We've had 204 cards through the first 50 games – an average of 3.96 yellows and 0.12 reds per game. You're probably wondering how it's possible to get a yellow card for excessive celebration – New Zealand's Winston Reid got one for taking his shirt off after scoring the tying goal against Slovakia in the 94th minute.
| Reason | Red | Yellow | 1st | 2nd |
| Hand | 1 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| Foul | 1 | 134 | 131 | 3 |
| Argument | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Fight | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Time Wasting | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Excessive Celebration | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dive | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Persistent Infringement | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Encroachment | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Entering Field | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Professional Foul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dissent | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Dangerous Play | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Off-the-Ball Foul | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 198 | 191 | 7 |
Just for reference's sake, here's the distribution of cards in the English Premier League over the last four seasons:
| Reason | Red | Yellow | 1st | 2nd |
| Hand | 4 | 151 | 145 | 6 |
| Foul | 75 | 3717 | 3620 | 97 |
| Argument | 3 | 386 | 383 | 3 |
| Fight | 25 | 75 | 73 | 2 |
| Time Wasting | 0 | 180 | 177 | 3 |
| Excessive Celebration | 0 | 82 | 81 | 1 |
| Other | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Dive | 0 | 76 | 73 | 3 |
| Persistent Infringement | 0 | 54 | 54 | 0 |
| Encroachment | 0 | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Entering Field | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Professional Foul | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dissent | 0 | 198 | 196 | 2 |
| Dangerous Play | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Off-the-Ball Foul | 0 | 36 | 35 | 1 |
| Total | 122 | 5010 | 4891 | 119 |
In England, there have been 3.30 yellow cards and 0.08 reds per game.
