Premier League Booking Tips: Three card plays for Gameweek 38

It’s Gameweek 38 in the Premier League and we’re continuing our series here at BettingOdds.com, highlighting our favourite fancies for players to be carded.

Our man @AnthonyEadson is on duty for the final round of fixtures this season and has provided us with his three football tips for the weekend. As a treble, the three selections pay 147/1 with bet365, but as always, we’ll be recommending the trixie, although it will be profit for those playing the singles if either of the three land.

Jorginho - 4/1 Unibet

The final day of the season means all ten Premier League games kick off at 4pm and the first player I’m targeting in this trio to be carded is Jorginho of Chelsea. Thomas Tuchel’s Blues travel to Villa Park in the hope of confirming their place in the top-four. 

Only two players picked up more yellow cards than Jorginho in the entire league last season, with the Italian receiving ten in total. This season, he has been a little more reserved picking up just one in the Premier League. However, in the Champions League, the midfielder has been shown a yellow card in four of 11 appearances. 

With six yellows in all competitions, including one on his only League Cup appearance, there’s plenty to suggest that the majority of his cards this term have come in more important matches. Another positive here is that Stuart Attwell will be the referee in charge. Attwell had the highest yellow cards per game ratio last season (4.19pg) and has followed that up with the second highest (3.73pg) behind Paul Tierney this season.

Wesley Fofana - 9/2 bet365

Another game of huge significance on Sunday is Leicester City v Tottenham at the King Power. Leicester dropped out of the top-four for the first time since the opening weekend of the season after their midweek loss to Chelsea and Liverpool’s win at Burnley. Brendan Rodgers’ side now need to hope that Chelsea or Liverpool drop points whilst making sure they get a win against Spurs.

Spurs are also looking to confirm their Europa League spot and a finish above North London rivals Arsenal. With so much on the line I feel we could see a good few cards here and Wesley Fofana is the man on my radar. No player has picked up more yellow cards for Leicester in the league this season than the young central defender who has put in some excellent performances this campaign and has seven cautions to his name.

One of his best came in the FA Cup final against Chelsea where he was shown a yellow before going on to follow that up with another on Tuesday night at the Bridge. Fofana averages over a foul a game this season and with 11 yellows in total this term across all competitions and with this game having large significance I’m more than happy to have the 9/2 offering from bet365 onside.

Axel Tuanzebe 5/1 bet365

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer stated on Friday that Harry Maguire will most likely miss next Thursday’s Europa League final due to injury. Maguire has received the most yellow cards in the league this season with 11 and his fitting replacement who rounds off my selections for Sunday will most likely be Axel Tuanzebe.

Tuanzebe has only started eight games for Manchester United this season and has appeared a further nine times from the substitutes bench. In eight starts this campaign, the central defender has been shown a yellow card on four occasions, picking up five in total across all competitions.

At times Tuanzebe’s physical strength and presence can be detrimental to him and his bullish approach can often land him in the book. One referee who I don’t think will stand for much of this is Mike Dean, who takes charge of United’s trip to Wolves.

The notorious official is set to finish in the top-three ranking referees for yellow cards per game for the fourth season in a row after him ranking third of nineteen this term, showing 3.58 yellows per game as well as brandishing eight reds in total - four more than any other referee. 

Remember the trixie pays best with bet365 147/1. Thanks to everyone who has read my ramblings this season on BettingOdds.com and I’ll be back with more selections for Euro 2021. 

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