Season trivia for Primera División 2024
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 2024 Primera División season in Argentina.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2024 season were the players Matías Abaldo - Rodrigo Castillo (Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata), Braian Romero - Francisco Pizzini (Vélez Sarsfield), Walter Bou - Marcelino Moreno (Lanús) and Thiago Fernández - Braian Romero (Vélez Sarsfield). 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 2024 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Miguel Borja, playing for River Plate, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 46 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between River Plate-Tigre.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In November 2024, Franco Jara (Belgrano) scored 5 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2024 season.
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored two times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2024 season was Braian Romero in Vélez Sarsfield, in total he did it eleven 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:
Gabriel Ávalos (Independiente)
Franco Jara (Belgrano)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2024 season was Mateo Pellegrino, in total he scored four penalties for his Platense.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by three teams, and the teams that each scored five penalty goals were San Lorenzo, River Plate and Vélez Sarsfield.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, four players scored two goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Nicolás Benegas (Deportivo Riestra)
Jerónimo Dómina (Unión de Santa Fe)
Ignacio Pussetto (Huracán)
Miguel Borja (River Plate)
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was four goals, which three teams managed to do, and these were Boca Juniors, Newell's Old Boys and Huracán.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2024 season was Gonzalo Goñi, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Primera División, which he did two times.
Most own goals by team
Barracas Central scored three own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2024 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Braian Romero in Vélez Sarsfield scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2024 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Braian Romero in Vélez Sarsfield scored or assisted in 8 consecutive matches during the 2024 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Braian Romero in Vélez Sarsfield who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 10 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
two players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 8 times, and the players who did this were Franco Jara (Belgrano) and Miguel Borja (River Plate).
Most consecutive wins
There were five teams that had 5 consecutive wins in the 2024 season, and those teams were Atlético Tucumán, Talleres, Central Córdoba, Racing Club and Vélez Sarsfield.
Most matches in a row without losing
Independiente were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2024 season, playing 13 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Central Córdoba had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Primera División during the 2024 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Barracas Central managed the feat of not winning a single match in 13 consecutive matches during the 2024 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 Instituto, Racing Club and Boca Juniors, and these teams turned the game around three times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Godoy Cruz, Independiente Rivadavia, Instituto and San Lorenzo 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 2024 season.