Season trivia for Scottish Premiership 2020/2021
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 2020/2021 Scottish Premiership season in Scotland.
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 Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent. Together they were behind 6 goals for Rangers in the 2020/2021 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2020/2021 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Kyle Lafferty, playing for Kilmarnock, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 11 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Kilmarnock-Dundee United.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In February 2021, Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2020/2021 season.
Most braces by player
Kemar Roofe in Rangers scored (at least) two goals in a match 4 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2020/2021 season.
Most first goals in a match
The first goal of a match means a lot, and these players each scored it in a total of 6 matches during the season:
Devante Cole (Motherwell)
Kevin Nisbet (Hibernian)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Kevin Nisbet in Hibernian during the 2020/2021 season, in total he did this 5 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2020/2021 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 7 penalties each, and these were James Tavernier (Rangers) and Jamie McGrath (St Mirren).
Most penalty goals by team
Hibernian was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total they scored 8 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Lewis Ferguson was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total he scored 2 stoppage time goals for his Aberdeen.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Celtic was the best team, in total they scored 4 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of most own goals during the 2020/2021 season in Scottish Premiership. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Joe Lewis (Aberdeen) and Conor McCarthy (St Mirren).
Most own goals by team
2 teams each scored 3 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Ross County and St Mirren.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Odsonne Edouard in Celtic scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Ianis Hagi in Rangers 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
James Tavernier in Rangers scored or assisted in 9 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 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 8 goals, and the players who did this were James Tavernier (Rangers) and Kevin Nisbet (Hibernian).
Players with most goals in the second half
Odsonne Edouard in Celtic scored a total of 12 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Scottish Premiership during the 2020/2021 season.
Most consecutive wins
Rangers was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2020/2021 season, with a total of 15 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Livingston were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2020/2021 season, playing 11 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Kilmarnock had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Scottish Premiership during the 2020/2021 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
The longest winless run in the 2020/2021 season was 12 matches in a row, and it was Ross County and Motherwell who managed that dubious achievement.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Ross County were best at during the 2020/2021 season, they came back to win 4 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Ross County and Kilmarnock 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 2020/2021 season.
X