Season trivia for Jupiler Pro League 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 Jupiler Pro League season in Belgium.
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 Thomas Henry and Xavier Mercier. Together they were behind 8 goals for Oud-Heverlee Leuven 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
Paul Onuachu, playing for Genk, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 18 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Eupen-Genk.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In January 2021, and Fashion Sakala (Oostende) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2020/2021 season.
Most braces by player
Paul Onuachu in Genk scored (at least) two goals in a match 7 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 player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2020/2021 season was Paul Onuachu in Genk, in total he did it 13 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 7 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Thomas Henry (Oud-Heverlee Leuven)
Gianni Bruno (Zulte Waregem)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2020/2021 season was Lukas Nmecha, in total he scored 9 penalties for his Anderlecht.
Most penalty goals by team
Genk was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total they scored 12 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Michael Frey was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Beveren.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Beveren was the best team, in total they scored 7 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2020/2021 season was Rocky Bushiri, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Jupiler Pro League, which he did 2 times.
Most own goals by team
Mechelen scored 4 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
There were 2 players who scored in 7 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, and the players who achieved this were Paul Onuachu (Genk) and Thomas Henry (Oud-Heverlee Leuven).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Xavier Mercier in Oud-Heverlee Leuven who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 5 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Thomas Henry in Oud-Heverlee Leuven scored or assisted in 10 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Paul Onuachu in Genk who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 19 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Gianni Bruno in Zulte Waregem scored a total of 15 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Jupiler Pro League during the 2020/2021 season.
Most consecutive wins
Club Brugge was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2020/2021 season, with a total of 10 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Club Brugge were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2020/2021 season, playing 12 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Cercle Brugge had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Jupiler Pro League during the 2020/2021 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
The longest winless run in the 2020/2021 season was 10 matches in a row, and it was Royal Excel Mouscron, Cercle Brugge and Beveren who managed that dubious achievement.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Club Brugge, Royal Antwerp, Zulte Waregem, Oostende and Genk, and these teams turned the game around 5 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Zulte Waregem, Mechelen, Kortrijk, Gent, Cercle Brugge and Beveren 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 2020/2021 season.
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