Season trivia for Premjer-Liga 2020/2021
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 2020/2021 Premjer-Liga season in Russia.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2019 season were the players Artem Dzyuba - Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St.Petersburg), Jordan Larsson - Ezequiel Ponce (Spartak Moscow), Denis Makarov - Dorde Despotovic (Rubin Kazan), Nikola Vlasic - Konstantin Kuchayev (CSKA Moscow), Rémy Cabella - Viktor Claesson (Krasnodar), Timofei Margasov - Anton Zabolotny (Sochi), Sardar Azmoun - Yaroslav Rakitskyi (Zenit St.Petersburg), Alexander Sobolev - Victor Moses (Spartak Moscow) and Artur Yusupov - Anton Zabolotny (Sochi). Together they scored 3 goals for their teams, where one of the players scored the goal and the other one assisted to it.
Fastest goalscorer
Alexander Sobolev, playing in Spartak Moscow, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Spartak Moscow-Krasnodar, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Sardar Azmoun, playing for Zenit St.Petersburg, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 10 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Zenit St.Petersburg-Lokomotiv Moscow.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In May 2021, Artem Dzyuba () scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2019 season.
Most braces by player
Sardar Azmoun in scored (at least) two goals in a match 5 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2019 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2019 season was Christian Noboa in , in total he did it 7 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 6 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:
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2019 season was Christian Noboa, in total he scored 6 penalties for his .
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 2 teams, and the teams that each scored 9 penalty goals were Dynamo Moscow and Spartak Moscow.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Christian Noboa was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2019 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his .
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Zenit St.Petersburg was the best team, in total they scored 6 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2019 season was Pavel Maslov, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Superettan, which he did 2 times.
Most own goals by team
Spartak Moscow scored 3 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2019 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2019 season, and the players who achieved this were Alexander Sobolev (Spartak Moscow) and Aleksandr Yerokhin (Zenit St.Petersburg).
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
The players who were involved in goals in the most consecutive matches during the 2019 season were Nikola Vlasic (CSKA Moscow), Aleksandr Yerokhin (Zenit St.Petersburg) and Daniil Lesovoy (Arsenal Tula and Dynamo Moscow), with a streak of 5 matches in a row with at least one goal and/or assist.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Artem Dzyuba in who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 10 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 11 times, and the players who did this were Sardar Azmoun () and Jordan Larsson ().
Most consecutive wins
Lokomotiv Moscow was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2019 season, with a total of 8 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
FC Khimki were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2019 season, playing 10 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2019 season, there were 2 teams that had 6 consecutive losses, and those teams were Tambov and Rotor Volgograd.
Most matches in a row without a win
Ufa managed the feat of not winning a single match in 13 consecutive matches during the 2019 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 Spartak Moscow were best at during the 2019 season, they came back to win 5 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 2019 season, more than any other team in Superettan.
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