Season trivia for Scottish Premiership 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 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 Kyogo Furuhashi and Matt O'Riley. Together they were behind 7 goals for Celtic in the 2023/2024 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2023/2024 season:
Fastest hat-trick
All of these players managed to score a hat-trick, that is, three goals in the same match, within 0 minutes:
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In December 2023, Lawrence Shankland (Hearts) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2023/2024 season.
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:
Lawrence Shankland (Hearts)
Theo Bair (Motherwell)
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 Lawrence Shankland in Hearts, 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 Lawrence Shankland in Hearts during the 2023/2024 season, in total he did this 10 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2023/2024 season was James Tavernier, in total he scored 12 penalties for his Rangers.
Most penalty goals by team
Rangers was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2023/2024 season, in total they scored 12 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 12 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
James Tavernier (Rangers)
Fletcher Boyd (Aberdeen)
Adam Idah (Celtic)
John Souttar (Rangers)
Mika Biereth (Motherwell)
Oh Hyeon-gyu (Celtic)
David Watson (Kilmarnock)
Lawrence Shankland (Hearts)
Toyosi Olusanya (St Mirren)
Ebiye Moses (Motherwell)
Joe Shaughnessy (Dundee)
Harry Paton (Motherwell)
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Motherwell was the best team, in total they scored 11 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2023/2024 season was Will Dennis, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Scottish Premiership, which he did 3 times.
Most own goals by team
2 teams each scored 4 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Hibernian and Kilmarnock.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 season, and the players who achieved this were Theo Bair (Motherwell) and Lawrence Shankland (Hearts).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Elie Youan in Hibernian who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Theo Bair in Motherwell who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 11 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Lawrence Shankland in Hearts scored a total of 16 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Scottish Premiership during the 2023/2024 season.
Most consecutive wins
Rangers was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2023/2024 season, with a total of 9 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Celtic were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2023/2024 season, playing 16 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Livingston had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Scottish Premiership during the 2023/2024 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Livingston managed the feat of not winning a single match in 17 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 Rangers were best at during the 2023/2024 season, they came back to win 5 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 5 matches during the 2023/2024 season, more than any other team in Scottish Premiership.
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