Five red cards in the midweek round of games, including one for Barcelona's Xavi after he picked up two bookings on a frustrating night against arch-rivals Real Madrid. Valencia's David Silva and Osasuna's Portillo were both shown straight reds soon after scoring for their respective sides, the former for insulting the referee and the latter for a heavy tackle on an opponent. And Racing's Ayoze and Valladolid's Cifuentes were both given their marching orders for second bookable offences late on in the matches against Sevilla and Betis.

Atlético's Perea became the first player to reach the 15 yellow card threshold, and he will sit out the next round of games together with eleven other players, Carlos García and Corona (Almería), Márquez (Barcelona), Torrejón (Espanyol), Licht (Getafe), Javi García (Osasuna), Heinze and Pepe (Real Madrid), Gerard (Recreativo), Adriano (Sevilla) and Javi Baraja (Valladolid). (10.05.08)