The VAR system is already in full swing, although it was suprisingly not used by Gil Manzano when Roque was sent off in the hotly disputed city derby between Sevilla and Betis on Sunday. Roque was given a second yellow card when he clashed with Pau López midway through the second half, although TV footage cleary showed that the Betis keeper changed his course and charged into the midfielder, also appearing to throw a punch at his opponent. Roque’s booking was overturned on appeal, but the damage was done, and the ten men lost 1-0 to the old enemy. Elsewhere VAR was in constant use, in particular overturning Jaime Latre’s decision to disallow a goal by Real Madrid’s Benzema against Leganés with the game at 1-1. Madrid went on to win 4-1 in the end. (03.09.18)

Name Games played Yellow cards Red cards Total
Estrada Fernández 2 14 1 15
Gil Manzano 2 14 1 15
Cordero Vega 2 13 0 13
Mateu Lahoz 2 10 1 11
Iglesias Villanueva 2 9 0 9
Del Cerro Grande 2 8 0 8
Melero López 2 8 0 8
Jaime Latre 2 7 0 7
Prieto Iglesias 2 7 0 7
Sánchez Martínez 2 7 0 7