The Premier League festive fixtures are coming thick and quick and there’s an extended record of gamers susceptible 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 also be on 4 bookings however can be eligible for his or her Boxing Day sport in opposition to Manchester United after serving a suspension this weekend.
Which Premier League gamers may very well be suspended on Boxing Day?
Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez is one reserving away from a ban (Picture credit score: John Powell/Liverpool FC by way of Getty Pictures)
Yellow playing cards this weekend may have a huge impact on subsequent festive fixtures on the high of the Premier League, the place leaders Liverpool can have three gamers strolling a disciplinary tightrope in the event that they function in opposition to 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 damage however Gravenberch has solely missed 23 minutes of Premier League soccer this season.
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Chelsea have to keep away from bookings at each ends of the pitch once 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 in opposition to the Eagles within the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.
Different gamers getting ready to a ban embody Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers, Justin Kluivert of Bournemouth, Manchester United defender Harry Maguire and Bernardo Silva of Manchester Metropolis.
Fourth-placed Nottingham Forest can be with out Nicolas Dominguez, Neco Williams and Ryan Yates in opposition to Spurs on Boxing Day ought to they acquire a fifth yellow card at Brentford on Saturday.
West Ham United are high 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 dwelling 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 complete record of gamers susceptible to a Boxing Day suspension.
Preserve your eyes peeled for an inexpensive yellow for one among these this weekend.
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Participant
Membership
Gabriel Jesus
Arsenal
Morgan Rogers
Aston Villa
Justin Kluivert
Bournemouth
Lewis Cook 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
