What are the Premier League rules on yellow card suspensions?
A look at what the Premier League's rules are for players who receive too many yellow cards during the season
In the Premier League, players are subject to yellow card suspensions based on a set of thresholds. After accumulating five or more yellow cards before the end of the 19th league match, a player faces a one-match suspension. If a player reaches 10 yellow cards before the 32nd league match, the suspension lengthens to two matches. The thresholds continue to rise at 15 and 20 yellow cards, resulting in three and a regulatory commission-imposed suspension, respectively.
The same yellow card suspension rules apply to Championship, League One, and League Two, but with a higher threshold of 10 yellow cards before the 37th league match to avoid a two-match suspension. Once the regular season concludes, yellow cards are reset and do not include matches in the playoffs. Currently, Brentford midfielder Vitaly Janelt leads the league in yellow cards, followed by Brentford's Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Bournemouth's Adam Smith, each with three bookings.
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