Celta dropped out of the top three after they were thrashed 1-5 by Valencia on Saturday afternoon, although the result could have been different had Bikandi Garrido allowed a strike by the locals to stand shortly after they had pegged the scoreline back to 1-1. Although the Galicians got the ball in the net, the referee decided not to apply the advantage rule, pulling the play back but awarding a free kick to Celta for a foul in the build up by Javi Fuego, who he booked. Elsewhere it seemed that referees were generally reluctant to award penalties, with hand-balls by Betis’ Westermann and Sporting’s Bernardo and pushes on Granada’s Miguel Lopes and Athletic’s Sabin going unpunished, to name but a few. The two spot kicks that were given, for fouls on Barça’s Munir and Eibar’s Sergi Enrich, were however fairly clear. (11.11.15)

Name Games played Yellow cards Red cards Total
Iglesias Villanueva 7 53 4 57
Alvarez Izquierdo 6 48 6 54
González González 7 46 3 49
Gil Manzano 6 46 2 48
Velasco Carballo 7 43 3 46
Clos Gómez 6 42 3 45
Del Cerro Grande 6 41 2 43
Prieto Iglesias 7 41 2 43
Undiano Mallenco 6 40 1 41
Sánchez Martínez 5 38 1 39