A whopping 10 players will be suspended for Gameweek 17 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) as a result of yellow card accumulation.
And for 29 other FPL assets, they are perilously close to a one-match ban themselves.
WHEN ARE THE CUT-OFF POINTS FOR SUSPENSIONS?
The table above is taken from the Football Association website and details the cut-off points for the various yellow card thresholds.
The one we’re concerned about right now is the five-caution mark, an unwanted target that Premier League players will have to avoid for their team’s first 19 league matches of the season.
That’ll be Gameweek 19 in most cases. Manchester City and Brentford, who contest their 19th fixture in Gameweek 20, are the exceptions.
Of course, any postponements, whether they be weather-related or otherwise, would change that situation.
Punishments for yellow card accumulation are competition-specific, whereas suspensions for dismissals cover all competitive matches.
ON FOUR/THREE YELLOW CARDS
Cole Palmer (£5.5m) and Jamaal Lascelles (£4.2m) have joined the likes of Matty Cash (£4.8m), Raheem Sterling (£7.1m) and Hwang Hee-chan (£5.8m) on four bookings.
Other notable names sat precariously on four cautions include Destiny Udogie (£4.8m), Issa Kabore (£4.0m) and Abdoulaye Doucoure (£5.5m).
There are 43 other players one caution further back.
Kaoru Mitoma (£6.5m), Trent Alexander-Arnold (£8.1m), Ollie Watkins (£8.4m), Darwin Nunez (£7.6m), Pedro Porro (£5.4m), Joachim Andersen (£5.1m) and Andre Onana (£4.8m) are among the most significant names on three yellow cards, all of them with FPL ownerships of 10%+.
WHO IS CURRENTLY SUSPENDED – AND WHO WILL RETURN FROM A BAN IN GAMEWEEK 17?
Kieran Trippier (£7.0m), Bruno Fernandes (£8.3m), Lucas Digne (£4.7m), Douglas Luiz (£5.6m), Jarrad Branthwaite (£4.1m), Charlie Taylor (£4.0m), Marvelous Nakamba (£4.4m), Idrissa Gueye (£4.8m) and Jack Robinson (£4.4m) are all banned in Gameweek 17, having picked up their fifth bookings of the campaign at the weekend.
Jordan Ayew (£5.4m) was sent off for two bookable offenses and will be suspended for one match, meanwhile.
Sheffield United’s Oliver McBurnie (£5.4m) and Oliver Norwood (£4.8m) both return from suspension in Gameweek 17.
Ivan Toney (£7.9m) and Sandro Tonali (£5.2m) are out until January and August respectively.
Keep your eyes peeled on our Suspension Tightrope widget over the coming weeks and months, as we’ll be updating that after every Gameweek to keep you informed on the latest disciplinary developments.
