Premier League: Who is one card away from being banned?

Lewis Dunk has become the first payer of the 2025-26 Premier League season to receive a two-match ban for accumulating 10 yellow cards.

The Brighton and Hove Albion defender was booked for time wasting in his side’s 2-1 win Liverpoolmeaning he reached the threshold for disciplinary action for the second time this season, having already served a one-match ban for picking up five yellows before January 3.

Several other Premier League players who were close to a one-match ban after accumulating four yellow cards have found themselves on much safer ground since that date, raising the threshold for a ban from five to 10 yellow cards.

Up until that point in the season, players had received a one-match ban for picking up five yellow cards in their team’s first 19 Premier League games.

But after 19 games the ban moved to 10 yellow cards – albeit with a harsher penalty. Players who accumulate 10 yellow cards before the conclusion of the 32nd match receive a two match ban rather than one.

Total yellow cards received before January 3 were carried over to the next stage of matches, but players on four yellow cards are no longer one card away from suspension until they reach nine yellow cards.

Should any players receive 15 yellow cards in a season, they will receive a three match suspension.

Four players are currently one yellow card away from a two-match suspension, and a number of players are also just two bookings shy of a ban.