Season trivia for Segunda División 2017/2018
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 2017/2018 Segunda División season in Spain.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2017/2018 season were the players Sergi Guardiola - Sasa Jovanovic (Cordoba) and Adri Embarba - Raúl De Tomás (Rayo Vallecano). Together they scored 5 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 2017/2018 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Carles Pérez, playing for Barcelona Atlètic, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 26 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Tenerife-Barcelona Atlètic.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2017/2018 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Jaime Mata (Real Valladolid) - October 2017
Cucho Hernández (Huesca) - November 2017
Raúl De Tomás (Rayo Vallecano) - April 2018
Borja Iglesias (Real Zaragoza) - May 2018
Jaime Mata (Real Valladolid) - May 2018
Most braces by player
Jaime Mata in Real Valladolid scored (at least) two goals in a match 9 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2017/2018 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2017/2018 season was Jaime Mata in Real Valladolid, 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 Sergi Guardiola in Cordoba during the 2017/2018 season, in total he did this 9 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2017/2018 season was Jaime Mata, in total he scored 8 penalties for his Real Valladolid.
Most penalty goals by team
Real Valladolid was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total they scored 11 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Rubén Alcaraz was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Almeria.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Almeria was the best team, in total they scored 7 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
5 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2017/2018 season in Segunda División. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were:
Hugo Álvarez (Alcorcón)
René (Almeria)
Mickaël Gaffoor (Albacete)
Ramón Folch (Real Oviedo)
Joaquin Fernández (Almeria)
Most own goals by team
Almeria scored 5 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2017/2018 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 4 players who scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 season, and the players who achieved this were:
Jaime Mata (Real Valladolid)
Michael Santos (Sporting Gijon)
Sergi Guardiola (Cordoba)
Raúl De Tomás (Rayo Vallecano)
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
The best streak of matches with an assist was 4 matches in the season 2017/2018, a feat achieved bySaúl Berjon (Real Oviedo) and Emiliano Buendia (Cultural Leonesa)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Sergi Guardiola in Cordoba scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Jaime Mata in Real Valladolid who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 18 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
2 players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 15 times, and the players who did this were Sergi Guardiola (Cordoba) and Jaime Mata (Real Valladolid).
Most consecutive wins
Sporting Gijon was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2017/2018 season, with a total of 8 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
The longest unbeaten streak belonged to Osasuna and Sporting Gijon, who had 12 consecutive matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2017/2018 season, there were 2 teams that had 10 consecutive losses, and those teams were Lorca FC and Sevilla Atlético.
Most matches in a row without a win
Lorca FC managed the feat of not winning a single match in 16 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Real Oviedo and Huesca, and these teams turned the game around 5 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Lorca FC have managed this in 6 matches during the 2017/2018 season, more than any other team in Segunda División.
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