Relatively well behaved in the midweek cup matches, but four red cards again this weekend. Cedrick was the first to go on Friday evening, the Betis midfielder getting his marching orders later on for a hard tackle on Celta’s Rafinha. Two players sent off in a hot tempered finish to the match between Sevilla and Levante on Saturday, Nikos for a late tackle on Jairo, and Jairo himself for a retaliatory push on Barral after he was sent sprawling in to the advertising hoardings, the old dog of a striker falling theatrically at the first signs of a touch. And on Sunday Osasuna’s Arribas was sent to prepare the early bath after he picked up a second booking against local rivals Athletic Bilbao, the defender lucky that the referee didn’t his report subsequent protests which could have resulted in a larger ban. All will miss next weekend’s games together with five others who were all shown their fifth yellow cards of the season, Dubarbier (Almería), Nono (Betis), Carriço (Sevilla), Joao Pereira (Valencia), and Gato Silva (Osasuna), who may have to serve out his suspension in China if rumours of his transfer to Guangzhou are true. ( 29.01.14 )

(* suspension pending disciplinary meeting decision)

Villains Yellow cards Red cards (straight) Games banned Total points
Víctor Sánchez (Espanyol) 12 2 3 17
Gálvez (Rayo Vallecano) 12 1 3 16
Cala (Sevilla) 9 2 (1) 3 15
Botía (Elche) 12 0 2 14
Filipe Luis (Atlético) 7 2 (1) 3 13
M'Bia (Sevilla) 7 2 (1) 3 13
Nono (Betis) 9 1 2* 12
Borja (Getafe) 9 1 2 12
Saúl (Rayo Vallecano) 9 1 2 12
Ebert (Valladolid) 9 1 2 12
Diogo Figueiras (Sevilla) 5 1 (1) 4 11
Arribas (Osasuna) 8 1 2* 11
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) 10 0 1 11
Christian (Almería) 5 2 (1) 2 10
Dubarbier (Almería) 7 1 2* 10
Hugo Mallo (Celta) 7 1 2 10
Gato Silva (Osasuna) 7 1 2* 10
Gabi (Atlético Madrid) 9 0 1 10
Jesús Gámez (Málaga) 9 0 1 10
Jaume Costa (Villarreal) 9 0 1 10