Villains

Another five red cards in the midweek round of matches, although two of those were for Espanyol's physical trainer and Valencia's assistant coach. Deportivo's De Guzmán and Valladolid's Alvaro Rubio were both sent off for second bookable offences in their respective games, and Málaga's veteran striker Salva was shown a straight red for a heavy tackle on Valencia's Edu just a quarter of an hour after coming on as substitute. Not quite the impact he hoped to make! (26.09.08)

Villains Yellow cards Red cards (straight) Games banned Total points
Alvaro (Valladolid) 4 1 1* 6
Navarro (Mallorca) 3 1 1 5
Azpilicueta (Osasuna) 3 1 1 5
Miguel Angel (Málaga) 1 1 (1) 1 4
Van der Vaart (R Madrid) 1 1 (1) 1 4
Godín (Villarreal) 1 1 (1) 1 4
De Guzmán (Deportivo) 2 1 1* 4
Van Nistelrooy (R Madrid) 2 1 1 4
Pedro López (Valladolid) 2 1 1 4
José Ortíz (Almería) 0 1 (1) 1 3
Omar Bravo (Deportivo) 0 1 (1) 1 3
Salva (Málaga) 0 1 (1) 1* 3
Josemi (Mallorca) 0 1 (1) 1 3
Miguel Flaño (Osasuna) 0 1 (1) 1 3
Gerard (Sporting) 0 1 (1) 1 3
Vega (Betis) 3 0 0 3
Pareja (Espanyol) 3 0 0 3
Casquero (Getafe) 3 0 0 3
Alexis (Valencia) 3 0 0 3