Season trivia for Premier League 2020/2021
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 2020/2021 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 Son Heung-Min and Harry Kane. Together they were behind 14 goals for Tottenham in the 2020/2021 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2020/2021 season:
Fastest hat-trick
All of these players managed to score a hat-trick, that is, three goals in the same match, within 19 minutes:
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2020/2021 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Jamie Vardy (Leicester) - September 2020
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton) - September 2020
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) - December 2020
Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) - December 2020
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) - December 2020
Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) - January 2021
Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester) - March 2021
Gareth Bale (Tottenham) - May 2021
Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal) - May 2021
Most braces by player
Harry Kane in Tottenham scored (at least) two goals in a match 5 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2020/2021 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2020/2021 season was Harry Kane in Tottenham, in total he did it 8 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:
Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester)
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2020/2021 season was Bruno Fernandes, in total he scored 9 penalties for his Manchester United.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 2 teams, and the teams that each scored 10 penalty goals were Manchester United and Leicester.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Edinson Cavani was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Manchester United.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Manchester United was the best team, in total they scored 8 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2020/2021 season was Craig Dawson, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Premier League, which he did 2 times.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Dominic Calvert-Lewin in Everton scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Harry Kane in Tottenham who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 5 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Harry Kane in Tottenham scored or assisted in 8 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Harry Kane in Tottenham who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 15 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Mohamed Salah in Liverpool scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Premier League during the 2020/2021 season.
Most consecutive wins
Manchester City was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2020/2021 season, with a total of 15 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Manchester City were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2020/2021 season, playing 19 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Sheffield United had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Premier League during the 2020/2021 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Sheffield United managed the feat of not winning a single match in 17 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 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 Manchester United were best at during the 2020/2021 season, they came back to win 10 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Brighton, Southampton and Aston Villa were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 5 different matches during the 2020/2021 season.
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