Teams with the most red card for and against

We have analyzed the previous 11 seasons worth of data to understand the teams that have received the most red cards and the teams who have benefitted from their opposition receiving the most red cards.

The data encompasses 19,985 games across the top five leagues in Europe (Italian Serie A, French Ligue 1, Spanish La Liga, German Bundesliga and English Premier League.)

Teams receiving most red cards (2008/09 - 2019/20)

This section looks at the teams who have had the most red cards over the last 11 seasons.

Top 5 leagues

Ranking	Team	Competition	No. of red cards
1	Genoa	Serie A	85
2	Lazio	Serie A	85
3	Milan	Serie A	82
4	Valencia	La Liga	79
5	Sevilla	La Liga	77
6	Espanyol	La Liga	72
7	Málaga	La Liga	70
8	Getafe	La Liga	68
9	Atalanta	Serie A	68
10	Toulouse	Ligue 1	65

English Premier League

Ranking	Team	No. of red cards
1	Arsenal	43
2	Manchester City	37
3	Newcastle United	36
4	Chelsea	35
5	Sunderland	35
6	Everton	32
7	Manchester United	31
8	Stoke City	29
9	West Ham United	28
10	Liverpool	27

La Liga

Ranking	Team	No. of red cards
1	Valencia	79
2	Sevilla	77
3	Espanyol	72
4	Málaga	70
5	Getafe	68
6	Athletic Club	62
7	Real Madrid	58
8	Levante	54
9	Osasuna	51
10	Atlético Madrid	51

Serie A

Ranking	Team	No. of red cards
1	Genoa	85
2	Lazio	85
3	Milan	82
4	Atalanta	68
5	Cagliari	64
6	Sampdoria	64
7	Roma	62
8	Inter	61
9	Bologna	58
10	Fiorentina	56

Bundesliga

Ranking	Team	No. of red cards
1	Stuttgart	42
2	Wolfsburg	40
3	Schalke 04	39
4	Bayer Leverkusen	36
5	Eintracht Frankfurt	36
6	Werder Bremen	35
7	Hertha BSC	34
8	Mainz 05	33
9	Hoffenheim	33
10	Hannover 96	31

Ligue 1

Ranking	Team	No. of red cards
1	Toulouse	65
2	Nice	63
3	Montpellier	62
4	Lyon	54
5	Marseille	52
6	Saint-Étienne	52
7	Lille	52
8	Bordeaux	49
9	Paris Saint-Germain	48
10	Rennes	48

Teams benefitting from the opposition receiving most red cards (2008/09 - 2019/20)

This section looks at the teams that have seen an opposition player be sent off the most times over the last 11 seasons and have therefore benefitted from playing against 10 men or fewer.