Season trivia for SuperSport HNL 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 SuperSport HNL season in Croatia.
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 Umut Nayir and Marko Livaja. Together they were behind 3 goals for Hajduk Split in the 2020/2021 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2020/2021 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Deni Juric, playing for HNK Sibenik, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 49 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Varazdin-HNK Sibenik.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2020/2021 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Ognjen Mudrinski (Gorica) - August 2020
Ramón Miérez (Osijek) - February 2021
Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split) - May 2021
Most braces by player
Mario Gavranovic in Dinamo Zagreb scored (at least) two goals in a match five 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 eight matches during the season:
Franko Andrijasevic (Rijeka)
Ramón Miérez (Osijek)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Ramón Miérez in Osijek during the 2020/2021 season, in total he did this seven times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2020/2021 was shared between two players, all of whom scored six penalties each, and these were Bruno Petkovic (Dinamo Zagreb) and Ramón Miérez (Osijek).
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by three teams, and the teams that each scored eight penalty goals were Rijeka, Osijek and Dinamo Zagreb.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, three players scored two 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 five goals, which two teams managed to do, and these were Gorica and Dinamo Zagreb.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2020/2021 season was Nino Galovic, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in SuperSport HNL, which he did two times.
Most own goals by team
Rijeka scored six 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
Marko Livaja in Hajduk Split scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Petar Bockaj in Osijek who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Marko Livaja in Hajduk Split scored or assisted in 6 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Mario Gavranovic in Dinamo Zagreb 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
Ramón Miérez in Osijek scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in SuperSport HNL during the 2020/2021 season.
Most consecutive wins
Dinamo Zagreb was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2020/2021 season, with a total of 7 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Osijek were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2020/2021 season, playing 11 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2020/2021 season, there were two teams that had 6 consecutive losses, and those teams were Varazdin and Lokomotiva Zagreb.
Most matches in a row without a win
The longest winless run in the 2020/2021 season was 11 matches in a row, and it was Lokomotiva Zagreb and Slaven Belupo who managed that dubious achievement.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Rijeka were best at during the 2020/2021 season, they came back to win six matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Slaven Belupo have managed this in five matches during the 2020/2021 season, more than any other team in SuperSport HNL.