Club World Cup Fantasy managers should keep one eye on the yellow card count as the tournament progresses.
This article explains why.
HOW MANY BOOKINGS RESULT IN A BAN?
Any player collecting two bookings will pick up a one-match suspension.
WHEN ARE PLAYERS IN THE CLEAR?
FIFA wipe the slate clean after the quarter-finals. So, a player effectively has to avoid two yellow cards in his first five appearances in order to avoid a ban.
HOW MANY GAMES WILL A PLAYER MISS AFTER A RED CARD?
A red card at any stage of the Club World Cup will result in a one-match ban.
In the event of more serious offences, the governing body can increase the length of a suspension.
WHO IS ON ONE BOOKING?
Here are all the players who are one booking away from a ban at the Club World Cup:
| Hamdy Fathy | Al Ahly |
| Yahya AttiAllah | Al Ahly |
| Abdoul Karim Traoré | Al Ain FC |
| Facundo Zabala | Al Ain FC |
| Ramy Rabia | Al Ain FC |
| Mohammed Al Qahtani | Al-Hilal |
| Moteb Al-Harbi | Al-Hilal |
| Rúben Neves | Al-Hilal |
| Ángel Correa | Atlético Madrid |
| Conor Gallagher | Atlético Madrid |
| Giuliano Simeone | Atlético Madrid |
| Koke | Atlético Madrid |
| Reinildo Mandava | Atlético Madrid |
| Robin Le Normand | Atlético Madrid |
| Rodrigo Paul | Atlético Madrid |
| Leon Goretzka | Bayern Munich |
| Adrian Bajrami | Benfica |
| Orkun Kökçü | Benfica |
| Vangelis Pavlidis | Benfica |
| Ayrton Costa | Boca Juniors |
| Carlos Palacios | Boca Juniors |
| Lautaro Di Lollo | Boca Juniors |
| Luis Advíncula | Boca Juniors |
| Alexander Barboza | Botafogo |
| Cuiabano | Botafogo |
| Gregore | Botafogo |
| Joaquín Correa | Botafogo |
| Liam Delap | Chelsea |
| Marc Cucurella | Chelsea |
| Moisés Caicedo | Chelsea |
| Pedro Neto | Chelsea |
| Reece James | Chelsea |
| Tosin Adarabioyo | Chelsea |
| Carney Chukwuemeka | Dortmund |
| Maximilian Beier | Dortmund |
| Ramy Bensebaini | Dortmund |
| Yan Couto | Dortmund |
| Khalil Guenichi | Espérance Tunis |
| Mohamed Amine Tougai | Espérance Tunis |
| Mohamed Ben Ali | Espérance Tunis |
| Yan Sasse | Espérance Tunis |
| Bruno Henrique | Flamengo |
| Erick Pulgar | Flamengo |
| Gerson | Flamengo |
| Gonzalo Plata | Flamengo |
| Keno | Fluminense |
| Martinelli | Fluminense |
| Nonato | Fluminense |
| Kristjan Asllani | Inter |
| Lautaro Martínez | Inter |
| Nicolò Barella | Inter |
| Federico Redondo | Inter Miami |
| Luis Suárez | Inter Miami |
| Sergio Busquets | Inter Miami |
| Tomás Avilés | Inter Miami |
| Andrea Cambiaso | Juventus |
| Federico Gatti | Juventus |
| Francisco Conceição | Juventus |
| Khéphren Thuram | Juventus |
| Weston McKennie | Juventus |
| David Martínez | LAFC |
| Sergi Palencia | LAFC |
| Timmy Tillman | LAFC |
| Abdukodir Khusanov | Manchester City |
| Alfonso Alvarado | Monterrey |
| Érick Aguirre | Monterrey |
| Fidel Ambríz | Monterrey |
| Stefan Medina | Monterrey |
| Agustín Palavecino | Pachuca |
| Federico Pereira | Pachuca |
| Agustín Giay | Palmeiras |
| Felipe Anderson | Palmeiras |
| Gustavo Gómez | Palmeiras |
| Joaquín Piquerez | Palmeiras |
| Raphael Veiga | Palmeiras |
| Richard Ríos | Palmeiras |
| Fabián Ruiz Peña | PSG |
| Marquinhos | PSG |
| Martim Fernandes | Porto |
| Nehuén Pérez | Porto |
| Sota Kitano | RB Salzburg |
| Soumaïla Diabaté | RB Salzburg |
| ViniciJúnior | Real Madrid |
| Germán Pezzella | River Plate |
| Marcos Acuña | River Plate |
| Maximiliano Meza | River Plate |
| Jackson Ragen | Seattle Sounders |
| Nouhou Tolo | Seattle Sounders |
| Paul Rothrock | Seattle Sounders |
| Marcelo Allende | Sundowns |
| Tashreeq Matthews | Sundowns |
| Teboho Mokoena | Sundowns |
| Darijan Bojanić | Ulsan HD |
| RyoWatanabe | Urawa Reds |
| Samuel Gustafson | Urawa Reds |
| Shusaku Nishikawa | Urawa Reds |
| Takahiro Sekine | Urawa Reds |
| Thiago Santana | Urawa Reds |
| Bart Meijers | Wydad AC |
| CassiMailula | Wydad AC |
| Guilherme Oliveira | Wydad AC |
WHO WILL SERVE A BAN IN MATCHDAY 3?
RED CARDS
| Andrea Belotti | Benfica |
| Jorge Figal | Boca Juniors |
| Ander Herrera | Boca Juniors |
| Nicolas Jackson | Chelsea |
| Raúl Asencio | Real Madrid |
| Kevin Castaño | River Plate |
TWO BOOKINGS
| Marwan Attia | Al Ahly |
| Álvaro Carreras | Benfica |
| Youcef Belaïli | Espérance Tunis |
| Jorge Agustín Rodríguez | Monterrey |
| Giuliano Galoppo | River Plate |
| Enzo Pérez | River Plate |
