Season trivia for Serie B 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 B 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 Filippo Falco and Fabio Ceravolo. Together they were behind 5 goals for Benevento in the 2016/2017 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2016/2017 season:
Fastest hat-trick
All of these players managed to score a hat-trick, that is, three goals in the same match, within 48 minutes:
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In October 2016, Giampaolo Pazzini (Verona) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2016/2017 season.
Most braces by player
Giampaolo Pazzini in Verona scored (at least) two goals in a match 5 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 Federico Dionisi in Frosinone, in total he did it 11 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Giampaolo Pazzini in Verona during the 2016/2017 season, in total he did this 8 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2016/2017 season was Fabio Ceravolo, in total he scored 7 penalties for his Benevento.
Most penalty goals by team
Benevento was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2016/2017 season, in total they scored 8 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 6 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Gianmarco Zigoni (Spal)
Fabio Ceravolo (Benevento)
Milan Duric (Cesena)
Nicola Citro (Trapani)
Leonardo Pérez (Ascoli)
Andrea La Mantia (Pro Vercelli)
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Trapani was the best team, in total they scored 8 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by team
Brescia scored 3 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
Giampaolo Pazzini in Verona scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2016/2017 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Daniel Ciofani in Frosinone scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2016/2017 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Giampaolo Pazzini in Verona 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
Francesco Caputo in Virtus Entella scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Serie B during the 2016/2017 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were 3 teams that had 5 consecutive wins in the 2016/2017 season, and those teams were Frosinone, Cittadella and Spal.
Most matches in a row without losing
The longest unbeaten streak belonged to Pro Vercelli and Spal, who had 12 consecutive matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Ternana had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Serie B during the 2016/2017 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Cesena managed the feat of not winning a single match in 11 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 Spal were best at during the 2016/2017 season, they came back to win 6 matches in total.
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