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Every Premier League player who is just one booking away from having Boxing Day off

Billy Meyers

Thu 19 December 2024 16:15, UK

Nobody likes to be working on Boxing Day.

A chance to laze around, gobbling up Christmas Day leftovers and watching all sorts on TV is not something that comes around very often – to say the least – but is an even rarer event for a Premier League footballer to enjoy.

Football on Boxing Day is a tradition in England, with the first match on this day taking place way back in December 1860 when Sheffield FC and Hallam FC clashed.

However, a number of Premier League stars are set to miss out on this traditional Boxing Day match if they pick up a yellow card during this weekend’s action.

Gabriel Jesus and Darwin Nunez among many Premier League stars walking a tightrope

Arsenal No.9 Gabriel Jesus – who knocked Crystal Palace out of the Carabao Cup with three excellent goals on Wednesday – is among the more high profile names on this list, along with Liverpool No.9 Darwin Nunez.

Interestingly, Chelsea No.1 Robert Sanchez is also present – meaning Filip Jorgensen, who Joe Cole admires, could receive a taste of Boxing Day football if the Spaniard cannot behave himself against Everton on Sunday.

Arsenal

• Gabriel Jesus

Aston Villa

• Morgan Rogers

Bournemouth

• Lewis Cook
• Justin Kluivert
• Marcos Senesi

Brighton

• Lewis Dunk
• Jan Paul van Hecke

Chelsea

• Nicolas Jackson
• Robert Sanchez

Crystal Palace

• Jefferson Lerma

Everton

• Michael Keane
• Ashley Young

Ipswich

• Sam Morsy

Leicester

• Jordan Ayew
• Wilfred Ndidi
• Oliver Skipp
• Jamie Vardy

Liverpool

• Ryan Gravenberch
• Ibrahima Konate
• Darwin Nunez

Manchester City

• Bernardo Silva

Manchester United

• Harry Maguire

Newcastle

• Fabian Schar
• Sandro Tonali

Nottingham Forest

• Nicolas Domínguez
• Neco Williams
• Ryan Yates

Southampton

• Adam Armstrong
• Mateus Fernandes
• Adam Lallana

Tottenham

• Micky van de Ven

West Ham

• Edson Alvarez
• Lucas Paqueta
• Carlos Soler
• Tomas Soucek
• Guido Rodriguez

Wolves

• Rayan Ait-Nouri
• Toti Gomes
• Mario Lemina

When Premier League yellow cards reset

Many have asked Google when the Premier League reset the rule which sees a one-match ban given for accumulating five yellow cards.

Only within the first 19 games of a Premier League season does this rule apply.

If a player is booked ten times across the first 32 Premier League games of a season, they will be suspended for two matches – yellow cards are not carried over to the Carabao Cup or FA Cup, but straight red cards in the Premier League are.