Season trivia for SuperSport HNL 2021/2022
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 2021/2022 SuperSport HNL season in Croatia.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2021/2022 season were the players Jan Mlakar - Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split) and Ivan Delic - Antonio Marin (HNK Sibenik). Together they scored 5 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 2021/2022 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Robert Muric, playing for Rijeka, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 36 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Rijeka-Hrvatski Dragovoljac.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In February 2022, Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2021/2022 season.
Most braces by player
Marko Livaja in Hajduk Split scored (at least) two goals in a match seven times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2021/2022 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:
Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split)
Kristijan Lovric (Osijek/Gorica)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Marko Livaja in Hajduk Split during the 2021/2022 season, in total he did this seven times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2021/2022 season was Marko Livaja, in total he scored twelve penalties for his Hajduk Split.
Most penalty goals by team
Hajduk Split was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2021/2022 season, in total they scored twelve of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Marko Livaja was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2021/2022 season, in total he scored two stoppage time goals for his Hajduk Split.
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 Hajduk Split and Osijek.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2021/2022 season was Sava-Arangel Cestic, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in SuperSport HNL, which he did two times.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Marko Livaja in Hajduk Split scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 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 9 goals, and the players who did this were Mislav Orsic (Dinamo Zagreb) and Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split).
Players with most goals in the second half
Marko Livaja in Hajduk Split scored a total of 19 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in SuperSport HNL during the 2021/2022 season.
Most consecutive wins
Dinamo Zagreb was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2021/2022 season, with a total of 6 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Osijek were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2021/2022 season, playing 13 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Hrvatski Dragovoljac had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in SuperSport HNL during the 2021/2022 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Hrvatski Dragovoljac managed the feat of not winning a single match in 15 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Osijek, Rijeka and Lokomotiva Zagreb, and these teams turned the game around four times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Gorica have managed this in five matches during the 2021/2022 season, more than any other team in SuperSport HNL.