<P> A player sanctioned with a red card was sent off from the pitch and could not be replaced . Furthermore, the player was automatically banned from his team's next match . After a straight red card, FIFA conducted a hearing and considered extending this ban beyond one match . If the ban extended beyond the end of the World Cup finals (for example, a player was sent off in his team's last match), it had to be served in the team's next competitive international match (es). </P> <P> A player also received a one match ban if he picked up a single yellow card in two different games from the beginning of the group stage until the end of the quarter - finals, where single yellow cards were negated . However, such a ban did not carry over beyond the World Cup finals if the second yellow card was collected in his team's last match . </P> <Ul> <Li> Total number of yellow cards: 219 </Li> <Li> Average yellow cards per match: 3.42 </Li> <Li> Total number of red cards: 4 </Li> <Li> Average red cards per match: 0.06 </Li> <Li> First yellow card of the tournament: Aleksandr Golovin for Russia against Saudi Arabia </Li> <Li> First red card of the tournament: Carlos Sánchez Moreno for Colombia against Japan </Li> <Li> Fastest yellow card from kick off: 1st minute </Li> <Li> Fastest yellow card after coming on as a substitute: 1st minute </Li> <Li> Latest yellow card in a match without extra time: 90 + 8th minute Aleksandar Prijović for Serbia against Costa Rica, Cédric Soares for Portugal against Iran </Li> <Li> Latest yellow card in a match with extra time: 118th minute </Li> <Li> Fastest dismissal from kick off: 3rd minute </Li> <Li> Latest dismissal in a match without extra time: 90 + 4th minute </Li> <Li> Shortest time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player: 9 minutes Igor Smolnikov for Russia against Uruguay (booked in the 27th minute and again in the 36th minute) </Li> <Li> Most yellow cards (team): 15 Croatia </Li> <Li> Most red cards (team): 1 Colombia, Germany, Russia, Switzerland </Li> <Li> Fewest yellow cards (team): 1 Saudi Arabia </Li> <Li> Most yellow cards (player): 3 Sebastian Larsson </Li> <Li> Most red cards (player): 1 Jérôme Boateng, Michael Lang, Carlos Sánchez Moreno, Igor Smolnikov </Li> <Li> Most yellow cards (match): 8 Belgium vs Panama, France vs Argentina, Colombia vs England </Li> <Li> Most red cards (match): 1 Colombia vs Japan, Germany vs Sweden, Uruguay vs Russia, Sweden vs Switzerland </Li> <Li> Fewest yellow cards (match): 0 Argentina vs Iceland, Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia </Li> <Li> Most cards in one match: 8 yellow cards Belgium vs Panama, France vs Argentina, Colombia vs England </Li> </Ul> <Li> Total number of yellow cards: 219 </Li>

Number of red card in world cup 2018