Season trivia for Scottish Premiership 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 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 Blair Spittal and Kevin van Veen. Together they were behind 5 goals for Motherwell in the 2022/2023 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2022/2023 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Lawrence Shankland, playing for Hearts, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 20 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Hearts-Celtic.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2022/2023 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) - August 2022
Kevin Nisbet (Hibernian) - January 2023
Kevin van Veen (Motherwell) - April 2023
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:
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 Kevin van Veen in Motherwell, in total he did it 14 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Kevin van Veen in Motherwell during the 2022/2023 season, in total he did this 8 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2022/2023 season was Lawrence Shankland, in total he scored 11 penalties for his Hearts.
Most penalty goals by team
Hearts was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2022/2023 season, in total they scored 11 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 7 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Kevin van Veen (Motherwell)
Scott Arfield (Rangers)
Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic)
Lawrence Shankland (Hearts)
Liel Abada (Celtic)
Josh Ginnelly (Hearts)
Stephen Humphrys (Hearts)
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Hearts was the best team, in total they scored 8 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 2022/2023 season in Scottish Premiership. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Ashton Taylor (Kilmarnock) and Andrew Considine (St Johnstone).
Most own goals by team
St Johnstone scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2022/2023 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Kevin van Veen in Motherwell scored in 11 consecutive matches during the 2022/2023 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 19 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Kevin van Veen in Motherwell scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Scottish Premiership during the 2022/2023 season.
Most consecutive wins
Celtic was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2022/2023 season, with a total of 12 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Celtic were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2022/2023 season, playing 27 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2022/2023 season, there were 2 teams that had 6 consecutive losses, and those teams were St Johnstone and Dundee United.
Most matches in a row without a win
The longest winless run in the 2022/2023 season was 11 matches in a row, and it was Motherwell and Dundee United 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 2022/2023 season, they came back to win 6 matches in total.
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