Season trivia for Premjer-Liga 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 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 Artem Dzyuba and Sebastián Driussi. Together they were behind 5 goals for Zenit St.Petersburg in the 2018/2019 season.
Fastest goalscorer
Andrei Yegorychev, playing in FC Ural, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between FC Ural-Rubin Kazan, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2018/2019 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Fyodor Chalov (CSKA Moscow) - September 2018
Sebastián Driussi (Zenit St.Petersburg) - May 2019
Most braces by player
Sebastián Driussi in Zenit St.Petersburg scored (at least) two goals in a match 4 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 player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2018/2019 season was Ze Luis in Spartak Moscow, in total he did it 7 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov in Krasnodar during the 2018/2019 season, in total he did this 6 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2018/2019 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 4 penalties each, and these were Viktor Claesson (Krasnodar) and Anton Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscow).
Most penalty goals by team
Spartak Moscow was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2018/2019 season, in total they scored 7 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 2 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were Ablaye Mbengue (Akhmat Groznyi) and Sylvester Igboun (Ufa).
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 4 goals, which 2 teams managed to do, and these were Ufa and Rubin Kazan.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 season, and the players who achieved this were Fyodor Chalov (CSKA Moscow) and Aleksei Ionov (Rostov).
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Ravanelli in Akhmat Groznyi 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 Sardar Azmoun in Zenit St.Petersburg/Rubin Kazan who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 9 goals in the first half of the match.
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 Fyodor Chalov (CSKA Moscow) and Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov (Krasnodar).
Most consecutive wins
There were 2 teams that had 5 consecutive wins in the 2018/2019 season, and those teams were Lokomotiv Moscow and Zenit St.Petersburg.
Most matches in a row without losing
The longest unbeaten streak belonged to Arsenal Tula and Zenit St.Petersburg, who had 11 consecutive matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Anzhi Makhachkala had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Premjer-Liga during the 2018/2019 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk managed the feat of not winning a single match in 9 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 teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were FC Ural and Zenit St.Petersburg, and these teams turned the game around 4 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
FC Ural, CSKA Moscow and Orenburg were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 3 different matches during the 2018/2019 season.
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