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Jonty Colman

The West Ham defender walking a suspension tightrope ahead of Wolves Premier League fixture

West Ham United defender Thilo Kehrer will hope to avoid getting booked in the Hammers’ meeting with Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.

The German defender is on four bookings in the Premier League this season and is David Moyes’ side’s most carded player so far after 18 matches.

The FA’s suspension laws state that any player who receives five bookings before the completion of their side’s 19th league game will be handed a one-match suspension.

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With Saturday’s trip to Molineux being West Ham’s final game before the threshold changes, should Kehrer avoid a caution, he will not be banned for the meeting with Everton in ten days’ time.

Italian striker Gianluca Scamacca and right-back Vladimir Coufal were the next closest to being suspended, with both of them being booked three times so far.

After Saturday’s match, West Ham’s players will have to avoid getting carded before the end of their 32nd Premier League match in order to escape a ban.

Here is a full list of West Ham players and how many yellow cards they are on heading into a London derby with the Wolves.

Premier League yellow cards -

Thilo Kehrer – 4

Gianluca Scamacca and Vladimir Coufal - 3

Aaron Cresswell, Declan Rice, Craig Dawson and Lucas Paqueta – 2

Emerson, Michail Antonio, Tomas Soucek, Jarrod Bowen and Nayef Aguerd – 1

Players in the Europa Conference League receive a one-match ban when receiving three yellow cards in the competition.

Centre-back Angelo Ogbonna and central midfielder Flynn Downes have been booked twice so far in the group stage, with ten other players getting booked once.

Europa Conference League yellow cards (not including play-off qualifying round) -

Angelo Ogbonna and Flynn Downes – 2

Manuel Lanzini, Vladimir Coufal, Emerson, Gianluca Scamacca, Conor Coventry, Aaron Cresswell, Tomas Soucek, Lucas Paqueta, Ben Johnson, Maxwel Cornet, Divin Mubama, Nayef Aguerd and Ollie Scarles - 1

In the FA Cup, players from sides entering at the third round, including West Ham, will receive a one-match ban if they receive two bookings before the end of the sixth round.

In the third round win over Brentford, centre-back Craig Dawson was the only player to have been booked.

FA Cup yellow cards -

Craig Dawson - 1

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