With the 2025/26 Premier League season now 12 games old, players are beginning to pick up suspensions for accumulating yellow cards. Rules state that anyone who picks up five bookings before the end of gameweek 19 will receive an automatic one-match ban and there are still seven full rounds of action to get through before passing that milestone.
Six players have already hit that five-card threshold and been banned, with 19 walking the tightrope on four bookings. Among them is one Leeds United player and several from upcoming opponents. Should that fifth yellow card come the week before facing the Whites, they will subsequently miss the chance go up against Daniel Farke’s side.
Key men from future opponents including Liverpool, Brentford, Crystal Palace and Sunderland are all one yellow card away from a ban. Take a look below to see who is walking the tightrope.
3. Patrick Dorgu
Position: Defender | Club: Manchester United | Manchester United via Getty Imag
