Season trivia for Serie B 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 Serie B season in Italy.
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 Nikola Ninkovic and Gianluca Scamacca. Together they were behind 5 goals for Ascoli in the 2019/2020 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2019/2020 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Andrey Galabinov, playing for Spezia, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 14 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Chievo-Spezia.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2019/2020 was 7 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Michele Marconi (Pisa) - September 2019
Simy (Crotone) - July 2020
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 5 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Michele Marconi (Pisa)
Simy (Crotone)
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2019/2020 season was Simy in Crotone, in total he did it 8 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Pietro Iemmello in Perugia during the 2019/2020 season, in total he did this 6 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2019/2020 season was Pietro Iemmello, in total he scored 9 penalties for his Perugia.
Most penalty goals by team
Salernitana was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2019/2020 season, in total they scored 11 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 2 players scored 3 goals in added time, and the players who did so were Raúl Asencio (Cosenza) and Michele Pellizzer (Virtus Entella).
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Virtus Entella was the best team, in total they scored 8 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by team
Cittadella 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
There were 2 players who scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2019/2020 season, and the players who achieved this were Pietro Iemmello (Perugia) and Francesco Forte (Juve Stabia).
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Simy in Crotone who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 13 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Francesco Forte in Juve Stabia scored a total of 12 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Serie B during the 2019/2020 season.
Most consecutive wins
Benevento was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2019/2020 season, with a total of 7 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Benevento were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2019/2020 season, playing 22 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2019/2020 season, there were 3 teams that had 5 consecutive losses, and those teams were Cittadella, Perugia and Cosenza.
Most matches in a row without a win
Livorno managed the feat of not winning a single match in 14 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 Spezia were best at during the 2019/2020 season, they came back to win 5 matches in total.
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