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 MLS Next Pro (Vereinigte Staaten): the side reduced to ten loses 70,8% of the time.
| League | Went on to lose | Matches with a red |
|---|---|---|
| 1. MLS Next Pro Vereinigte Staaten | 70.8% | 277 |
| 2. Veikkausliiga Finnland | 63.8% | 232 |
| 3. Eliteserien Norwegen | 61.2% | 258 |
| 4. J1 League Japan | 61.1% | 301 |
| 5. Oberliga - Bayern Süd Deutschland | 60.2% | 206 |
| 6. Western Australia NPL Australien | 60% | 215 |
| 7. Eredivisie Niederlande | 59.3% | 550 |
| 8. EFL League One England | 59% | 797 |
| 9. Youth Championship Russland | 58.5% | 398 |
| 10. Second League - Group 3 Russland | 58.5% | 371 |
| 11. Premiership Nordirland | 58.1% | 303 |
| 12. Premiership Schottland | 58% | 412 |
| 13. 1 Lyga Litauen | 58% | 281 |
| 14. Tweede Divisie Niederlande | 58% | 226 |
| 15. Ettan Fotboll Schweden | 57.7% | 213 |
| 16. Victoria NPL Australien | 57.5% | 200 |
| 17. Fotbollsallsvenskan Schweden | 57.4% | 282 |
| 18. K League 1 Südkorea | 57.4% | 251 |
| 19. Ligat ha’Al Israel | 57.2% | 444 |
| 20. Championship England | 57.1% | 807 |
| 21. U19 Bundesliga Deutschland | 57.1% | 368 |
| 22. 2. Liga Österreich | 57% | 512 |
| 23. Umaghlessi Liga Georgien | 56.9% | 239 |
| 24. Czech Liga Tschechien | 56.6% | 417 |
| 25. Challenge League Schweiz | 56.5% | 230 |
| 26. Championship Wales | 56.2% | 539 |
| 27. 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Deutschland | 56.2% | 628 |
| 28. Esiliiga Estland | 55.9% | 286 |
| 29. Premier League England | 55.8% | 505 |
| 30. Major League Soccer Vereinigte Staaten | 55.8% | 783 |
| 31. Premier League Wales | 55.8% | 269 |
| 32. Division 1A Belgien | 55.7% | 648 |
| 33. 1. Division Belarus | 55.7% | 282 |
| 34. 2. Liga Polen | 55.7% | 424 |
| 35. Division 1 Vereinigte Arabische Emirate | 55.6% | 241 |
| 36. Persha Liga Ukraine | 55.6% | 297 |
| 37. UEFA Youth League International | 55.6% | 207 |
| 38. Serie A Italien | 55.2% | 764 |
| 39. Fußball-Regionalliga Bayern Deutschland | 55.2% | 317 |
| 40. Second League - Group 4 Russland | 55.2% | 203 |
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.