Season trivia for Premier League 2021/2022
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 2021/2022 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 7 goals for Tottenham in the 2021/2022 season.
Fastest goalscorer
Teemu Pukki, playing in Norwich, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Norwich-Crystal Palace, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
All of these players managed to score a hat-trick, that is, three goals in the same match, within 17 minutes:
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2021/2022 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) - April 2022
Son Heung-Min (Tottenham) - May 2022
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 4 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Jamie Vardy (Leicester)
Son Heung-Min (Tottenham)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2021/2022 season was Raphinha in Leeds, in total he did it 8 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Son Heung-Min in Tottenham during the 2021/2022 season, in total he did this 10 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2021/2022 season was Jorginho, in total he scored 6 penalties for his Chelsea.
Most penalty goals by team
Chelsea was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2021/2022 season, in total they scored 8 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Riyad Mahrez was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2021/2022 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Manchester City.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Leeds was the best team, in total they scored 8 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of most own goals during the 2021/2022 season in Premier League. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Michael Keane (Everton) and Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle).
Most own goals by team
Everton scored 5 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2021/2022 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Mohamed Salah in Liverpool scored in 7 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Mohamed Salah in Liverpool 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
Mohamed Salah in Liverpool scored or assisted in 15 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 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 13 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Son Heung-Min in Tottenham scored a total of 18 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Premier League during the 2021/2022 season.
Most consecutive wins
Manchester City was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2021/2022 season, with a total of 12 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Manchester City were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2021/2022 season, playing 15 straight matches without losing.
Most matches in a row without a win
Newcastle managed the feat of not winning a single match in 14 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 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 2021/2022 season, they came back to win 5 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Aston Villa and Southampton 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 2021/2022 season.
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