In-form Arsenal man and Chelsea trio among 29 Premier League players one booking away from a ban

Twenty-one Premier League players have already managed to get themselves suspended this season for racking up five yellow cards within the first half of the season.

The most high-profile such cases will be seen this week, with Rodri and Jack Grealish both missing for Manchester City against Aston Villa after bookings in the silliness against Spurs on Sunday. Also a special shoutout here to Nicolas Jackson who managed to be suspended for the seventh game of Chelsea’s season after getting five bookings in six games as a centre-forward, including one for standing too close to a free-kick against Aston Villa just after Mauricio Pochettino had stressed the importance of avoiding cheap yellow cards. Lovely stuff.

But there are currently 29 further players sitting one booking from missing a game during The Busy Festive Period. Some of them are absolutely nailed on to get themselves…