Six red cards at the weekend, including one for Sevilla full back Adriano for a hard tackle and one for his coach Manolo Jiménez for protesting in the match against Valencia. Valladolid's Iñaki Bea felt hard done by to be red-carded and penalised with a penalty against Villarreal, and Sporting keeper Cuéllar got his marching orders for handling outside of the area against Betis, even though he tried to clear the ball with his shoulder. In the same match numbers were evened up when Arzu picked up a second booking, and Bilbao's Javi Martínez was also shown a red card at the end of the match with Deportivo for insulting the referee, although the disciplinary committee downgraded it to a yellow on appeal.

Ten players will be suspended for the midweek round of games after completing the five yellow card cycle, including Orbaiz (Athletic) and Michel (Sporting) with ten bookings, and Ustaritz (Athletic), Mark González (Betis), Miguel Flaño (Osasuna), Lacen and Marcano (Racing), Lass (Real Madrid), Palop (Sevilla) and Miguel (Valencia) with five. (21.04.09)