World Cup Fantasy managers should keep one eye on the yellow card count as they use their unlimited transfers before the round of 16, as a one-match suspension will be dished out to any player collecting two bookings.
The slate is wiped clean after the quarter-finals, so a player has to avoid reaching the unwanted two-booking target in his next two appearances in order to avoid a ban.
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BANNED IN MATCHDAY 4/THE ROUND OF 16
There are actually only two players suspended for their respective round-of-16 ties.
Senegal’s Idrissa Gueye ($5.5m) and Japan’s Ko Itakura ($4.5m) are the pair in question, neither of whom are owned by more than 1% of Fantasy bosses.
ON ONE BOOKING
There are 53 other players who remain in the competition who are one booking away from a ban.
England are the only nation left in the last 16 who don’t have a single player on a caution, while seven of Switzerland’s squad members are sitting on one yellow card.
Luka Modric ($8.5m) and Bruno Fernandes ($9.5m) are perhaps the two most highest-profiles names in the below list, with many of the most-owned Fantasy assets yet to have their name taken by the match officials.
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