Aston Villa, Swansea City, West Ham, Wigan Athletic, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Stoke City and Liverpool players all feature.
We are 10 gameweeks into the Premier League season, and there have been 16 red cards so far. That doesn’t sound like much?
How’s this… 166 different players have picked up yellow cards already this campaign, and that’s in the league alone.
If the referees thought they were in for an easy ride with Joey Barton packed off safely to France, it’s fair to say they are wrong.
We have trawled through the stats so far, and compiled a ‘Badboy XI’ – picked by position, filled by those with the most cards to their name.
And here it is…
GK: Brad Guzan, Aston Villa – 8 appearances, 2 yellow cards
RB: Angel Rangel, Swansea – 10 appearances, 5 yellow cards
CB: James Collins, West Ham – 10 appearances, 4 yellow cards
CB: Ciaran Clark, Aston Villa – 8 appearances, 3 yellow cards, 1 red card
LB: Eric Lichaj, Aston Villa – 7 appearances, 5 yellow cards
RM: Jordi Gomez, Wigan – 7 appearances, 1 yellow card, 1 red card
CM: Paul Scholes, Manchester United – 7 appearances, 4 yellow cards
CM: Dean Whitehead, Stoke – 7 appearances, 4 yellow cards, 1 red card
LM: Jonas Gutierrez, Newcastle – 10 appearances, 4 yellow cards
ST: Luis Suarez, Liverpool – 10 appearances, 4 yellow cards
ST: Robin van Persie, Manchester United, 10 appearances, 3 yellow cards
Which players come as a surprise on the list, and which do you expect to remain there at the end of the season?
image: © Ronnie Macdonald
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