Season trivia for Super League 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 Super League season in Switzerland.
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 Jean-Pierre Nsame and Christian Fassnacht. Together they were behind 6 goals for Young Boys in the 2017/2018 season.
Fastest goalscorer
Francisco Rodriguez, playing in Luzern, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Luzern-Lausanne, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Michael Frey, playing for Zürich, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 13 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Zürich-Sion.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In February 2018, Guillaume Hoarau (Young Boys) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2017/2018 season.
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 3 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Guillaume Hoarau (Young Boys)
Pascal Schürpf (Luzern)
Albian Ajeti (Basel/St Gallen)
Benjamin Kololli (Lausanne)
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 Mohamed Elyounoussi in Basel, in total he did it 6 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Christian Fassnacht in Young Boys during the 2017/2018 season, in total he did this 7 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2017/2018 season was Guillaume Hoarau, in total he scored 5 penalties for his Young Boys.
Most penalty goals by team
Young Boys was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total they scored 7 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Albian Ajeti was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total he scored 2 stoppage time goals for his Basel/St Gallen.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Basel was the best team, in total they scored 5 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2017/2018 season was Milan Vilotic, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Super League, which he did 3 times.
Most own goals by team
Grasshoppers scored 4 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
Ricky van Wolfswinkel in Basel scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
The best streak of matches with an assist was 5 matches in the season 2017/2018, a feat achieved bySamuele Campo (Lausanne and Basel) and Matteo Tosetti (Thun)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Ricky van Wolfswinkel in Basel scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 7 goals, and the players who did this were Pascal Schürpf (Luzern) and Roger Assalé (Young Boys).
Players with most goals in the second half
Albian Ajeti in Basel/St Gallen scored a total of 12 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Super League during the 2017/2018 season.
Most consecutive wins
Young Boys was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2017/2018 season, with a total of 8 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Young Boys were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2017/2018 season, playing 16 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Lugano had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Super League during the 2017/2018 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Luzern managed the feat of not winning a single match in 9 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 Young Boys were best at during the 2017/2018 season, they came back to win 5 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Luzern and Grasshoppers were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 4 different matches during the 2017/2018 season.
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