Season trivia for Serie A 2016/2017
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 2016/2017 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 Edin Dzeko and Mohamed Salah. Together they were behind 10 goals for Roma in the 2016/2017 season.
Fastest goalscorer
Alessandro Matri, playing in Sassuolo, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Pescara-Sassuolo, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Keita Balde, playing for Lazio, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 5 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Lazio-Palermo.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In December 2016, Dries Mertens (Napoli) scored 8 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2016/2017 season.
Most braces by player
Mauro Icardi in Inter scored (at least) two goals in a match 8 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2016/2017 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2016/2017 season was Andrea Belotti in Torino, in total he did it 9 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Gonzalo Higuaín in Juventus during the 2016/2017 season, in total he did this 11 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2016/2017 season was Diego Perotti, in total he scored 7 penalties for his Roma/Genoa.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Mauro Icardi was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2016/2017 season, in total he scored 4 stoppage time goals for his Inter.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Inter 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 2016/2017 season in Serie A. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Armando Izzo (Genoa) and Ibrahima Mbaye (Bologna).
Most own goals by team
Genoa scored 5 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2016/2017 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Gonzalo Higuaín in Juventus scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2016/2017 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Gonzalo Higuaín in Juventus 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
Edin Dzeko in Roma scored a total of 19 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Serie A during the 2016/2017 season.
Most matches in a row without losing
Juventus were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2016/2017 season, playing 16 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Palermo had a streak of 9 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Serie A during the 2016/2017 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Pescara managed the feat of not winning a single match in 22 consecutive matches during the 2016/2017 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 Roma were best at during the 2016/2017 season, they came back to win 6 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Palermo have managed this in 7 matches during the 2016/2017 season, more than any other team in Serie A.
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