Season trivia for Saudi Professional League 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 Saudi Professional League season in Saudi Arabia.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2021/2022 season were the players Talisca - Vincent Aboubakar (Al Nassr), Ramon Lopes - Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Al Fayha), Malek Al-Abdulmenem - Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Al Fayha), Cephas Malele - Knowledge Musona (Al-Tai), Hattan Bahebri - Carlos (Al-Shabab), Fawaz Al-Sqoor - Carlos (Al-Shabab), Salem Al-Dawsari - Odion Ighalo (Al Hilal) and Leandre Tawamba - Mostafa Fathi (Al Taawoun). 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
The fastest goal scorers during the season 2021/2022 were these players, all of whom scored in minute 2 of any match of the season:
Fastest hat-trick
Odion Ighalo, playing for Al Hilal, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 37 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Al Hilal-Al-Ahli Saudi.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In February 2022, Abderrazak Hamdallah (Al Nassr/Al-Ittihad) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2021/2022 season.
Most braces by player
Odion Ighalo in Al Hilal/Al-Shabab scored (at least) two goals in a match 6 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 Leandre Tawamba in Al Taawoun, in total he did it 10 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Odion Ighalo in Al Hilal/Al-Shabab during the 2021/2022 season, in total he did this 9 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2021/2022 season was Emilio Zelaya, in total he scored 9 penalties for his Damac.
Most penalty goals by team
Al-Ittihad 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
Abderrazak Hamdallah was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2021/2022 season, in total he scored 5 stoppage time goals for his Al Nassr/Al-Ittihad.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Al Nassr was the best team, in total they scored 8 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2021/2022 season was Mauricio Antônio, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Saudi Professional League, which he did 2 times.
Most own goals by team
Al Batin scored 5 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2021/2022 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Emilio Zelaya in Damac scored 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 Odion Ighalo in Al Hilal/Al-Shabab who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 12 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Odion Ighalo in Al Hilal/Al-Shabab scored a total of 12 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Saudi Professional League during the 2021/2022 season.
Most consecutive wins
Al-Ittihad was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2021/2022 season, with a total of 10 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Al-Shabab were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2021/2022 season, playing 17 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Al-Hazem had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Saudi Professional League during the 2021/2022 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Al-Hazem managed the feat of not winning a single match in 11 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 art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Al Hilal were best at during the 2021/2022 season, they came back to win 5 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Al-Hazem and Al Taawoun were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 4 different matches during the 2021/2022 season.
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