Season trivia for Saudi Professional League 2023/2024
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 2023/2024 Saudi Professional League season in Saudi Arabia.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2023/2024 season were the players Lucas Zelarayán - Cristian Tello (Al Fateh), Cristiano Ronaldo - Sadio Mané (Al Nassr) and Abdelhamid Sabiri - Fashion Sakala (Al Fayha). Together they scored 6 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 2023/2024 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Karl Toko Ekambi, playing for Al-Ettifaq, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 20 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Al-Ittihad-Al-Ettifaq.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2023/2024 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Aleksandar Mitrovic (Al Hilal) - December 2023
Aleksandar Mitrovic (Al Hilal) - May 2024
Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nassr) - May 2024
Most braces by player
Cristiano Ronaldo in Al Nassr scored (at least) two goals in a match 9 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2023/2024 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2023/2024 season was Cristiano Ronaldo in Al Nassr, 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 Aleksandar Mitrovic in Al Hilal during the 2023/2024 season, in total he did this 7 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2023/2024 season was Aleksandar Mitrovic, in total he scored 11 penalties for his Al Hilal.
Most penalty goals by team
Al Hilal was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2023/2024 season, in total they scored 16 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Aleksandar Mitrovic was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2023/2024 season, in total he scored 5 stoppage time goals for his Al Hilal.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Al Hilal was the best team, in total they scored 14 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2023/2024 season was Bruno Viana, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Saudi Professional League, which he did 3 times.
Most own goals by team
Al-Hazem scored 7 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2023/2024 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Aleksandar Mitrovic in Al Hilal scored in 11 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Julio Tavares in Al Raed 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
Aleksandar Mitrovic in Al Hilal scored or assisted in 14 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 16 goals, and the players who did this were Aleksandar Mitrovic (Al Hilal) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nassr).
Players with most goals in the second half
Cristiano Ronaldo in Al Nassr scored a total of 19 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Saudi Professional League during the 2023/2024 season.
Most consecutive wins
Al Hilal was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2023/2024 season, with a total of 24 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Al Nassr were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2023/2024 season, playing 12 straight matches without losing.
Most matches in a row without a win
Al-Hazem managed the feat of not winning a single match in 12 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 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 2023/2024 season, they came back to win 6 matches in total.
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