Season trivia for Premjer-Liga 2021/2022
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 2021/2022 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 Malcom. Together they were behind 6 goals for Zenit St.Petersburg in the 2021/2022 season.
Fastest goalscorer
The fastest goal scorers during the season 2021/2022 were these players, all of whom scored in minute 2 of any match of the season:
Fastest hat-trick
Artem Dzyuba, playing for Zenit St.Petersburg, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 26 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Zenit St.Petersburg-Nizhny Novgorod.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In March 2022, Yusuf Yazici (CSKA Moscow) scored 5 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2021/2022 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:
Mateo Cassierra (Sochi)
Gamid Agalarov (Ufa)
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:
Daniil Utkin (Akhmat Groznyi)
Ivan Sergeyev (Zenit St.Petersburg/Krylia Sovetov)
Fedor Smolov (Dynamo Moscow/Lokomotiv Moscow)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Gamid Agalarov in Ufa during the 2021/2022 season, in total he did this 8 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2021/2022 season was Daniil Fomin, in total he scored 7 penalties for his Dynamo Moscow.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 5 teams, and the teams that each scored 8 penalty goals were Dynamo Moscow, Rostov, Krasnodar, Zenit St.Petersburg and Ufa.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 5 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Yusuf Yazici (CSKA Moscow)
Ali Sowe (Rostov)
Anders Dreyer (Rubin Kazan)
Joãozinho (Sochi)
Andrei Mostovoy (Zenit St.Petersburg)
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Sochi was the best team, in total they scored 5 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2021/2022 season was Artyom Mamin, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Premjer-Liga, which he did 2 times.
Most own goals by team
2 teams each scored 4 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Rostov and Nizhny Novgorod.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 3 players who scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, and the players who achieved this were:
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Artem Dzyuba in Zenit St.Petersburg scored or assisted in 8 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Mateo Cassierra in Sochi 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
Gamid Agalarov in Ufa scored a total of 16 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Premjer-Liga during the 2021/2022 season.
Most consecutive wins
CSKA Moscow was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2021/2022 season, with a total of 6 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Zenit St.Petersburg were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2021/2022 season, playing 18 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Nizhny Novgorod had a streak of 5 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Premjer-Liga during the 2021/2022 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
FC Khimki managed the feat of not winning a single match in 10 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 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 Lokomotiv Moscow and Sochi, and these teams turned the game around 4 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
FC Khimki and Krylia Sovetov were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 4 different matches during the 2021/2022 season.
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