Season trivia for Serie A 2010/2011
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 2010/2011 Serie A season in Italy.
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 Antonio Di Natale and Alexis Sanchez. Together they were behind 12 goals for Udinese in the 2010/2011 season.
Fastest goalscorer
Alexandre Pato, playing in Milan, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Milan-Inter, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Alexis Sanchez, playing for Udinese, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 23 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Palermo-Udinese.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In January 2011, Edinson Cavani (Napoli) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2010/2011 season.
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 7 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Edinson Cavani (Napoli)
Antonio Di Natale (Udinese)
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2010/2011 season was Edinson Cavani in Napoli, 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 Edinson Cavani in Napoli during the 2010/2011 season, in total he did this 10 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2010/2011 season was Francesco Totti, in total he scored 8 penalties for his Roma.
Most penalty goals by team
Roma was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2010/2011 season, in total they scored 11 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Giampaolo Pazzini was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2010/2011 season, in total he scored 4 stoppage time goals for his Inter/Sampdoria.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Roma 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 2010/2011 season in Serie A. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Maximiliano Pellegrino (Cesena) and Fernando Muslera (Lazio).
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 3 players who scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2010/2011 season, and the players who achieved this were:
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Gianni Munari in Lecce 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
Zlatan Ibrahimovic in Milan scored or assisted in 10 consecutive matches during the 2010/2011 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Antonio Di Natale in Udinese who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 16 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 16 times, and the players who did this were Samuel Eto'o (Inter) and Edinson Cavani (Napoli).
Most consecutive losses
Bari had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Serie A during the 2010/2011 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Bari managed the feat of not winning a single match in 12 consecutive matches during the 2010/2011 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 Inter were best at during the 2010/2011 season, they came back to win 7 matches in total.
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