Season trivia for Premier League 2016/2017
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 2016/2017 Premier League season in England.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2016/2017 season were the players Mesut Özil - Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) and Harry Kane - Christian Eriksen (Tottenham). Together they scored 7 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 2016/2017 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Salomon Rondon, playing for West Bromwich, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 13 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between West Bromwich-Swansea.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In May 2017, Harry Kane (Tottenham) scored 8 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2016/2017 season.
Most braces by player
Harry Kane in Tottenham scored (at least) two goals in a match 8 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2016/2017 season.
Most first goals in a match
The first goal of a match means a lot, and these players each scored it in a total of 9 matches during the season:
Harry Kane (Tottenham)
Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Romelu Lukaku in Everton during the 2016/2017 season, in total he did this 10 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2016/2017 season was James Milner, in total he scored 7 penalties for his Liverpool.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 4 teams, and the teams that each scored 7 penalty goals were Bournemouth, Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester City.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 3 players scored 3 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Arsenal was the best team, in total they scored 9 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
6 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2016/2017 season in Premier League. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were:
Robert Huth (Leicester)
Ben Mee (Burnley)
Jack Cork (Swansea)
Ryan Shawcross (Stoke)
Tyrone Mings (Bournemouth)
Alfie Mawson (Swansea)
Most own goals by team
4 teams each scored 5 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Hull, Bournemouth, Stoke and Swansea.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Sergio Agüero in Manchester City scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2016/2017 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
The best streak of matches with an assist was 4 matches in the season 2016/2017, a feat achieved byWilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) and Gylfi Sigurðsson (Swansea)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Gylfi Sigurðsson in Swansea scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2016/2017 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Sergio Agüero in Manchester City who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 13 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
2 players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 18 times, and the players who did this were Harry Kane (Tottenham) and Romelu Lukaku (Everton).
Most consecutive wins
Chelsea was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2016/2017 season, with a total of 13 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Manchester United were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2016/2017 season, playing 25 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2016/2017 season, there were 2 teams that had 6 consecutive losses, and those teams were Crystal Palace and Hull.
Most matches in a row without a win
Middlesbrough managed the feat of not winning a single match in 16 consecutive matches during the 2016/2017 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 Liverpool were best at during the 2016/2017 season, they came back to win 5 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Southampton have managed this in 5 matches during the 2016/2017 season, more than any other team in Premier League.
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