Season trivia for Primeira 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 Primeira Liga season in Portugal.
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 Haris Seferovic and Álex Grimaldo. Together they were behind 6 goals for Benfica in the 2020/2021 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2020/2021 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Pedro Gonçalves, playing for Sporting, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 55 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Sporting-Maritimo.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2020/2021 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Pedro Gonçalves (Sporting) - November 2020
Haris Seferovic (Benfica) - March 2021
Mario González (Tondela) - April 2021
Pedro Gonçalves (Sporting) - May 2021
Most braces by player
Haris Seferovic in Benfica scored (at least) two goals in a match 8 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2020/2021 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2020/2021 season was Pedro Gonçalves in Sporting, in total he did it 11 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Carlos in Santa Clara during the 2020/2021 season, in total he did this 7 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2020/2021 season was Sérgio Oliveira, in total he scored 7 penalties for his Porto.
Most penalty goals by team
Porto was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total they scored 13 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Andraz Sporar was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Braga/Sporting.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Sporting was the best team, in total they scored 8 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of most own goals during the 2020/2021 season in Primeira Liga. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Lucas Possignolo (Portimonense) and Filipe Soares (Moreirense).
Most own goals by team
Gil Vicente scored 5 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2020/2021 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Pedro Gonçalves in Sporting scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Darwin Núñez in Benfica who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Pedro Gonçalves 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
Haris Seferovic in Benfica scored a total of 17 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Primeira Liga during the 2020/2021 season.
Most consecutive wins
Porto was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2020/2021 season, with a total of 7 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Sporting were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2020/2021 season, playing 32 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Nacional had a streak of 10 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Primeira Liga during the 2020/2021 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Rio Ave managed the feat of not winning a single match in 11 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 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 Benfica were best at during the 2020/2021 season, they came back to win 4 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Nacional, Portimonense and Gil Vicente were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 5 different matches during the 2020/2021 season.
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