Season trivia for Primeira Liga 2022/2023
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 2022/2023 Primeira Liga season in Portugal.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2022/2023 season were the players Evanilson - Mehdi Taremi (Porto), Francisco Trincão - Pedro Gonçalves (Sporting), Mehdi Taremi - Pepê (Porto), David Neres - João Mário (Benfica), Galeno - Otávio (Porto) and Ricardo Horta - Abel Ruiz (Braga). Together they scored 4 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 2022/2023 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Mehdi Taremi, playing for Porto, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 60 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between FC Famalicão-Porto.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In May 2023, Mehdi Taremi (Porto) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2022/2023 season.
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 5 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Goncalo Ramos (Benfica)
João Mário (Benfica)
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:
Yusupha Njie (Boavista)
Mehdi Taremi (Porto)
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 5 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 5 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Simon Banza (Braga)
Fran Navarro (Gil Vicente)
Mehdi Taremi (Porto)
Galeno (Porto)
Ricardo Horta (Braga)
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2022/2023 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 7 penalties each, and these were Mehdi Taremi (Porto) and João Mário (Benfica).
Most penalty goals by team
Porto was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2022/2023 season, in total they scored 10 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 9 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Issah Abass (Chaves)
Milutin Osmajic (Vizela)
Welinton Júnior (Portimonense)
Youssef Chermiti (Sporting)
Bruma (Braga)
Kyosuke Tagawa (Santa Clara)
Toni Martínez (Porto)
Galeno (Porto)
João Mário (Benfica)
Most own goals by team
Pacos De Ferreira scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2022/2023 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Simon Banza in Braga scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2022/2023 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
The players who were involved in goals in the most consecutive matches during the 2022/2023 season were Mehdi Taremi (Porto), Nuno Santos (Sporting) and João Mário (Benfica), with a streak of 5 matches in a row with at least one goal and/or assist.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Mehdi Taremi in Porto who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 11 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
2 players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 11 times, and the players who did this were Fran Navarro (Gil Vicente) and Mehdi Taremi (Porto).
Most consecutive wins
Benfica was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2022/2023 season, with a total of 10 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Benfica were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2022/2023 season, playing 13 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Santa Clara had a streak of 9 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Primeira Liga during the 2022/2023 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Santa Clara managed the feat of not winning a single match in 17 consecutive matches during the 2022/2023 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 Chaves and Gil Vicente, 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 Maritimo have managed this in 8 matches during the 2022/2023 season, more than any other team in Primeira Liga.
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