Season trivia for Premjer-Liga 2017/2018
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 2017/2018 Premjer-Liga season in Russia.
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 Quincy Promes and Luiz Adriano. Together they were behind 6 goals for Spartak Moscow in the 2017/2018 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2017/2018 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Quincy Promes, playing for Spartak Moscow, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 17 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Anzhi Makhachkala-Spartak Moscow.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2017/2018 was 4 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Aleksandr Kokorin (Zenit St.Petersburg) - August 2017
Jonathas (Rubin Kazan) - August 2017
Luiz Adriano (Spartak Moscow) - November 2017
Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St.Petersburg/Arsenal Tula) - March 2018
Magomed Mitrishev (Akhmat Groznyi) - April 2018
Quincy Promes (Spartak Moscow) - April 2018
Aleksandr Yerokhin (Zenit St.Petersburg) - May 2018
Most braces by player
Fedor Smolov in Krasnodar scored (at least) two goals in a match 5 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2017/2018 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 6 matches during the season:
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 4 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 4 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Vitinho (CSKA Moscow)
Luka Djordjevic (Arsenal Tula)
Aleksandr Kokorin (Zenit St.Petersburg)
Quincy Promes (Spartak Moscow)
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2017/2018 was shared between 3 players, all of whom scored 3 penalties each, and these were
Most penalty goals by team
Rostov was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total they scored 6 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 3 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Spartak Moscow was the best team, in total they scored 5 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Aleksandr Kokorin in Zenit St.Petersburg scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Aleksandr Kokorin in Zenit St.Petersburg scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 7 goals, and the players who did this were Fedor Smolov (Krasnodar) and Quincy Promes (Spartak Moscow).
Players with most goals in the second half
2 players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 8 times, and the players who did this were Aleksandr Kokorin (Zenit St.Petersburg) and Quincy Promes (Spartak Moscow).
Most consecutive wins
Spartak Moscow was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2017/2018 season, with a total of 5 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Spartak Moscow were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2017/2018 season, playing 18 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
SKA-Khabarovsk had a streak of 9 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Premjer-Liga during the 2017/2018 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Rostov managed the feat of not winning a single match in 11 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 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 CSKA Moscow were best at during the 2017/2018 season, they came back to win 3 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Arsenal Tula have managed this in 4 matches during the 2017/2018 season, more than any other team in Premjer-Liga.
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