Season trivia for Serie A 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 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 Mauro Icardi and Ivan Perisic. Together they were behind 7 goals for Inter in the 2017/2018 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2017/2018 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Ciro Immobile, playing for Lazio, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 10 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Lazio-Milan.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In September 2017, Ciro Immobile (Lazio) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2017/2018 season.
Most braces by player
Ciro Immobile in Lazio 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 Mauro Icardi in Inter, in total he did it 8 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 8 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Ciro Immobile (Lazio)
Paulo Dybala (Juventus)
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2017/2018 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 7 penalties each, and these were Ciro Immobile (Lazio) and Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria).
Most penalty goals by team
Lazio was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total they scored 9 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Paulo Dybala was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total he scored 4 stoppage time goals for his Juventus.
Most own goals by player
4 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2017/2018 season in Serie A. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were:
Most own goals by team
Udinese 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 2 players who scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 season, and the players who achieved this were Edin Dzeko (Roma) and Kevin Lasagna (Udinese).
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 byLorenzo Insigne (Napoli) and Luis Alberto (Lazio)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Ciro Immobile in Lazio scored or assisted in 8 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Ciro Immobile in Lazio who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 14 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Mauro Icardi in Inter scored a total of 16 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Serie A during the 2017/2018 season.
Most consecutive wins
Juventus was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2017/2018 season, with a total of 12 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Juventus were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2017/2018 season, playing 20 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Benevento had a streak of 14 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Serie A during the 2017/2018 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Benevento managed the feat of not winning a single match in 18 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 art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Napoli were best at during the 2017/2018 season, they came back to win 9 matches in total.
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