Rayo’s Razvan Rat may have an unfortunate last name, but he is apparently a nice sort of chap! Try telling that to Celta’s Charles though after he received a head-but in the face from the ex West Ham full-back in their match on Saturday night. Rat apologized later, but it didn’t save him from a red card and a four match ban which means he will be missing up until the last two games of the season! Elsewhere there were three more red cards, one for the Málaga physical trainer for protesting, one for Almería’s Rafita for two bookings in three minutes near the end of the game against Osasuna, and one for Levante’s Barral, who was shown a second yellow card for complaining to the referee after the final whistle in the Monday night match against Athletic Bilbao. They will be sidelined next weekend together with six players who completed the five booking cycle, Rayo’s Gálvez, who was given his tenth caution of the season, and Reyes (Betis), Angulo (Granada), Flavio Ferreira (Málaga), and Dani Carvajal and Xabi Alonso (both Real Madrid), who were all shown their fifth. (08.04.14)

(* suspension pending disciplinary meeting decision)

Villains Yellow cards Red cards (straight) Games banned Total points
Víctor Sánchez (Espanyol) 18 3 5 26
Gálvez (Rayo Vallecano) 15 1 4* 20
Botía (Elche) 16 0 3 19
Duda (Málaga) 8 2 (2) 6 18
Iturra (Granada) 13 2 3 18
Saúl (Rayo Vallecano) 14 1 3 18
Damián Suárez (Elche) 12 2 3 17
Jesús Gámez (Málaga) 11 1 4 17
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) 12 1 (1) 3 17
Sergio Sánchez (Málaga) 13 1 3 17
Diogo Figueiras (Sevilla) 9 1 (1) 5 16
Alexis (Getafe) 14 0 2 16
Filipe Luis (Atlético) 8 2 (1) 4 15
Cala (Sevilla) 9 2 (1) 3 15
Amaya (Betis) 12 1 2 15
Barral (Levante) 12 1 2 15*
Iborra (Sevilla) 12 1 2 15
Aduríz (Athletic Bilbao) 9 1 4 14
M'Bia (Sevilla) 8 2 (1) 3 14
Iñigo Martínez (Real Soc) 10 1 3 14
Dubarbier (Almería) 11 1 2 14
Nono (Betis) 11 1 2 14
Borja (Getafe) 11 1 2 14
Arribas (Osasuna) 11 1 2 14
Silva (Osasuna) 11 1 2 14
Gabi (Atlético Madrid) 12 0 2 14
Antunes (Málaga) 12 0 2 14
Busquets (Barcelona) 13 0 1 14