Neymar, Neymar, Neymar, what were you thinking of?!? The Barcelona striker received his first red card for the club after picking up two rash bookings at Málaga, the first before the break for tying his shoelace right in front of his opponent to prevent a free-kick from being taken quickly, and the second midway through the second half for barging in to Diego Llorente (there was some doubt at first whether it had been a straight red). With his team losing that was bad enough, but as he was leaving the field he was spotted by the referee ironically applauding the officials, and that cost him dearly. On top of the standard one match ban, the disrespect shown to the officials has earned him two more (despite Barça’s best efforts to convince the disciplinary committee otherwise), and he will miss the upcoming “clásico” against Real Madrid in two weeks’ time!

Barcelona goalkeeping coach, José Ramón De la Fuente, was also red-carded in that match for protesting, and on Friday night Villarreal’s Víctor Ruíz was sent off for the second time in four games after he hacked down Athletic forward Iñaki Williams late in the game. Both have been given two match suspensions, and a further eleven players have been given one match bans after completing the five yellow card cycle, Boateng (Las Palmas) and Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid), who picked up their tenth bookings of the season, and Feddal and Edgar (Alavés), Koke (Atlético), Víctor Sánchez (Espanyol), Ricca (Málaga), Juanmi (Real Sociedad), Kranevitter (Sevilla), Burgui (Sporting) and Soldado (Villarreal), who were given their fifth. ( 11.04.17 )

(* suspension pending disciplinary meeting decision)

Villains Yellow cards Red cards (straight) Games banned Total points
Uche Agbo (Granada) 13 2 (1) 5 21
Theo Hernández (Alavés) 13 2 (1) 4 20
Amorebieta (Sporting) 16 0 3 19
Enzo Pérez (Valencia) 13 1 (1) 3 18
Neymar (Barcelona) 11 1 5* 17
Hugo Mallo (Celta) 9 1 (1) 5 16
Alexis (Alavés) 11 1 4 16
Boateng (Las Palmas) 11 1 (1) 3* 16
Raúl García (Athletic) 13 1 2 16
Feddal (Alavés) 10 2 3* 15
Luis Suárez (Barcelona) 11 1 3 15
Mangala (Valencia) 11 1 (1) 2 15
Piccini (Betis) 8 2 (1) 3 14
Iñigo Martínez (Real Soc) 11 1 2 14
Deyverson (Alavés) 12 0 2 14
Camacho (Málaga) 12 0 2 14
Illarramendi (Real Soc) 12 0 2 14
Aduríz (Athletic) 10 1 2 13
Jaume Costa (Villarreal) 10 1 2 13
Pablo Hernández (Celta) 11 0 2 13
Escalante (Eibar) 11 0 2 13
Livaja (Las Palmas) 11 0 2 13
Roque (Las Palmas) 11 0 2 13
Carvajal (Real Madrid) 11 0 2* 13