Which Saints players are now close to a yellow card suspension?

SAINTS forward Adam Armstrong is one yellow card away from a one-match suspension following his booking against Chelsea.

Armstrong, 27, was booked just after the break in a 5-1 defeat at home that has left Russell Martin's side a distant bottom of the Premier League.

Martin was without Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Flynn Downes and Tyler Dibling after all three picked up their fifth yellow cards against Brighton last time out.

Accumulating five, 10, 15 or 20 yellow cards in league matches will result in an automatic ban. Yellow cards in cup competitions are treated separately.

The threshold for a ban rises to 10 yellows after Saints have played 19 Premier League matches - meaning these players must escape cautions in five games.

Saints players close to a yellow-card suspension

Adam Armstrong - 4

Adam Lallana - 4

Jan Bednarek - 3

Mateus Fernandes - 3

Kyle Walker-Peters - 3

Yukinari Sugawara - 2

Adam Lallana is currently sidelined by injury (Image: Stuart Martin)

Have any other Saints players been booked this season?

Jack Stephens has also been booked twice but is set to serve a four-match suspension in all competitions for his red card against Chelsea.

He will miss three Premier League games and thus be unable to reach the five-match threshold before the matchday 19 cut-off point.

Eight have one booking; Ben Brereton Diaz, Max Cornet, Ryan Manning, Paul Onuachu, Aaron Ramsdale, Ross Stewart, Lesley Ugochukwu and Charlie Taylor.