Two red cards in the midweek cup ties, although both were for players from lower ranked sides. CD Ebro’s Pires got his marching orders for a second bookable offence with only half an hour gone against Valencia, although the Ches struggled before winning 1-2 in the end. And Cultural Leonesa’s Sergio Marcos was also sent off after picking up two yellow cards late on against Barcelona, again the higher ranked team only winning by a single goal.

Alavés left back Rubén Duarte was sent off on Sunday for bringing down an opponent as he advanced on goal midway through the first half of the Basque derby against Eibar, but numbers were evened up when De Blasis also got his marching orders for a hard tackle on the hour mark. No other outfield players were shown red cards this weekend, but three coaches were sent to the stands in the match between Betis and Celta, Alvarez and Kenny for swinging handbags at each other, and Celta manager Mohamed for offensive gestures to the opposition bench. Two players will also be banned next weekend after picking up their fifth bookings of the season, Dani García (Athletic), and Djene (Getafe), who was actually let off a fifth yellow card on appeal three games ago. (06.11.18)

(* suspension pending disciplinary meeting decision)

Villains Yellow cards Red cards (straight) Games banned Total points
Juanmi (Real Sociedad) 5 1 3 9
Theo (Real Sociedad) 2 1 (1) 4 8
Djené (Getafe) 6 0 1* 7
Musto (Huesca) 6 0 1 7
Mario (Villarreal) 6 0 1 7
Portillo (Getafe) 2 1 (1) 2 6
Dani Parejo (Valencia) 3 1 (1) 1 6
Savic (Atlético) 4 1 1 6
Cabral (Celta) 4 1 1 6
Trejo (Rayo Vallecano) 4 1 1 6
Dani García (Athletic) 5 0 1* 6
Juanfran (Atlético) 5 0 1 6
Duarte (Alavés) 2 1 (1) 1* 5
Lenglet (Barcelona) 2 1 (1) 1 5
Abdoulaye Ba (Rayo) 2 1 (1) 1 5
Susaeta (Athletic) 3 1 1 5
Illarramendi (Real Soc) 5 0 0 5
De Blasis (Eibar) 1 1 (1) 1* 4
Iván Alejo (Getafe) 1 1 (1) 1 4
Araújo (Celta) 2 1 1 4
Coke (Levante) 2 1 1 4
Vuckevic (Levante) 2 1 1 4
Medrán (Rayo Vallecano) 2 1 1 4