Season trivia for Serie A 2012/2013
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 2012/2013 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 Goran Pandev and Edinson Cavani. Together they were behind 7 goals for Napoli in the 2012/2013 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2012/2013 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Germán Denis, playing for Atalanta, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 12 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Inter-Atalanta.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2012/2013 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Mauro Icardi (Sampdoria) - January 2013
Edinson Cavani (Napoli) - May 2013
Most braces by player
Antonio Di Natale in Udinese scored (at least) two goals in a match 7 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2012/2013 season.
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 8 matches during the season:
Marek Hamsik (Napoli)
Arturo Vidal (Juventus)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Edinson Cavani in Napoli during the 2012/2013 season, in total he did this 9 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2012/2013 season was Edinson Cavani, in total he scored 7 penalties for his Napoli.
Most penalty goals by team
Milan was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2012/2013 season, in total they scored 10 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:
Rolando Bianchi (Torino)
Amauri (Parma)
Rodrigo Palacio (Inter)
Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli)
Emanuele Giaccherini (Juventus)
Mario Balotelli (Milan)
Cyril Thereau (Chievo)
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Juventus was the best team, in total they scored 6 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 2012/2013 season in Serie A. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Davide Astori (Cagliari) and Paolo Cannavaro (Napoli).
Most own goals by team
Pescara scored 3 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2012/2013 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Erik Lamela in Roma scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2012/2013 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 12 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Edinson Cavani in Napoli scored a total of 20 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Serie A during the 2012/2013 season.
Most consecutive wins
Juventus was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2012/2013 season, with a total of 9 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Milan were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2012/2013 season, playing 14 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Pescara had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Serie A during the 2012/2013 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Palermo managed the feat of not winning a single match in 15 consecutive matches during the 2012/2013 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 Catania were best at during the 2012/2013 season, they came back to win 5 matches in total.
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