Who has received the highest ratio of red cards in the Premier League?

After a weekend full of top-flight dismissals, we look at which team has received the highest ratio of red cards in Premier League history...

There were five sendings-off on Saturday and Sunday, with James Milner, Juan Mata, Francis Coquelin, Kevin Mirallas and Jose Fonte all receiving their marching orders due to various misdemeanours or other.

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Mirallas' dismissal - for two yellow cards - took Everton's total number of reds in the Premier League era to a record-breaking 82 in 914 matches.

Meanwhile, Coquelin's sending-off - also after receiving two cautions - in the north London derby was Arsenal's 81st in 915 Premier League encounters, leaving them second in the table of all-time dismissals.

However, which side has the highest red card to games ratio of Premier League teams to have played five or more seasons?

Well, that undesirable tag goes to Blackburn Rovers, whose 76 sending-offs in 696 contests - one red every 9.2 games - sees them leading the way in this field.

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Sunderland follow close behind having collected 57 reds in 561 Premier League matches at an average of one every 9.8 games, with Birmingham City next on the list after seeing 26 players sent off in 266 encounters (one every 10.2 matches).

Completing the top five are Stoke City, with 28 red cards in their 295 Premier League contests to date at a ratio of one every 10.5 games, and Queens Park Rangers, whose 26 dismissals have come in 278 fixtures at a rate of one every 10.7 matches.

At the opposite end of the scale, though, the 'cleanest' team to play five or more Premier League campaigns are Ipswich Town, who saw only six players sent off in their 202 contests at a ratio of one every 33.7 games.