Below is the number of fouls committed per yellow card received in the SPL so far this season. On average a yellow card is recieved every 6.79 fouls, however one club is getting penalised much less than all the others.1 - Celtic - 13.00 fouls per booking2 - Dundee Utd - 7.94 fouls per booking3 - Rangers - 7.28 fouls per booking4 - Aberdeen - 6.54 fouls per booking5 - Motherwell - 6.44 fouls per booking6 - Inverness CT - 6.21 fouls per booking7 - Dunfermline - 6.05 fouls per booking8 - Kilmarnock - 5.95 fouls per booking9 - Hibs - 5.86 fouls per booking10 - Hearts - 5.70 fouls per booking11 - St Mirren - 5.29 fouls per booking12 - St Johnstone - 5.17 fouls per bookingIf we now look at the average booking per fouls in home games only, one club's average is again significantly more favourable than any other team in the league.1 - Celtic - 15.67 fouls per booking2 - Dundee Utd - 8.90 fouls per booking3 - Rangers - 8.67 fouls per booking4 - Aberdeen - 7.89 fouls per booking5 - Kilmarnock - 7.80 fouls per booking6 - Inverness CT - 6.46 fouls per booking7 - St Johnstone - 6.45 fouls per booking8 - Hearts - 6.29 fouls per booking9 - Hibs - 6.18 fouls per booking10 - Motherwell - 6.00 fouls per booking11 - Dunfermline - 5.69 fouls per booking12 - St Mirren - 5.00 fouls per bookingAnd finally, looking at away games, and again one club's average is much more favourable than anyone elses:1 - Celtic - 11.86 fouls per booking2 - Motherwell - 6.89 fouls per booking3 - Dunfermline - 6.83 fouls per booking4 - Rangers - 6.58 fouls per booking5 - Dundee Utd - 6.57 fouls per booking6 - Inverness CT - 5.91 fouls per booking7 - Aberdeen - 5.82 fouls per booking8 - Hibs - 5.65 fouls per booking9 - St Mirren - 5.54 fouls per booking10 - Kilmarnock - 5.41 fouls per booking11 - Hearts - 5.08 fouls per booking12 - St Johnstone - 4.08 fouls per bookingIt's silly to draw conclusions at this stage of the season - and also difficult in a general sense as multiple tackles will go unpunished as harmless but one bad foul will lead to a caution - but when one considers that both Glasgow sides finished last season with an average FPB (fouls per booking) of between 6.5 and 6.9 the huge difference so far this term is worthy of comment.
Let's see how it develops.
Source: FOOTYMAD
