Upon the Man City incident, a £40 million star from Newcastle United faces a Premier League ban.

Newcastle United midfielder Bruno Guimaraes

Midfielder Joelinton is just one booking away from a one-match Premier League ban after being shown four yellow cards in Newcastle’s first six league matches. Meanwhile, defender Dan Burn is two bookings away from a one match ban with three yellow cards to his name so far.

Joelinton was shown a yellow card during Newcastle’s 1-1 draw with Manchester City on Saturday for a foul on Erling Haaland in the match.

Premier League rules state that any player shown five bookings in the opening 19 league matches is banned for one match. Last season, Newcastle saw Bruno Guimaraes, Anthony Gordon and Kieran Trippier all pick up such suspensions.

Guimaraes was also one booking away from a two-match suspension during the second half of the campaign but managed to go 11 consecutive matches without a booking to avoid a ban.

Now, Joelinton must make it until matchday 20 without picking up another booking in order to avoid suspension. Burn must avoid another two bookings while Bruno Guimaraes must avoid three yellow cards in Newcastle’s next 13 matches having been booked twice already this season.

Lewis Hall, Sandro Tonali, Fabian Schar, Jacob Murphy, Lloyd Kelly and Sean Longstaff all have one booking each.