Season trivia for Serie A 2015/2016
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 2015/2016 Serie A season in Italy.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2015/2016 season were the players Massimo Maccarone - Riccardo Saponara (Empoli), Mauro Icardi - Ivan Perisic (Inter) and Marek Hamsik - Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli). Together they scored 7 goals for their teams, where one of the players scored the goal and the other one assisted to it.
Fastest goalscorer
Alberto Paloschi, playing in Chievo, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Genoa-Chievo, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Gonzalo Higuaín, playing for Napoli, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 19 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Napoli-Frosinone.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2015/2016 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) - January 2016
Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) - May 2016
Most braces by player
Gonzalo Higuaín in Napoli scored (at least) two goals in a match 10 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2015/2016 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2015/2016 season was Gonzalo Higuaín in Napoli, in total he did it 12 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Paulo Dybala in Juventus during the 2015/2016 season, in total he did this 8 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2015/2016 season was Josip Ilicic, in total he scored 7 penalties for his Fiorentina.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Paulo Dybala was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2015/2016 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Juventus.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Lazio was the best team, in total they scored 6 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2015/2016 season was Giancarlo Gonzalez, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Serie A, which he did 2 times.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Gonzalo Higuaín in Napoli scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2015/2016 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
The best streak of matches with an assist was 4 matches in the season 2015/2016, a feat achieved byLorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Paul Pogba (Juventus) and José Maria Callejon (Napoli)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
The players who were involved in goals in the most consecutive matches during the 2015/2016 season were Miralem Pjanic (Roma) and Paul Pogba (Juventus), with a streak of 7 matches in a row with at least one goal and/or assist.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Gonzalo Higuaín in Napoli 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
Gonzalo Higuaín in Napoli scored a total of 20 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Serie A during the 2015/2016 season.
Most consecutive wins
Juventus was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2015/2016 season, with a total of 15 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Juventus were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2015/2016 season, playing 26 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Genoa had a streak of 5 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Serie A during the 2015/2016 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Verona managed the feat of not winning a single match in 22 consecutive matches during the 2015/2016 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 Juventus were best at during the 2015/2016 season, they came back to win 5 matches in total.
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