Season trivia for Premjer-Liga 2019/2020
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 2019/2020 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 Eldor Shomurodov and Aleksei Ionov. Together they were behind 9 goals for Rostov in the 2019/2020 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2019/2020 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Aleksandr Kokorin, playing for Sochi, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 36 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Sochi-Rostov.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In July 2020, Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St.Petersburg) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2019/2020 season.
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 3 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St.Petersburg)
Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St.Petersburg)
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2019/2020 season was Sardar Azmoun in Zenit St.Petersburg, 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 Artem Dzyuba in Zenit St.Petersburg during the 2019/2020 season, in total he did this 8 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2019/2020 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 7 penalties each, and these were Aleksei Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscow) and Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St.Petersburg).
Most penalty goals by team
Zenit St.Petersburg was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2019/2020 season, in total they scored 10 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 2 players scored 3 goals in added time, and the players who did so were Yevgeni Lutsenko (Arsenal Tula) and Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St.Petersburg).
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 6 goals, which 2 teams managed to do, and these were Zenit St.Petersburg and Arsenal Tula.
Most own goals by team
3 teams each scored 3 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Orenburg, Rostov and Spartak Moscow.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Yevgeni Lutsenko in Arsenal Tula scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2019/2020 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Sardar Azmoun in Zenit St.Petersburg 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 10 times, and the players who did this were Yevgeni Lutsenko (Arsenal Tula) and Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St.Petersburg).
Most consecutive wins
Zenit St.Petersburg was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2019/2020 season, with a total of 6 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Krasnodar were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2019/2020 season, playing 11 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2019/2020 season, there were 2 teams that had 5 consecutive losses, and those teams were Arsenal Tula and Spartak Moscow.
Most matches in a row without a win
The longest winless run in the 2019/2020 season was 9 matches in a row, and it was Orenburg and Rubin Kazan who managed that dubious achievement.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Rostov, FC Ural, Zenit St.Petersburg and Tambov, and these teams turned the game around 3 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Rostov have managed this in 6 matches during the 2019/2020 season, more than any other team in Premjer-Liga.
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