Two Manchester United stars are a yellow card away from missing Saturday’s clash against Chelsea through suspension.
Portuguese duo Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes have four yellow cards to their name in the Premier League ahead of tomorrow night’s game against Tottenham Hotspur.
A booking for either or both of the Selecao duo would rule them out of our trip to Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening.
Scott McTominay is available for the match against Antonio Conte’s Spurs having missed Sunday’s goalless draw to Newcastle United through suspension.
United’s number 39 picked up his fifth top-flight booking of the campaign having come off the bench in the 2-1 win against Everton.
Manchester United stars a yellow card away from missing Chelsea clash
Erik ten Hag’s side are averaging three bookings per Premier League game for the 2022-23 campaign.
The Dutchman’s men have amassed 27 yellow cards from our nine Premier League matches.
According to WhoScored, only newly promoted duo Fulham (28) and Nottingham Forest (29) have picked up more bookings than the twenty-time league champions.
With Dalot walking a tight rope, the former Porto youngster is going to be coming up against one of the trickiest and most talented forwards in the league in Heung-Min Son.
Last season’s golden boot winner has five goals to his name across all competitions this season, and our number 20 will have to be at the top of his game to nullify the threat Spurs’ number seven poses, while making sure he doesn’t repeat what happened against Manchester City at the start of the month.
The 23-year-old was booked by referee Michael Oliver inside two minutes at the Etihad after he pulled back Jack Grealish.
Fernandes, who has been captaining the side with Harry Maguire not featuring, picked up his fourth booking against Newcastle on Sunday.
United’s number eight will have to tread carefully when looking to try and win the ball back for his side.
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