Season trivia for Serie B 2020/2021
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 2020/2021 Serie B season in Italy.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2020/2021 season were the players Mariusz Stepinski - Massimo Coda (Lecce) and Patrick Ciurria - Roberto Zammarini (Pordenone). Together they scored 6 goals for their teams, where one of the players scored the goal and the other one assisted to it.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2020/2021 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Leonardo Mancuso, playing for Empoli, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 4 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Virtus Entella-Empoli.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In March 2021, Massimo Coda (Lecce) scored 8 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2020/2021 season.
Most braces by player
Massimo Coda in Lecce scored (at least) two goals in a match 6 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2020/2021 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 7 matches during the season:
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Riad Bajic in Ascoli during the 2020/2021 season, in total he did this 6 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2020/2021 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 4 penalties each, and these were Michele Marconi (Pisa) and Massimo Coda (Lecce).
Most penalty goals by team
Lecce was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total they scored 8 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 3 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 5 goals, which 3 teams managed to do, and these were Salernitana, Vicenza and Pordenone.
Most own goals by team
Cremonese scored 3 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2020/2021 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Florian Ayé in Brescia scored in 7 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Massimo Coda in Lecce who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 13 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Leonardo Mancuso in Empoli scored a total of 12 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Serie B during the 2020/2021 season.
Most matches in a row without losing
Empoli were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2020/2021 season, playing 28 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Virtus Entella had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Serie B during the 2020/2021 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Virtus Entella managed the feat of not winning a single match in 14 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 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 Empoli were best at during the 2020/2021 season, they came back to win 5 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Virtus Entella have managed this in 7 matches during the 2020/2021 season, more than any other team in Serie B.
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