Season trivia for Primeira 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 Primeira Liga season in Portugal.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2021/2022 season were the players Samuel Lino - Pedrinho (Gil Vicente) and Evanilson - Mehdi Taremi (Porto). Together they scored 7 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 2021/2022 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Darwin Núñez, playing for Benfica, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 13 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Belenenses-Benfica.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In April 2022, and Mehdi Taremi (Porto) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2021/2022 season.
Most braces by player
Darwin Núñez 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 2021/2022 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2021/2022 season was Ricardo Horta in Braga, in total he did it 9 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 7 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Darwin Núñez (Benfica)
Fran Navarro (Gil Vicente)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2021/2022 season was João Pedro, in total he scored 7 penalties for his Tondela.
Most penalty goals by team
Vitoria Guimarães was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2021/2022 season, in total they scored 10 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
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 5 goals, which 3 teams managed to do, and these were Benfica, Braga and Belenenses.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2021/2022 season was Abdoulaye Ba, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Primeira Liga, which he did 2 times.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, and the players who achieved this were Ricardo Horta (Braga) and Mehdi Taremi (Porto).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Mehdi Taremi in Porto who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Petar Musa in Boavista scored or assisted in 6 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Darwin Núñez in Benfica who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 15 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
3 players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 11 times, and the players who did this were Darwin Núñez (Benfica), Fran Navarro (Gil Vicente) and Ricardo Horta (Braga).
Most consecutive wins
Porto was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2021/2022 season, with a total of 16 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Porto were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2021/2022 season, playing 30 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2021/2022 season, there were 2 teams that had 5 consecutive losses, and those teams were Tondela and Belenenses.
Most matches in a row without a win
Portimonense managed the feat of not winning a single match in 14 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 Porto and Vitoria Guimarães, and these teams turned the game around 5 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Tondela have managed this in 5 matches during the 2021/2022 season, more than any other team in Primeira Liga.
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