Season trivia for Ligue 1 2019/2020
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 2019/2020 Ligue 1 season in France.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2019/2020 season were the players Kylian Mbappé - Ángel Di Maria (Paris Saint-Germain) and Kylian Mbappé - Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain). Together they scored 7 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 2019/2020 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Josh Maja, playing for Bordeaux, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 29 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Bordeaux-Nîmes.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In December 2019, Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2019/2020 season.
Most braces by player
Kylian Mbappé in Paris Saint-Germain scored (at least) two goals in a match 5 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2019/2020 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 9 matches during the season:
Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco)
Victor Osimhen (Lille)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Nemanja Radonjic in Marseille during the 2019/2020 season, in total he did this 5 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2019/2020 season was Wylan Cyprien, in total he scored 5 penalties for his Nice.
Most penalty goals by team
Paris Saint-Germain was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2019/2020 season, in total they scored 6 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Boulaye Dia was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2019/2020 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Reims.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2019/2020 season was Marçal, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Ligue 1, which he did 2 times.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Neymar in Paris Saint-Germain scored in 7 consecutive matches during the 2019/2020 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 2019/2020, a feat achieved byÁngel Di Maria (Paris Saint-Germain) and Islam Slimani (Monaco)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Neymar in Paris Saint-Germain scored or assisted in 8 consecutive matches during the 2019/2020 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Wissam Ben Yedder in Monaco who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 11 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Kylian Mbappé in Paris Saint-Germain scored a total of 11 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Ligue 1 during the 2019/2020 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were 2 teams that had 6 consecutive wins in the 2019/2020 season, and those teams were Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain.
Most matches in a row without losing
Marseille were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2019/2020 season, playing 14 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Toulouse had a streak of 11 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Ligue 1 during the 2019/2020 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Nîmes managed the feat of not winning a single match in 12 consecutive matches during the 2019/2020 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 Rennes were best at during the 2019/2020 season, they came back to win 5 matches in total.
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