Although there were red cards earlier on for the physical trainers of both Málaga and Athletic Bilbao, we had to wait once more for the last match on Sunday before any players were sent off. As it happened there were two, Elche’s Rodrigues the first to go for a second bookable offence, and his team-mate Cisma also taking the long walk after being shown a second yellow card for giving away a penalty for hands. However even though Stuani converted the spot kick for visitors Espanyol, the nine men held on for a much needed win. Espanyol’s Alvaro picked up his fifth booking as well in that game, and he will banned for one match together with Sevilla’s M’bia, who also reached the five yellow card threshold earlier in the day. (05.11.14)

PS Getafe’s Alexis had the book throw at him for his red card last weekend, his punch at Atlético’s Mandzukic being penalized with a four match suspension.

(* suspension pending disciplinary meeting decision)

Villains Yellow cards Red cards (straight) Games banned Total points
Alexis (Getafe) 2 1 (1) 4* 8
Rodrigues (Elche) 6 1 1* 8
Weligton (Málaga) 5 1 1 7
De Paul (Valencia) 0 1 (1) 4 6
Sergi Darder (Málaga) 3 1 (1) 1 6
Dubarbier (Almería) 4 1 1 6
Jonathas (Elche) 4 1 1 6
Modric (Real Madrid) 4 1 1 6
Orellana (Celta) 5 0 1 6
Alvaro (Espanyol) 5 0 1* 6
Víctor Sánchez (Espanyol) 5 0 1 6
Fran Rico (Granada) 5 0 1 6
Abdoulaye (Rayo) 5 0 1 6
M'bia (Sevilla) 5 0 1* 6
Duda (Málaga) 1 1 (1) 2 5
Vyntra (Levante) 2 1 (1) 1 5
Fontàs (Celta) 3 1 1 5
Rodrigo (Valencia) 3 1 1 5
Koke (Atlético) 5 0 0 5
Mandzukic (Atlético) 5 0 0 5
Mario Suárez (Atlético) 5 0 0 5
Ramos (Real Madrid) 5 0 0 5