Season trivia for Premier League 2023/2024
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 2023/2024 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 Ollie Watkins and Leon Bailey. Together they were behind 8 goals for Aston Villa in the 2023/2024 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2023/2024 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Chris Wood, playing for Nottingham Forest, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 15 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Newcastle-Nottingham Forest.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In April 2024, Cole Palmer (Chelsea/Manchester City) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2023/2024 season.
Most braces by player
Erling Haaland in Manchester City scored (at least) two goals in a match 7 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2023/2024 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:
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 3 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:
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2023/2024 season was Cole Palmer, in total he scored 9 penalties for his Chelsea/Manchester City.
Most penalty goals by team
Chelsea was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2023/2024 season, in total they scored 11 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 6 players scored 3 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Darwin Núñez (Liverpool)
Cole Palmer (Chelsea/Manchester City)
Oliver McBurnie (Sheffield United)
Declan Rice (Arsenal)
Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford)
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Arsenal was the best team, in total they scored 10 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
5 players share the less-than-honourable title of most own goals during the 2023/2024 season in Premier League. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were:
Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham)
Daiki Hashioka (Luton)
Antonee Robinson (Fulham)
Jack Robinson (Sheffield United)
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Most own goals by team
Sheffield United scored 7 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2023/2024 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 season, and the players who achieved this were Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) and Rasmus Højlund (Manchester United).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
The best streak of matches with an assist was 4 matches in the season, a feat achieved byVladimír Coufal (West Ham), Kieran Trippier (Newcastle) and Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Bukayo Saka in Arsenal scored or assisted in 8 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Cole Palmer in Chelsea/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
Erling Haaland in Manchester City scored a total of 17 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Premier League during the 2023/2024 season.
Most consecutive wins
Arsenal was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2023/2024 season, with a total of 8 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Liverpool were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2023/2024 season, playing 15 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2023/2024 season, there were 2 teams that had 6 consecutive losses, and those teams were Burnley and Sheffield United.
Most matches in a row without a win
Everton managed the feat of not winning a single match in 13 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 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 2023/2024 season, they came back to win 7 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Brentford have managed this in 6 matches during the 2023/2024 season, more than any other team in Premier League.
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