{"id":343098,"date":"2025-12-14T03:30:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T03:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/seeing-red-is-chelseas-disciplinary-record-costing-them-in-the-premier-league-title-race\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T03:30:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T03:30:23","slug":"seeing-red-is-chelseas-disciplinary-record-costing-them-in-the-premier-league-title-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343098","title":{"rendered":"Seeing Red: Is Chelsea\u2019s Disciplinary Record Costing them in the Premier League Title Race?"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Some players are more important to a team than others, so therefore some red cards are more costly than others.<\/p>\n

When Moises Caicedo saw red<\/a> against Arsenal and was dismissed for a sturdy lunge at Mikel Merino, his absence was felt to some tune in the Chelsea midfield.<\/p>\n

In the subsequent Premier League games for which Caicedo was suspended, the Blues lost 1-3 at Leeds<\/a> and stumbled to a 0-0 draw with Bournemouth \u2013 clearly, the midfield maestro\u2019s presence was missed.<\/p>\n

It was, remarkably, Chelsea\u2019s fourth red card in 13 Premier League games, which at the time was more than double any other team in the division.<\/p>\n

So is this the outcome of youthful naivety and petulance \u2013 Chelsea\u2019s squad is the youngest in EPL history<\/a>, remember \u2013 or does Enzo Maresca\u2019s side have a disciplinary problem?<\/p>\n

Early Baths<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s perhaps worth pointing out that a rate of 0.26 red cards per match \u2013 four in 15, at the time of writing \u2013 becomes ten red cards if continued over a 38-game season.<\/p>\n

The record most reds in a Premier League campaign? That currently sits at nine, which was a milestone hit by Sunderland in 2009\/10 and QPR in 2011\/12.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s not impossible that Chelsea will join that hall of shame in 2025\/26, unless Maresca is able to strike the right balance between aggression and serious foul play \u2013 it may come back to haunt him if more of his key players are suspended for important games, too.<\/p>\n

Robert Sanchez vs Manchester United<\/h3>\n

The first of the Chelsea quartet to be sent off this term was Robert Sanchez, who displayed, shall we say, questionable decision-making when charging from his line to confront Manchester United forward Bryan Mbeumo back in September.<\/p>\n