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 Major League Soccer (Amerika Birleşik Devletleri): the side reduced to ten loses 64,8% of the time.
| League | Went on to lose | Matches with a red |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Major League Soccer Amerika Birleşik Devletleri | 64.8% | 88 |
| 2. Portekiz Süper Ligi Portekiz | 62.3% | 69 |
| 3. Serie A İtalya | 62.2% | 74 |
| 4. Belçika Birinci Ligi Belçika | 62.1% | 66 |
| 5. Eredivisie Hollanda | 62% | 50 |
| 6. Ligue 2 Fransa | 61.5% | 65 |
| 7. Yunanistan Süper Ligi Yunanistan | 60.6% | 71 |
| 8. Devrî'l-Muhterifin es-Suudî Suudi Arabistan | 59.7% | 62 |
| 9. Ekstraklasa Polonya | 58.8% | 51 |
| 10. Fransa Ligue 1 Fransa | 57.8% | 64 |
| 11. Bundesliga Almanya | 56.9% | 51 |
| 12. 2. Bundesliga Almanya | 56.6% | 53 |
| 13. Primera División de México Meksika | 56.2% | 89 |
| 14. İsviçre Süper Ligi İsviçre | 54.7% | 53 |
| 15. Segunda División İspanya | 53.8% | 104 |
| 16. Super League Çin | 51.7% | 60 |
| 17. La Liga İspanya | 51.4% | 74 |
| 18. Liga Profesional Argentina Arjantin | 51% | 102 |
| 19. Premier Lig İngiltere | 51% | 51 |
| 20. Rossiyskaya Premyer-Liga Rusya | 50% | 56 |
Showing the major competitions. Include every competition
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.