Season trivia for Premier League 2018/2019
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 2018/2019 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 Ryan Fraser and Callum Wilson. Together they were behind 12 goals for Bournemouth in the 2018/2019 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2018/2019 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Raheem Sterling, playing for Manchester City, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 13 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Manchester City-Watford.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In February 2019, Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2018/2019 season.
Most braces by player
Sadio Mané in Liverpool scored (at least) two goals in a match 6 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2018/2019 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:
Sadio Mané (Liverpool)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 4 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 7 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Jamie Vardy (Leicester)
Leroy Sané (Manchester City)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal)
Ashley Barnes (Burnley)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2018/2019 season was Luka Milivojevic, in total he scored 10 penalties for his Crystal Palace.
Most penalty goals by team
Crystal Palace was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2018/2019 season, in total they scored 10 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Sadio Mané was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2018/2019 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Liverpool.
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 5 goals, which 6 teams managed to do, and these were Bournemouth, Wolverhampton, Liverpool, Everton, Tottenham and Chelsea.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2018/2019 season was Conor Coady, 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
2 teams each scored 4 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Wolverhampton and Burnley.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Anthony Martial in Manchester United scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 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 2018/2019, a feat achieved byEden Hazard (Chelsea) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Alexandre Lacazette in Arsenal scored or assisted in 6 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 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 14 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in Arsenal scored a total of 17 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Premier League during the 2018/2019 season.
Most consecutive wins
Liverpool was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2018/2019 season, with a total of 9 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Liverpool were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2018/2019 season, playing 20 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Fulham had a streak of 9 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Premier League during the 2018/2019 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Huddersfield managed the feat of not winning a single match in 14 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 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 2018/2019 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 2018/2019 season, more than any other team in Premier League.
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