Villains

Only five red cards this weekend, and four of those came in the game between Xerez and Almería. Keita was the first to go for a second bookable offence shortly before half time, but numbers were evened up when Guilherme also got his marching orders after picking up a second yellow card after the break. The Xerez delegate José García was red-carded for protesting, and with the game at an end Juanma Ortíz was also given a red card as players jostled at the end of the match. Juanma's red was overturned on appeal however as the club produced video evidence to prove he was not involved in the incident. Elsewhere Getafe right back David Cortés was sent for an early bath with less than an hour on the clock at Valladolid, also for a second booking. Also suspended for the midweek round of games will be Fernando Navarro (Sevilla), Botía and Barral (both Sporting) for their tenth bookings of the season, and Marcelo (Real Madrid), Capdevila (Villarreal), Carlos Calvo (Xerez) and Jarosik (Zaragoza), who all picked up their fifth. (04.05.10)

Villains Yellow cards Red cards (straight) Games banned Total points
Assunçao (Atlético) 16 2 4 22
Luna (Tenerife) 15 2 4 21
Ponzio (Zaragoza) 15 1 (1) 3 20
Amorebieta (Athletic) 16 1 3 20
Roncaglia (Espanyol) 14 2 3 19
Keita (Xerez) 11 2 4* 17
Gámez (Málaga) 12 1 (1) 3 17
Pareja (Espanyol) 13 1 3 17
Orbaiz (Athletic) 8 2 (2) 4 16
Ramos (Real Madrid) 11 1 (1) 3 16
Barral (Sporting) 11 1 (1) 3* 16
Nunes (Mallorca) 12 1 (1) 2 16
Gregory (Sporting) 13 1 2 16
Soldado (Getafe) 14 0 2 16
Navarro (Sevilla) 14 0 2* 16
Forlín (Espanyol) 10 1 (1) 3 15
Borja (Valladolid) 10 1 (1) 3 15
Boateng (Getafe) 12 1 2 15
Rafa (Getafe) 13 0 2 15
Ujfalusi (Atlético Madrid) 8 2 (2) 2 14
Oriol (Racing) 10 2 2 14
Pedro León (Getafe) 10 1 (1) 2 14
Iván González (Málaga) 10 1 (1) 2 14
Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid) 12 0 2 14