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 (Stati Uniti): the side reduced to ten loses 72,7% of the time.
| League | Went on to lose | Matches with a red |
|---|---|---|
| 1. MLS Next Pro Stati Uniti | 72.7% | 66 |
| 2. 1. Division Bielorussia | 70.6% | 51 |
| 3. Oberliga - Niederrhein Germania | 65% | 60 |
| 4. Championship Inghilterra | 64.9% | 57 |
| 5. Oberliga - Bayern Süd Germania | 63.9% | 72 |
| 6. Segunda División RFEF - Group 2 Spagna | 63.8% | 58 |
| 7. Eerste Divisie Paesi Bassi | 63% | 54 |
| 8. Football League One Inghilterra | 62.9% | 89 |
| 9. I liga Polonia | 62.7% | 75 |
| 10. 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Germania | 62.3% | 69 |
| 11. Major League Soccer Stati Uniti | 61.5% | 78 |
| 12. Liga Leumit Israele | 61.5% | 52 |
| 13. Oberliga - Rheinland-Pfalz / Saar Germania | 61.2% | 67 |
| 14. Conference North Inghilterra | 61.2% | 103 |
| 15. 1. Division Cipro | 60.9% | 64 |
| 16. Championship Galles | 60.9% | 92 |
| 17. Challenger Pro League Belgio | 60.3% | 63 |
| 18. Regionalliga - Nord Germania | 60% | 65 |
| 19. Super League Svizzera | 60% | 55 |
| 20. Football League Two Inghilterra | 59.5% | 84 |
| 21. Premiership Irlanda del Nord | 59.4% | 64 |
| 22. Ligat ha'Al Israele | 59% | 61 |
| 23. Non League Premier - Southern South Inghilterra | 58.9% | 56 |
| 24. U19 Bundesliga Germania | 58.8% | 114 |
| 25. Liga de Expansión MX Messico | 58.2% | 79 |
| 26. Primera División de México Messico | 58.2% | 98 |
| 27. Liga Portugal 2 Portogallo | 58.1% | 62 |
| 28. Lega saudita professionistica Arabia Saudita | 57.7% | 71 |
| 29. Oberliga - Nordost-Nord Germania | 57.7% | 52 |
| 30. Fußball-Bundesliga Germania | 57.7% | 52 |
| 31. Torneo Federal A Argentina | 57.6% | 191 |
| 32. Serie C - Girone B Italia | 57.3% | 82 |
| 33. Non League Premier - Isthmian Inghilterra | 57.1% | 70 |
| 34. Segunda División RFEF - Group 3 Spagna | 56.9% | 58 |
| 35. Liga Pro Ecuador | 56.8% | 95 |
| 36. 1 Lyga Lituania | 56.5% | 62 |
| 37. Oberliga - Westfalen Germania | 56.4% | 55 |
| 38. 3. Liga Germania | 56.3% | 71 |
| 39. Primera C Metropolitana Argentina | 56.3% | 112 |
| 40. Persha Liga Ucraina | 55.8% | 52 |
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.