The 37 Premier League players who are one booking away from having Christmas off

There are 37 Premier League players who need just one booking to ensure they will get the Boxing Day fixtures off, including stars from Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United.

According to FA rules, players who receive five, 10, 15 and 20 bookings will be handed bans. There are various cut-off points to avoid a ban, with the first for five bookings coming after the last round of matches in 2024.

If a player currently on four yellow cards pick up a booking in their side’s match this weekend, this means they will be banned for the fixtures on Boxing Day or 27 December.

All 20 Premier League clubs are in action on either Saturday or Sunday. They will all also be in action on either Boxing Day or, in the case of four teams, 27 December.

League leaders Liverpool are joint-top when it comes to clubs with the highest number of players at risk of suspensions. The other teams with at least three players on four bookings are Bournemouth, Leicester, Nottingham Forest, Southampton and West Ham.

Five teams have two players who will run the risk of picking up a suspension this weekend; Brighton, Chelsea, Everton, Newcastle United and Wolves. Brentford and Fulham meanwhile do not have any players on four yellows.

We’ve trawled through each club’s disciplinary record and identified those players who are one yellow card away from a conveniently timed suspension.

Arsenal

Gabriel Jesus

Aston Villa

Morgan Rogers

Bournemouth

Lewis Cook
Justin Kluivert
Marcos Senesi

Brentford

N/A

Brighton

Lewis Dunk
Jan Paul van Hecke

Chelsea

Nicolas Jackson
Robert Sanchez

Crystal Palace

Jefferson Lerma

Everton

Michael Keane
Ashley Young

Fulham

N/A

Ipswich

Sam Morsy

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Leicester

Jordan Ayew
Wilfred Ndidi
Oliver Skipp
Jamie Vardy

Liverpool

Ryan Gravenberch
Ibrahima Konate
Darwin Nunez

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Manchester City

Bernardo Silva

Manchester United

Harry Maguire

Newcastle

Fabian Schar
Sandro Tonali

Nottingham Forest

Nicolas Dominguez
Neco Williams
Ryan Yates

Southampton

Adam Armstrong
Mateus Fernandes
Adam Lallana

Tottenham

Micky van de Ven

West Ham

Edson Alvarez
Lucas Paqueta
Guido Rodriguez
Tomas Soucek

Wolves

Toti Gomes
Mario Lemina