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Newcastle United face Leicester City this afternoon with three players at risk of a Premier League suspension.
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Dan Burn has already served a one-game suspension this season as he was forced to watch his side’s defeat to West Ham from the sidelines after being shown his fifth booking of the campaign against Nottingham Forest 15 days prior. Tonali, Joelinton and Schar are currently the ones walking a tight disciplinary tightrope and whilst a yellow card this afternoon would rule them out of next weekend’s game against Ipswich Town, they would still be eligible to play against Brentford on Wednesday night.
That’s because Premier League yellow card suspensions do not carry over into the Carabao Cup. Whilst Sean Longstaff will be suspended for that match because of an accumulation of bookings, his yellow cards were shown in Carabao Cup matches and so will serve a competition specific suspension.
Suspensions only carry over from the Premier League to the Carabao Cup because of red card offences. Newcastle United felt those rules first-hand when Nick Pope was shown a red card against Liverpool in Newcastle’s final league game before their Carabao Cup final against Manchester United in February 2023.
Speaking last month about Schar and Joelinton approaching a potential suspension, Howe said: “With those guys, the likelihood is that they will get booked before the cut-off point but that’s why we have the squad.”
Leicester City, meanwhile, will be without Boubakary Soumare this afternoon as he serves a one-game ban after picking up his fifth booking of the season last weekend against Brighton. Jamie Vardy, Jordan Ayew and Wilfred Ndidi are currently just one booking away from a ban as well, however, the latter of the trio is not expected to feature at St James’ Park this afternoon because of injury.
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