Season trivia for Saudi Professional League 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 Saudi Professional League season in Saudi Arabia.
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 Mourad Batna and Firas Al-Buraikan. Together they were behind 6 goals for Al Fateh in the 2022/2023 season.
Fastest goalscorer
Pedro Eugénio, playing in Al-Adalah, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Al-Adalah-Al Taawoun, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Karim El Berkaoui, playing for Al Raed, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 11 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Al Raed-Al Batin.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In February 2023, Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nassr) scored 8 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:
Talisca (Al Nassr)
Abderrazak Hamdallah (Al-Ittihad)
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2022/2023 season was Odion Ighalo in Al Hilal, in total he did it 10 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 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:
Firas Al-Buraikan (Al Fateh)
Abderrazak Hamdallah (Al-Ittihad)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2022/2023 season was Abderrazak Hamdallah, in total he scored 9 penalties for his Al-Ittihad.
Most penalty goals by team
Al-Ittihad was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2022/2023 season, in total they scored 13 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Youssoufou Niakaté was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2022/2023 season, in total he scored 4 stoppage time goals for his Al-Ettifaq.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Al-Ittihad was the best team, in total they scored 9 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Odion Ighalo in Al Hilal scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2022/2023 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Odion Ighalo in Al Hilal who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 13 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Talisca in Al Nassr scored a total of 14 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Saudi Professional League during the 2022/2023 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were 2 teams that had 6 consecutive wins in the 2022/2023 season, and those teams were Al-Shabab and Al-Ittihad.
Most matches in a row without losing
Al Nassr were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2022/2023 season, playing 17 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Al-Khaleej had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Saudi Professional League during the 2022/2023 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Al Batin 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 blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Al-Tai have managed this in 6 matches during the 2022/2023 season, more than any other team in Saudi Professional League.
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