The Premier League festive fixtures are coming thick and quick and there’s an extended record of gamers prone to watching their groups’ Boxing Day video games from the stands after an indulgent Christmas Day.
Premier League gamers who get 5 yellow playing cards within the first 19 video games serve a one-match suspension. With a full programme of fixtures scheduled throughout Saturday and Sunday, no fewer than 38 gamers are on 4 bookings.
Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Rayan Ait-Nouri can be on 4 bookings however shall be eligible for his or her Boxing Day sport towards Manchester United after serving a suspension this weekend.
Which Premier League gamers might be suspended on Boxing Day?
Yellow playing cards this weekend may have a big effect on subsequent festive fixtures on the prime of the Premier League, the place leaders Liverpool can have three gamers strolling a disciplinary tightrope in the event that they function towards Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.
Ryan Gravenberch, Ibrahima Konate and Darwin Nunez are all on 4 yellow playing cards. Konate has sat out the entire of December with a knee harm however Gravenberch has solely missed 23 minutes of Premier League soccer this season.
Chelsea must keep away from bookings at each ends of the pitch after they play Everton on Saturday. Goalkeeper Robert Sanchez and striker Nicolas Jackson are every a yellow card away from a one-match ban.
Arsenal go to Crystal Palace on Saturday with the specter of suspension hanging over Gabriel Jesus, who scored a hat-trick towards the Eagles within the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.
Different gamers getting ready to a ban embrace Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers, Justin Kluivert of Bournemouth, Manchester United defender Harry Maguire and Bernardo Silva of Manchester Metropolis.
Fourth-placed Nottingham Forest could be with out Nicolas Dominguez, Neco Williams and Ryan Yates towards Spurs on Boxing Day ought to they gather a fifth yellow card at Brentford on Saturday.
West Ham United are prime of the Christmas naughty record with 5 gamers – Edson Alvarez, Lucas Paqueta, Guido Rodriguez, Carlos Soler and Tomas Soucek – on 4 yellow playing cards. The Hammers play Brighton at house on Saturday and Southampton away on Boxing Day.
There are 4 Leicester Metropolis gamers in the identical place earlier than Ruud van Nistelrooy and the Foxes put together to face Wolves and Liverpool of their subsequent two video games. Jordan Ayew, Wilfred Ndidi, Oliver Skipp and Jamie Vardy have 4 bookings apiece to their names.
Right here’s the total record of gamers prone to a Boxing Day suspension.
Maintain your eyes peeled for an inexpensive yellow for one in every of these this weekend.
| Participant | Membership |
|---|---|
| Gabriel Jesus | Arsenal |
| Morgan Rogers | Aston Villa |
| Justin Kluivert | Bournemouth |
| Lewis Prepare dinner | Bournemouth |
| Marcos Senesi | Bournemouth |
| Jan Paul van Hecke | Brighton |
| Lewis Dunk | Brighton |
| Nicolas Jackson | Chelsea |
| Robert Sánchez | Chelsea |
| Jefferson Lerma | Crystal Palace |
| Ashley Younger | Everton |
| Michael Keane | Everton |
| Sam Morsy | Ipswich City |
| Jamie Vardy | Leicester Metropolis |
| Jordan Ayew | Leicester Metropolis |
| Oliver Skipp | Leicester Metropolis |
| Wilfred Ndidi | Leicester Metropolis |
| Darwin Nunez | Liverpool |
| Ibrahima Konate | Liverpool |
| Ryan Gravenberch | Liverpool |
| Bernardo Silva | Manchester Metropolis |
| Harry Maguire | Manchester United |
| Fabian Schar | Newcastle United |
| Sandro Tonali | Newcastle United |
| Neco Williams | Nottingham Forest |
| Nicolas Domínguez | Nottingham Forest |
| Ryan Yates | Nottingham Forest |
| Adam Armstrong | Southampton |
| Adam Lallana | Southampton |
| Mateus Fernandes | Southampton |
| Micky van de Ven | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Carlos Soler | West Ham United |
| Edson Alvarez | West Ham United |
| Guido Rodriguez | West Ham United |
| Lucas Paqueta | West Ham United |
| Tomas Soucek | West Ham United |
| Mario Lemina | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| Rayan Ait-Nouri | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| Toti Gomes | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
