Season trivia for Primeira Liga 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 Primeira Liga season in Portugal.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2019/2020 season were the players Paulinho - Ricardo Horta (Braga) and Pizzi - Carlos Vinícius (Benfica). Together they scored 6 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
Paulinho, playing for Braga, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 35 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Pacos De Ferreira-Braga.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2019/2020 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Mehdi Taremi (Rio Ave) - June 2020
Mehdi Taremi (Rio Ave) - July 2020
Most braces by player
Carlos Vinícius in Benfica 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 7 matches during the season:
Fábio Abreu (Moreirense)
Mehdi Taremi (Rio Ave)
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 3 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 6 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2019/2020 season was Alex Telles, in total he scored 8 penalties for his Porto.
Most penalty goals by team
Rio Ave was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2019/2020 season, in total they scored 12 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Paulinho 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 Braga.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2019/2020 season was Iago Santos, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Primeira Liga, which he did 2 times.
Most own goals by team
Aves scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2019/2020 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Fábio Abreu in Moreirense scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2019/2020 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Pizzi in Benfica who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 6 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Pizzi in Benfica scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2019/2020 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Mehdi Taremi in Rio Ave 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
2 players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 12 times, and the players who did this were Carlos Vinícius (Benfica) and Pizzi (Benfica).
Most consecutive wins
Benfica was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2019/2020 season, with a total of 16 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Benfica were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2019/2020 season, playing 16 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Aves had a streak of 10 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Primeira Liga during the 2019/2020 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Vitoria Setúbal managed the feat of not winning a single match in 15 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 Benfica were best at during the 2019/2020 season, they came back to win 4 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Belenenses and Aves 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 2019/2020 season.
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