored or assisted in 15 consecutive matches during the 2015/2016 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 12 goals, and the players who did this were Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) and Harry Kane (Tottenham).
Players with most goals in the second half
Jamie Vardy in Leicester scored a total of 15 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Premier League during the 2015/2016 season.
Most consecutive wins
Tottenham was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2015/2016 season, with a total of 6 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Chelsea were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2015/2016 season, playing 15 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Aston Villa had a streak of 11 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Premier League during the 2015/2016 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Aston Villa managed the feat of not winning a single match in 19 consecutive matches during the 2015/2016 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 Tottenham were best at during the 2015/2016 season, they came back to win 5 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Chelsea, West Bromwich, Aston Villa, Southampton and Crystal Palace were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 3 different matches during the 2015/2016 season.
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