Season trivia for Primera División 2018/2019
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 2018/2019 Primera División season in Argentina.
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 Federico González and Walter Montillo. Together they were behind 6 goals for Tigre in the 2018/2019 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2018/2019 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Agustín Bouzat, playing for Vélez Sarsfield, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 27 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Vélez Sarsfield-Lanús.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2018/2019 was 4 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Luis Miguel Rodríguez (Atlético Tucumán/Colón) - September 2018
Emmanuel Gigliotti (Independiente) - October 2018
Matías Rojas (Defensa y Justicia) - November 2018
Federico González (Tigre) - February 2019
Juan Quintero (River Plate) - February 2019
José Sand (Lanús) - February 2019
Most braces by player
Emmanuel Gigliotti in Independiente scored (at least) two goals in a match four times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2018/2019 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2018/2019 season was Lisandro López in Racing Club, in total he did it seven times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were two players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, five times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Luis Miguel Rodríguez (Atlético Tucumán/Colón)
Emmanuel Gigliotti (Independiente)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2018/2019 season was Lisandro López, in total he scored six penalties for his Racing Club.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by two teams, and the teams that each scored seven penalty goals were Atlético Tucumán and Racing Club.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, two players scored two goals in added time, and the players who did so were José Sand (Lanús) and Emmanuel Gigliotti (Independiente).
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was four goals, which two teams managed to do, and these were Aldosivi and Defensa y Justicia.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
José Sand in Lanús scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Mauro Zárate in Boca Juniors 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
Mauro Zárate in Boca Juniors scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Lisandro López in Racing Club who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 7 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Lisandro López in Racing Club scored a total of 10 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Primera División during the 2018/2019 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were two teams that had 6 consecutive wins in the 2018/2019 season, and those teams were Defensa y Justicia and Racing Club.
Most matches in a row without losing
Defensa y Justicia were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2018/2019 season, playing 19 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Argentinos Juniors had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Primera División during the 2018/2019 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
San Lorenzo managed the feat of not winning a single match in 13 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 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 Tigre were best at during the 2018/2019 season, they came back to win five matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Vélez Sarsfield, Belgrano and Talleres were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in three different matches during the 2018/2019 season.