Season trivia for Scottish Premiership 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 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 Daizen Maeda and Jota. Together they were behind 4 goals for Celtic in the 2021/2022 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2021/2022 season:
Fastest hat-trick
All of these players managed to score a hat-trick, that is, three goals in the same match, within 40 minutes:
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2021/2022 was 4 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Martin Boyle (Hibernian) - August 2021
Alfredo Morelos (Rangers) - December 2021
Regan Charles-Cook (Ross County) - January 2022
Bruce Anderson (Livingston) - February 2022
Callum Hendry (St Johnstone) - February 2022
James Scott (Hibernian) - May 2022
Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic) - May 2022
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 3 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
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:
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 3 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:
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2021/2022 season was Lewis Ferguson, in total he scored 7 penalties for his Aberdeen.
Most penalty goals by team
Rangers was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2021/2022 season, in total they scored 9 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Ross County was the best team, in total they scored 3 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2021/2022 season was Ryan Edwards, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Scottish Premiership, which he did 2 times.
Most own goals by team
Motherwell scored 4 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
Martin Boyle in Hibernian scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was James Tavernier in Rangers who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 5 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Barrie McKay in Hearts scored or assisted 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 Kyogo Furuhashi in Celtic 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
Lewis Ferguson in Aberdeen scored a total of 9 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Scottish Premiership during the 2021/2022 season.
Most consecutive wins
Rangers was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2021/2022 season, with a total of 9 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Rangers were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2021/2022 season, playing 21 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
St Johnstone had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Scottish Premiership during the 2021/2022 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
The longest winless run in the 2021/2022 season was 11 matches in a row, and it was Dundee, Motherwell and St Mirren 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 Rangers were best at during the 2021/2022 season, they came back to win 7 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Dundee have managed this in 6 matches during the 2021/2022 season, more than any other team in Scottish Premiership.
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