Newcastle United winger Anthony Gordon is set to miss the Carabao Cup final against Liverpool through suspension.
Gordon was shown a straight red card by referee Anthony Taylor after raising his hand and shoving Brighton & Hove Albion defender Jan Paul van Hecke to the ground in Sunday’s FA Cup fifth-round tie.
The 24-year-old is now set to be handed a three-match suspension for violent conduct which would rule him out of the Carabao Cup final on March 9, pending the possibility of a successful appeal from Newcastle.
The former Everton winger is a key player for Eddie Howe’s side, starting 25 of the team’s 27 Premier League matches this season and scoring nine goals across all competitions.
A similar incident happened two seasons when Newcastle were last in the Carabao Cup final with the side’s goalkeeper Nick Pope sent-off in a Premier League match against Liverpool and subsequently being suspended for the final defeat to Manchester United.
Are red cards transferrable across English competitions?
Not always. Red cards in the Premier League spill over to all domestic competitions, namely the Carabao Cup and FA Cup, and vice versa — meaning these games will count towards clearing the suspension.
The only competition-specific bans are ones for picking up several yellow cards across a series of games in the same competition.
Yellow cards remain competition-specific in the cups. A match ban is picked up in the cups after two yellows in different matches, applied the following round. These are wiped after the quarter-final.
Receiving a red card in cup competition can rule you out for Premier League matches or other cup competitions. Cup red card suspensions follow the same lengths as the Premier League for the respective offences. Suspensions apply for the following games across all domestic competitions.
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Do Premier League red cards apply across all competitions – and how long do suspensions last?
What suspension lengths apply for red cards?
In both of the cups and in the Premier League, suspensions are as follows:
- A second yellow card in the same match (and consequential red) means a one-match ban
- Denying a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (e.g. last-man tackle, handball on the line) — a one-match ban
- Dissent — a two-match ban
- Violent conduct or serious foul play (e.g. Bruno Fernandes’ challenge during Manchester United’s 3-0 defeat by Tottenham Hotspur, which has since been overturned) — a three-match ban
- Spitting at/on an opponent — a six-match ban
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