Oh dear, Amrabat! Not a good idea in Spain, even if you think the referee missed a foul, to make a gesture suggesting that he needs glasses! Refs are very sensitive about that sort of thing, and making a “Biggles” gesture to him is bound to get him upset! Red card and two match ban, thank you very much! As they say in the advert, “should have gone to Specsavers!”.

Three more red cards this weekend, the first for our old friend Sapunaru on Friday night. Last season he set a new Liga record for yellow cards whilst at Zaragoza, but since he joined Elche he doesn’t get out much. He did get a run-out against Atlético Madrid though, and he managed to give away two penalties, the second near the end earning him his second red card of the season. Getafe’s Alexis has also featured often on these pages, and he got his marching orders for a second bookable offence in Getafe’s game at Levante. And Sevilla’s assistant manager Diego Martínez was sent to the stands as well for his continuous protests in the local derby against Granada, even though his team won 4-0 in the end.

Another six players will also sit out next weekend’s matches after completing the five yellow card cycle, including Barral (Levante) and “Gato” Silva (Osasuna), both of whom picked up their tenth bookings of the season, and Tébar (Almería), Juanfran (Levante), Roberto Torres (Osasuna) and Rubén Pardo (Real Sociedad), who were all given their fifth. ( 23.04.14 )

(* suspension pending disciplinary meeting decision)

Villains Yellow cards Red cards (straight) Games banned Total points
Víctor Sánchez (Espanyol) 19 3 5 27
Gálvez (Rayo Vallecano) 16 1 4 21
Alexis (Getafe) 17 1 3* 21
Saúl (Rayo Vallecano) 15 1 3 19
Botía (Elche) 16 0 3 19
Duda (Málaga) 8 2 (2) 6 18
Iturra (Granada) 13 2 3 18
Jesús Gámez (Málaga) 11 1 4 17
Damián Suárez (Elche) 12 2 3 17
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) 12 1 (1) 3 17
Barral (Levante) 13 1 3* 17
Sergio Sánchez (Málaga) 13 1 3 17
Diogo Figueiras (Sevilla) 9 1 (1) 5 16
Iñigo Martínez (Real Soc) 11 1 4 16
Silva (Osasuna) 12 1 3* 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
Nono (Betis) 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
Hugo Mallo (Celta) 11 1 2 14
Rubén Pérez (Elche) 11 1 2 14
Borja (Getafe) 11 1 2 14
Escudero (Getafe) 11 1 2 14
Arribas (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