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 (Jerman): the side reduced to ten loses 63,2% of the time.
| League | Went on to lose | Matches with a red |
|---|---|---|
| 1. 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Jerman | 63.2% | 57 |
| 2. Segunda División RFEF - Group 2 Spanyol | 62.7% | 59 |
| 3. Liga Utama Inggris Skotlandia | 62.7% | 67 |
| 4. USL Championship Amerika Serikat | 62% | 121 |
| 5. Second League - Group 3 Rusia | 61.9% | 105 |
| 6. Czech Liga Ceko | 59.4% | 69 |
| 7. Primeira Liga Portugal | 59.4% | 96 |
| 8. Serie A Italia | 59.4% | 64 |
| 9. Liga Premier Serie A Meksiko | 59.3% | 59 |
| 10. Divisi Nasional Luksemburg Luksemburg | 58.7% | 63 |
| 11. Non League Premier - Isthmian Inggris | 58.4% | 77 |
| 12. Liga Profesional Belgia Belgia | 58.4% | 89 |
| 13. Oberliga - Bayern Nord Jerman | 58.2% | 55 |
| 14. TFF 1. Lig Turki | 58.1% | 74 |
| 15. Oberliga - Hamburg Jerman | 57.9% | 57 |
| 16. Liga Leumit Israel | 56.7% | 60 |
| 17. Primera B Metropolitana Argentina | 56.5% | 69 |
| 18. Oberliga - Bayern Süd Jerman | 56.5% | 62 |
| 19. Regionalliga - Bayern Jerman | 56.3% | 71 |
| 20. U19 Bundesliga Jerman | 55.9% | 102 |
| 21. FAW Championship Wales | 55.3% | 94 |
| 22. Liga Satu Inggris Inggris | 55% | 80 |
| 23. Reserve League Argentina | 54.9% | 153 |
| 24. Serie C Brasil | 54.9% | 51 |
| 25. Regionalliga - Nord Jerman | 54.8% | 62 |
| 26. Division 1 Uni Emirat Arab | 54.2% | 72 |
| 27. Championship Inggris | 54% | 63 |
| 28. Primera B Cile | 53.7% | 95 |
| 29. Super League 2 Yunani | 53.4% | 58 |
| 30. Seri B Italia | 53.3% | 107 |
| 31. 1. Liga Promotion Swiss | 52.9% | 68 |
| 32. Liga MX Meksiko | 52.9% | 104 |
| 33. Liga 3 Portugal | 52.9% | 140 |
| 34. Segunda División RFEF - Group 1 Spanyol | 52.9% | 70 |
| 35. Ligat ha'Al Israel | 52.3% | 65 |
| 36. Liga Utama Rusia Rusia | 52.3% | 65 |
| 37. Division Intermedia Paraguay | 52.3% | 65 |
| 38. Liga I Rumania | 52.2% | 67 |
| 39. Division Profesional - Clausura Paraguay | 52.2% | 69 |
| 40. Serie C - Girone A Italia | 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.