Season trivia for Premjer-Liha 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-Liha season in Ukraine.
Fastest goalscorer
Dmytro Kravchenko, playing in Vorskla, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Vorskla-Olimpik Donetsk, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Serhiy Starenkyi, playing for Oleksandriya, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 20 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Oleksandriya-Stal Kamianske.
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:
Facundo Ferreyra (Shakhtar Donetsk) - October 2017
Facundo Ferreyra (Shakhtar Donetsk) - February 2018
Marlos (Shakhtar Donetsk) - February 2018
Artem Besyedin (Dynamo Kiev) - April 2018
Most braces by player
Facundo Ferreyra in Shakhtar Donetsk scored (at least) two goals in a match 6 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 player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2017/2018 season was Facundo Ferreyra in Shakhtar Donetsk, in total he did it 11 times.
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:
Facundo Ferreyra (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Viktor Tsyhankov (Dynamo Kiev)
Oleksiy Khoblenko (Chornomorets Odesa)
Jorge Carrascal (Karpaty Lviv)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2017/2018 season was Marlos, in total he scored 5 penalties for his Shakhtar Donetsk.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 2 teams, and the teams that each scored 6 penalty goals were Shakhtar Donetsk and Zorya Luhansk.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Mykhaylo Serhiychuk was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total he scored 2 stoppage time goals for his Veres Rivne/Vorskla.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Zorya Luhansk was the best team, in total they scored 5 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 9 players who scored in 3 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 season, and the players who achieved this were:
Facundo Ferreyra (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Oleksiy Khoblenko (Chornomorets Odesa)
Yuriy Kolomoyets (Vorskla)
Viktor Tsyhankov (Dynamo Kiev)
Bernard (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Mykhaylo Serhiychuk (Veres Rivne and Vorskla)
Artem Besyedin (Dynamo Kiev)
Iury Castilho (Zorya Luhansk)
Vladyslav Kulach (Vorskla)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Marlos in Shakhtar Donetsk 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
It was Facundo Ferreyra in Shakhtar Donetsk who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 17 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Viktor Tsyhankov in Dynamo Kiev scored a total of 9 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Premjer-Liha during the 2017/2018 season.
Most consecutive wins
Dynamo Kiev was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2017/2018 season, with a total of 8 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
The longest unbeaten streak belonged to Zorya Luhansk and Shakhtar Donetsk, who had 13 consecutive matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Stal Kamianske had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Premjer-Liha during the 2017/2018 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Stal Kamianske managed the feat of not winning a single match in 17 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 teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Dynamo Kiev and Shakhtar Donetsk, and these teams turned the game around 4 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Mariupol and Stal Kamianske 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 2017/2018 season.
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