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 (Germania): the side reduced to ten loses 63,2% of the time.
| League | Went on to lose | Matches with a red |
|---|---|---|
| 1. 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Germania | 63.2% | 57 |
| 2. Segunda División RFEF - Group 2 Spagna | 62.7% | 59 |
| 3. Premiership Scozia | 62.7% | 67 |
| 4. USL Championship Stati Uniti | 62% | 121 |
| 5. Second League - Group 3 Russia | 61.9% | 105 |
| 6. Czech Liga Cechia | 59.4% | 69 |
| 7. Liga Portugal Portogallo | 59.4% | 96 |
| 8. Serie A Italia | 59.4% | 64 |
| 9. Liga Premier Serie A Messico | 59.3% | 59 |
| 10. Division Nationale Lussemburgo | 58.7% | 63 |
| 11. Non League Premier - Isthmian Inghilterra | 58.4% | 77 |
| 12. Pro League Belgio | 58.4% | 89 |
| 13. Oberliga - Bayern Nord Germania | 58.2% | 55 |
| 14. TFF 1. Lig Turchia | 58.1% | 74 |
| 15. Oberliga - Hamburg Germania | 57.9% | 57 |
| 16. Liga Leumit Israele | 56.7% | 60 |
| 17. Primera B Metropolitana Argentina | 56.5% | 69 |
| 18. Oberliga - Bayern Süd Germania | 56.5% | 62 |
| 19. Regionalliga - Bayern Germania | 56.3% | 71 |
| 20. U19 Bundesliga Germania | 55.9% | 102 |
| 21. Championship Galles | 55.3% | 94 |
| 22. Football League One Inghilterra | 55% | 80 |
| 23. Reserve League Argentina | 54.9% | 153 |
| 24. Serie C Brasile | 54.9% | 51 |
| 25. Regionalliga - Nord Germania | 54.8% | 62 |
| 26. Division 1 Emirati Arabi Uniti | 54.2% | 72 |
| 27. Championship Inghilterra | 54% | 63 |
| 28. Primera B Cile | 53.7% | 95 |
| 29. Souper Ligka Ellada 2 Grecia | 53.4% | 58 |
| 30. Serie B Italia | 53.3% | 107 |
| 31. Prima Lega Svizzera | 52.9% | 68 |
| 32. Primera División de México Messico | 52.9% | 104 |
| 33. Terceira Liga Portogallo | 52.9% | 140 |
| 34. Segunda División RFEF - Group 1 Spagna | 52.9% | 70 |
| 35. Ligat ha'Al Israele | 52.3% | 65 |
| 36. Prem'er-Liga Russia | 52.3% | 65 |
| 37. División Intermedia Paraguay | 52.3% | 65 |
| 38. Liga I Romania | 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.