How many cards does a goal cost?
Cards shown for every goal scored — one number for how attritional a league is.
Primeira Liga (Portugal) is the most attritional: 2,43 cards for every goal it scores.
| League | Cards per goal | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Primeira Liga Portugal | 2.43 | 810 |
| 2. Copa Sudamericana Internasional | 2.31 | 392 |
| 3. Seri B Italia | 2.23 | 969 |
| 4. LaLiga Spanyol | 2.18 | 951 |
| 5. Serie A Brasil | 2.12 | 842 |
| 6. Liga I Rumania | 2.08 | 733 |
| 7. Liga MX Meksiko | 2.07 | 802 |
| 8. Segunda División Spanyol | 2.05 | 1.133 |
| 9. Piala Libertadores Internasional | 2.03 | 423 |
| 10. Liga Profesional Argentina Argentina | 2.02 | 1.223 |
| 11. Liga Super Yunani Yunani | 1.99 | 575 |
| 12. Liga Utama Ukraina Ukraina | 1.97 | 381 |
| 13. Liga Utama Rusia Rusia | 1.95 | 650 |
| 14. Liga Utama Inggris Skotlandia | 1.72 | 575 |
| 15. Liga Eropa UEFA Internasional | 1.72 | 466 |
| 16. Serie A Italia | 1.72 | 1.089 |
| 17. Liga Konferensi UEFA Internasional | 1.72 | 1.147 |
| 18. Ligue 2 Prancis | 1.72 | 877 |
| 19. HNL Kroasia | 1.7 | 504 |
| 20. Liga Profesional Saudi Arab Saudi | 1.69 | 637 |
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Both counted from match events over the same matches, so a league appears only once its records carry cards.