Fifteen weeks in to the season, and so far only 37 red cards, some 36% down on last year and the joint lowest total at this stage of the competition since the 1988/89 campaign! This weekend there was only one, Osasuna captain Puñal getting his marching orders for a hard tackle on Valencia's Dani Parejo just fifteen minutes in to Sunday's game at the Mestalla stadium. He will be joined on the sidelines in two weeks' time (next weekend is cup week) by another nine players who reached the five yellow card threshold, including Adriano (Barcelona), Javi López (Espanyol), Escudero and Borja (Getafe), Buonanotte (Granada), Saúl Ñíguez (Rayo), Rakitic (Sevilla), Lluis Sastre (Valladolid) and Bruno (Villarreal). (04.12.13)

(* suspension pending disciplinary meeting decision)

Villains Yellow cards Red cards (straight) Games banned Total points
Filipe Luis (Atlético) 7 2 (1) 3 13
Víctor Sánchez (Espanyol) 8 2 2 12
Gálvez (Rayo Vallecano) 7 1 2 10
Saúl (Rayo Vallecano) 7 1 2* 10
Cala (Sevilla) 7 1 2 10
Ebert (Valladolid) 7 1 2 10
Botía (Elche) 8 0 1 9
Arda Turan (Atlético) 4 1 (1) 2 8
M'Bia (Sevilla) 6 1 1 8
Lass (Rayo Vallecano) 3 1 (1) 2 7
Puñal (Osasuna) 4 1 (1) 1* 7
Dubarbier (Almería) 5 1 1 7
Chica (Betis) 5 1 1 7
Oubiña (Celta) 5 1 1 7
Cisma (Elche) 5 1 1 7
Carlos Sánchez (Elche) 5 1 1 7
Diakhaté (Granada) 5 1 1 7
Iturra (Granada) 5 1 1 7
Pellerano (Almería) 6 0 1 7
Suso (Almería) 6 0 1 7
Rafinha (Celta) 6 0 1 7
Sergio Sánchez (Málaga) 6 0 1 7
Ramos (Real Madrid) 6 0 1 7