Season trivia for Eerste Divisie 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 Eerste Divisie season in Netherlands.
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 Elton Kabangu and Mart Lieder. Together they were behind 10 goals for FC Eindhoven in the 2017/2018 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2017/2018 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Mart Lieder, playing for FC Eindhoven, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 22 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between FC Eindhoven-Maastricht.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In April 2018, Mart Lieder (FC Eindhoven) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2017/2018 season.
Most braces by player
Mart Lieder in FC Eindhoven scored (at least) two goals in a match 9 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2017/2018 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 8 matches during the season:
Cas Peters (FC Emmen)
Mart Lieder (FC Eindhoven)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Mart Lieder in FC Eindhoven 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 Niek Vossebelt, in total he scored 7 penalties for his Den Bosch.
Most penalty goals by team
Dordrecht was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total they scored 9 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Stefan Ashkovski was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Fortuna Sittard.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Fortuna Sittard was the best team, in total they scored 5 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2017/2018 season in Eerste Divisie. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Damon Mirani (Almere City) and Robbert Schilder (Cambuur).
Most own goals by team
2 teams each scored 3 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Telstar and Maastricht.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Donyell Malen in Jong PSV 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 4 matches in the season 2017/2018, a feat achieved byArnaut Danjuma (NEC Nijmegen) and Dennis Johnsen (Jong Ajax)
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Mart Lieder in FC Eindhoven 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
Mart Lieder in FC Eindhoven scored a total of 16 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Eerste Divisie during the 2017/2018 season.
Most consecutive wins
NEC Nijmegen 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
Den Bosch were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2017/2018 season, playing 11 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Jong FC Utrecht had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Eerste Divisie during the 2017/2018 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Jong FC Utrecht managed the feat of not winning a single match in 13 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 teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were FC Eindhoven, Fortuna Sittard, Almere City and Jong Ajax, and these teams turned the game around 5 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Maastricht, TOP Oss and Go Ahead Eagles were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 5 different matches during the 2017/2018 season.
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