What does a sending-off cost?
How often a side that has a player sent off goes on to lose. Across the majors it is 53.3% — against a baseline defeat rate near a third.
A red card is most expensive in 2. Fußball-Bundesliga (Deutschland): the side reduced to ten loses 63,2% of the time.
| League | Went on to lose | Matches with a red |
|---|---|---|
| 1. 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Deutschland | 63.2% | 57 |
| 2. Segunda División RFEF - Group 2 Spanien | 62.7% | 59 |
| 3. Premiership Schottland | 62.7% | 67 |
| 4. USL Championship Vereinigte Staaten | 62% | 121 |
| 5. Second League - Group 3 Russland | 61.9% | 105 |
| 6. Czech Liga Tschechien | 59.4% | 69 |
| 7. Primeira Liga Portugal | 59.4% | 96 |
| 8. Serie A Italien | 59.4% | 64 |
| 9. Liga Premier Serie A Mexiko | 59.3% | 59 |
| 10. Nationaldivision Luxemburg | 58.7% | 63 |
| 11. Non League Premier - Isthmian England | 58.4% | 77 |
| 12. Division 1A Belgien | 58.4% | 89 |
| 13. Oberliga - Bayern Nord Deutschland | 58.2% | 55 |
| 14. TFF 1. Lig Türkei | 58.1% | 74 |
| 15. Fußball-Oberliga Hamburg Deutschland | 57.9% | 57 |
| 16. Liga Leumit Israel | 56.7% | 60 |
| 17. Primera B Metropolitana Argentinien | 56.5% | 69 |
| 18. Oberliga - Bayern Süd Deutschland | 56.5% | 62 |
| 19. Fußball-Regionalliga Bayern Deutschland | 56.3% | 71 |
| 20. U19 Bundesliga Deutschland | 55.9% | 102 |
| 21. Championship Wales | 55.3% | 94 |
| 22. EFL League One England | 55% | 80 |
| 23. Reserve League Argentinien | 54.9% | 153 |
| 24. Serie C Brasilien | 54.9% | 51 |
| 25. Fußball-Regionalliga Nord Deutschland | 54.8% | 62 |
| 26. Division 1 Vereinigte Arabische Emirate | 54.2% | 72 |
| 27. Championship England | 54% | 63 |
| 28. Primera B Chile | 53.7% | 95 |
| 29. Super League 2 (Griechenland) Griechenland | 53.4% | 58 |
| 30. Serie B Italien | 53.3% | 107 |
| 31. 1. Liga Schweiz | 52.9% | 68 |
| 32. Liga MX Mexiko | 52.9% | 104 |
| 33. Liga 3 Portugal | 52.9% | 140 |
| 34. Segunda División RFEF - Group 1 Spanien | 52.9% | 70 |
| 35. Ligat ha’Al Israel | 52.3% | 65 |
| 36. Premjer-Liga Russland | 52.3% | 65 |
| 37. Division Intermedia Paraguay | 52.3% | 65 |
| 38. Liga 1 Rumänien | 52.2% | 67 |
| 39. Division Profesional - Clausura Paraguay | 52.2% | 69 |
| 40. Serie C - Girone A Italien | 52% | 100 |
Showing every competition. Major competitions only
League play only. A match counts once per side that saw a red, so a match with two sendings-off appears on both sides of the ledger.