Five banned, 16 walking tightrope: SPL disciplinary watch

SPL disciplinary: January 24©SNS Group

Two more players have picked up bans for going through the six yellow card barrier in the Scottish Premier League.

Aberdeen's Kari Arnason and Hibernian's Paul Hanlon will be absent from their respective side's fixture in two week's time, with 16 more players in danger of joining them.

Aberdeen have now accumulated the most discipline points this season, picking up 41 yellows and five red cards. Hibernian are well out in front in terms of bookings, having picked up 50 yellow cards this campaign.

You can keep up-to-date here throughout the season with all of the current SPL suspensions, the disciplinary league table and a club-by-club breakdown of who has received cards and which players are nearing a ban.

All suspensions are valid up to and including Sunday, January 29.

BOOKING COUNT

All of the below players are one yellow card away from a suspension.

Player Club
Paul Dixon Dundee United
Paul Burns Dunfermline Athletic
Martin Hardie Dunfermline Athletic
Jamie Hamill Hearts
Andy Webster Hearts
Marius Zaliukas Hearts
Isaiah Osbourne Hibernian
Ivan Sproule Hibernian
Dean Shiels Kilmarnock
Keith Lasley Motherwell
Shaun Hutchinson Motherwell
Carlos Bocanegra Rangers
Maurice Edu Rangers
Kyle Lafferty Rangers
Liam Craig St Johnstone
Stephen Thompson St Mirren


CURRENT SPL SUSPENSIONS

Player Club Ban duration (remaining)
Kari Arnason Aberdeen One match (effective 4/2/12)
Ian Black Hearts One match (effective 28/1/12)
Garry O'Connor Hibernian One match (effective 28/1/12)
Paul Hanlon Hibernian One match (effective 4/2/12)
Stephen Craigan Motherwell Two matches
Michael Higdon Motherwell One match


SPL DISCIPLINARY LEAGUE TABLE

Each club's current card count is used to form the SPL disciplinary league table. One point is given for every yellow card, while two points are attributed to each red card.

Club Yellow Red Total
Aberdeen 41 5 51
Hibernian 50 0 50
Rangers 42 4 50
Hearts 42 3 48
Inverness CT 39 3 45
St Johnstone 40 0 40
Dunfermline 34 2 38
St Mirren 36 1 38
Motherwell 30 2 34
Dundee United 31 1 33
Kilmarnock 31 0 31
Celtic 22 2 26


CLUB BY CLUB

Every yellow and red card given to a player in SPL competition in the 2011/12 season is listed. If you spot an error, send us a tweet @STVSport or e-mail sport@stv.tv.

Players recieve an automatic one-match suspension in the SPL when they reach six yellow cards.

If a player is sent off for a second bookable offence, neither yellow card is listed below, as per Scottish FA guidance on the recording of bookings.

  Yellow Red
Kari Arnason 6 0
Richard Foster 4 0
Youl Mawene 4 0
Issac Osbourne 4 0
Rory Fallon 3 1
Josh Magennis 3 0
Peter Pawlett 3 0
Fraser Fyvie 4 1
Scott Vernon 2 0
Darren Mackie 2 0
Andrew Considine 2 1
Clark Robertson 2 0
Robert Milsom 1 0
Chris Clark 1 0
Rory McArdle 1 0
Ryan Jack 0 2

 

  Yellow Red
Beram Kayal 4 0
Ki Sung-Yeung 3 0
Daniel Majstorovic 2 0
Anthony Stokes 2 0
Charlie Mulgrew 1 1
Gary Hooper 1 0
Mark Wilson 1 0
Victor Wanyama 1 0
James Forrest 1 0
Badr El Kaddouri 1 0
Glenn Loovens 1 0
Fraser Forster 1 0
Georgios Samaras 1 0
Cha Du-Ri 1 0
Thomas Rogne 1 0
Kris Commons 0 1

 

  Yellow Red
Paul Dixon 5 0
Willo Flood 4 0
Gary Mackay Steven 3 0
Jon Daly 2 0
Scott Robertson 2 0
Danny Swanson 2 0
Keith Watson 2 0
Garry Kenneth 2 0
John Rankin 3 0
Robbie Neilson 3 0
Sean Dillon 3 0
Lauri Dalla Valle 1 0
Gavin Gunning 1 0
Johnny Russell 0 1

 

  Yellow Red
Paul Burns 5 0
Martin Hardie 5 0
Austin McCann 3 0
Ryan Thomson 3 0
Alex Keddie 3 0
Andy Dowie 2 0
Paul Willis 2 0
Jason Thomson 2 0
Patrick Boyle 2 0
Andy Barrowman 2 0
Joe Cardle 1 0
Andy Kirk 1 0
Gary Mason 1 1
David Graham 1 0
John Potter 2 1

 

  Yellow Red
Ian Black 7 2
Marius Zaliukas 5 1
Jamie Hamill 5 0
Andy Webster 5 0
Rudi Skacel 4 0
Medhi Taouil 3 0
Danny Grainger 3 0
Ryan Stevenson 2 0
David Templeton 2 0
Adrian Mrowiec 1 0
Eggert Jonsson 1 0
Ryan McGowan 2 0
Scott Robinson 1 0
Darren Barr 1 0

 

  Yellow Red
Sean O'Hanlon 6 0
Garry O'Connor 6 0
Paul Hanlon 6 0
Victor Palsson 5 0
Isaiah Osbourne 5 0
Ivan Sproule 5 0
Ian Murray 3 0
David Wotherspoon 3 0
Leigh Griffiths 4 0
Calum Booth 2 0
David Stephens 3 0
Lewis Stevenson 3 0
Akpo Sodje 1 0
Martin Scott 1 0
Graham Stack 1 0

 

  Yellow Red
Richie Foran 6 0
Thomas Piermayr 6 0
Ross Tokely 4 1
Greg Tansey 3 0
David Davis 3 1
Graeme Shinnie 3 0
Chris Hogg 2 1
Roman Golobart 2 0
Kenny Gillet 2 0
Gregory Tade 2 0
David Proctor 1 0
Andrew Shinnie 1 0
Lee Cox 1 0
Josh Meekings 1 0
Nick Ross 1 0
Shane Sutherland 1 0

 

  Yellow Red
James Fowler 6 0
Dean Shiels 5 0
Manuel Pascali 4 0
Mo Sissoko 4 0
Liam Kelly 3 0
Gary Fisher 2 0
James Dayton 2 0
Garry Hay 3 0
Alex Pursehouse 1 0
David Silva 1 0

 

  Yellow Red
Keith Lasley 5 1
Shaun Hutchinson 5 0
Steve Jennings 4 0
Tim Clancy 4 1
Steven Hammell 3 0
Stephen Craigan 3 1
Michael Higdon 3 0
Jamie Murphy 2 0
Omar Daley 1 0
Ross Forbes 1 0
Stephen Hughes 1 0
Henrik Ojamaa 1 0

 

  Yellow Red
Kyle Lafferty 5 0
Maurice Edu 5 1
Carlos Bocanegra 5 0
Dorin Goian 4 1
Kirk Broadfoot 3 0
Steven Whittaker 3 0
Kyle Bartley 3 0
Sasa Papac 2 0
Steven Davis 2 0
Nikica Jelavic 2 0
Lee McCulloch 2 1
Jordan McMillan 2 0
Juan Manuel Ortiz 1 0
Steven Naismith 1 0
David Healy 1 0
Gregg Wylde 0 1
Salim Kerkar 1 0

 

  Yellow Red
Liam Craig 5 0
Jamie Adams 3 0
Frazer Wright 3 0
Murray Davidson 3 0
Steven Anderson 3 0
Chris Millar 2 0
Carl Finnigan 2 0
Alan Maybury 2 0
Francisco Sandaza 3 0
Dave Mackay 2 0
David McCracken 2 0
Jody Morris 3 0
Kevin Moon 2 0
Callum Davidson 2 0
Cillian Sheridan 1 0
David Robertson 1 0
Lee Croft 1 0

 

  Yellow Red
Jim Goodwin 6 0
Steven Thompson 5 0
Nigel Hasselbaink 4 1
Paul McGowan 4 0
Illias Haddad 2 0
Lee Mair 2 0
David van Zanten 2 0
Kenny McLean 2 0
Graham Carey 3 0
Marc McAusland 2 0
Darren McGregor 1 0
Steven Thomson 1 0
David Barron 1 0
Jeroen Tesselaar 1 0

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