Season trivia for Primeira Liga 2016/2017
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 2016/2017 Primeira Liga season in Portugal.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2016/2017 season were the players Raphinha - Moussa Marega (Vitoria Guimarães), Bas Dost - Gelson Martins (Sporting) and Alan Ruiz - Bas Dost (Sporting). Together they scored 5 goals for their teams, where one of the players scored the goal and the other one assisted to it.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2016/2017 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Diogo Jota, playing for Porto, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 33 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Nacional-Porto.
Most braces by player
Bas Dost in Sporting scored (at least) two goals in a match 10 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2016/2017 season.
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 8 matches during the season:
Bas Dost (Sporting)
Konstantinos Mitroglou (Benfica)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Bas Dost in Sporting during the 2016/2017 season, in total he did this 12 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2016/2017 season was Bas Dost, in total he scored 7 penalties for his Sporting.
Most penalty goals by team
Sporting was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2016/2017 season, in total they scored 9 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 3 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Benfica 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 2016/2017 season was Ali Ghazal, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Primeira Liga, which he did 3 times.
Most own goals by team
Nacional scored 5 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2016/2017 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Francisco Soares in Vitoria Guimarães and Porto scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2016/2017 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Bas Dost in Sporting scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2016/2017 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Bas Dost in Sporting who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 14 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Bas Dost in Sporting scored a total of 20 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Primeira Liga during the 2016/2017 season.
Most consecutive wins
Porto was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2016/2017 season, with a total of 9 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Porto were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2016/2017 season, playing 30 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2016/2017 season, there were 3 teams that had 7 consecutive losses, and those teams were Estoril, Belenenses and Arouca.
Most matches in a row without a win
Nacional managed the feat of not winning a single match in 14 consecutive matches during the 2016/2017 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 Sporting, Belenenses, Porto and Feirense, and these teams turned the game around 4 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Arouca have managed this in 6 matches during the 2016/2017 season, more than any other team in Primeira Liga.
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