Six red cards at the weekend, with Celta’s Aurtenetxe the first to go for a hard tackle on Real Sociedad’s Carlos Vela at the start of the second half of their match on Saturday. Barcelona’s physical trainer and one of the Betis assistants were despatched to the stands in their respective games for protesting, the Betis man in particular unhappy that Juan Carlos had been sent off early on in the derby game against Sevilla for what the referee considered to be a penalty on Bacca, even though the wing back got to the ball first. Valencia’s Barragán picked up his second red card of the year for a second bookable offence near the end of the game against Elche on Sunday evening, and Getafe’s Lafita was given his marching orders after giving away a penalty on Atlético’s Diego Costa midway through the second half of their derby game.

Lafita will be out for two games as he actually picked up his fifth yellow card of the season before that, and another eight players will also be suspended next weekend for the same reason, Busquets (Barcelona) and Iñigo Martínez (Real Sociedad), who were shown their tenth yellow cards of the current campaign, and Cisma (Elche), Weligton (Málaga), Griezmann (Real Sociedad), Reyes (Sevilla) and Javi Fuego (Valencia), who were all given their fifth. ( 16.04.14 )

(* 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
Alexis (Getafe) 15 0 2 17
Diogo Figueiras (Sevilla) 9 1 (1) 5 16
Iñigo Martínez (Real Soc) 11 1 4* 16
Busquets (Barcelona) 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
Dubarbier (Almería) 11 1 2 14
Nono (Betis) 11 1 2 14
Hugo Mallo (Celta) 11 1 2 14
Rubén Pérez (Elche) 11 1 2 14
Borja (Getafe) 11 1 2 14
Arribas (Osasuna) 11 1 2 14
Silva (Osasuna) 11 1 2 14
Dani Parejo (Valencia) 11 1 2 14
Gabi (Atlético Madrid) 12 0 2 14
Antunes (Málaga) 12 0 2 14