A whopping 35 Premier League players could find themselves missing their club’s Boxing Day fixture if they pick up a yellow card during their side’s games this weekend
A whopping 35 Premier League players could find themselves missing their club’s Boxing Day fixture if they pick up a yellow card during their side’s games this weekend A whopping 35 Premier League players could find themselves missing their club’s Boxing Day fixture if they pick up a yellow card during their side’s games this weekend
There are 35 Premier League players who need just one booking to ensure they will get the Boxing Day fixtures off.
According to FA rules, players who receive five, 10, 15 and 20 bookings will be handed bans. There are various cut-off points to avoid a ban, with the first for five bookings coming in roughly three matchdays.
Until then though, any player who receives five bookings will incur a one-match ban. Suspensions from yellow cards can only be served in the competition they were picked up.
The final round of Premier League games before Christmas will come across this weekend. If a player currently on four yellow cards pick up a booking in their side’s match this weekend, it means they will be banned for the fixtures on Boxing Day or 27 December.
Thirty-five players from 18 of the top-flight’s 20 teams could find themselves banned for Boxing Day. Leading the list is Arsenal’s Gabriel Jesus, Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva and Manchester United’s Harry Maguire, as well as Liverpool trio Ryan Gravenberch, Ibrahima Konate and Darwin Nunez.
The Reds are joint-top when it comes to clubs with the highest number of players at risk of suspensions. The other teams with three players on four bookings are Bournemouth, Leicester, Nottingham Forest, Southampton and West Ham.
Meanwhile five teams have two players who will run the risk of picking up a suspension this weekend. They are Brighton, Chelsea, Everton, Newcastle United and Wolves. Brentford and Fulham meanwhile do not have any players on four yellows.
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All 20 Premier League clubs are in action on either Saturday or Sunday. Likewise they will all also be in action on either Boxing Day or in the case of four teams, 27 December.
All 35 players currently at risk of suspension have picked up four bookings so far. There are some players who have already been shown five or more yellow cards, though none are close to the next suspension mark of 10.
The full list of players who could be suspended for Boxing Day is as follows:
Arsenal: Gabriel Jesus
Aston Villa: Morgan Rogers
Bournemouth: Lewis Cook, Justin Kluivert, Marcos Senesi
Brighton: Lewis Dunk, Jan Paul van Hecke
Chelsea: Nicolas Jackson, Robert Sánchez
Crystal Palace: Jefferson Lerma
Everton: Michael Keane, Ashley Young
Ipswich Town: Sam Morsy
Leicester City: Wilfred Ndidi, Oliver Skipp, Jamie Vardy
Liverpool: Ryan Gravenberch, Ibrahima Konate, Darwin Nunez
Manchester City: Bernardo Silva
Manchester United: Harry Maguire
Newcastle United: Fabian Schar, Sandro Tonali
Nottingham Forest: Nicolas Domínguez, Neco Williams, Ryan Yates
Southampton: Adam Armstrong, Mateus Fernandes, Adam Lallana
Tottenham: Micky van de Ven
West Ham United: Lucas Paqueta, Guido Rodriguez, Tomas Soucek
Wolves: Toti Gomes, Mario Lemina
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