The Madrid derby, closed by the teams with one player less, has "triggered" an alarm in Spain. Referees in the Iberian Peninsula are more conservative than their counterparts in Europe's top leagues.
Such data is reflected in the table below, according to which the strict line with which the main matches in La Liga are run is clearly observed.
Record - In this season La Liga is on a "good" way to break a record of its own, set in the 2009-2010 season. In the mentioned edition, in 380 meetings, the referees have used the red card 149 times. In 81 cases it was directly red, while in the remaining 68 it was behind two yellows.
In the current season, when a full 230 matches have been played, these figures are even higher if we consider the average number of red cards per match. So far, a total of 94 red cards have been handed out.
Comparison - So far in La Liga, 90 players have not been able to complete the full 94'. According to the data, 58 of them were directly punished, while the other 36 were expelled after being "yellowed" twice, according to rtsh. On the other hand, there is the Premier League, which so far counts only 19 excluded. 12 of them have left the game immediately, while 7 have collected two yellow cards in the same 90'.
Comparison table:La Liga - red 94, direct 58, two yellow 36, match 230, average 0,41; Ligue 1 - 71 red cards, 47 direct, 24 two yellow cards, 250 matches, average 0,28; Serie A - red 40, direct 24, two yellow 16, matches 236, average 0.17; Bundesliga - red 29, direct 11, two yellow 18, matches 198, average 0.15; Premier league - red 19, direct 12, two yellow 7, matches 239, average 0.08.
