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It isn't played much, but the Nottingham derby currently produces the most yellow cards per game, although the infrequent matches mean we really don't have much data for it. If we look at a bigger range of data we see that the two derbies which produce the most red cards also produce a lot of yellows - both the A420 Derby (Oxford v Swindon) and M4 Derby (Reading v Swindon) producing an average of more than 4.60 yellows per game. These are sandwiched around the Potteries Derby (Port Vale v Stoke) which has an impressive number of yellow cards, despite it not producing many reds.
It should be noted that card stats for most derbies only go back to the year 2000 and yellow cards only got introduced into football in the 1960s.
Most yellow cards
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Nottingham Forest vs Notts County
6.00 yellow cards per game
6 yellow cards in our database
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Huddersfield Town vs Leeds United
4.45 yellow cards per game
89 yellow cards in our database
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Derby County vs Nottingham Forest
4.41 yellow cards per game
181 yellow cards in our database
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Cardiff City vs Swansea City
4.19 yellow cards per game
88 yellow cards in our database
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Blackburn Rovers vs Burnley
4.18 yellow cards per game
71 yellow cards in our database
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Blackpool vs Preston North End
4.18 yellow cards per game
46 yellow cards in our database
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Millwall vs West Ham United
4.14 yellow cards per game
29 yellow cards in our database
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Bradford City vs Leeds United
4.13 yellow cards per game
33 yellow cards in our database
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Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur
4.03 yellow cards per game
318 yellow cards in our database
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Bolton Wanderers vs Wigan Athletic
4.03 yellow cards per game
125 yellow cards in our database
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Manchester City vs Manchester United
3.86 yellow cards per game
270 yellow cards in our database
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Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace
3.81 yellow cards per game
99 yellow cards in our database
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Mansfield Town vs Notts County
3.75 yellow cards per game
90 yellow cards in our database
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Portsmouth vs Southampton
3.70 yellow cards per game
37 yellow cards in our database
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Grimsby Town vs Scunthorpe United
3.64 yellow cards per game
40 yellow cards in our database
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Lincoln City vs Scunthorpe United
3.63 yellow cards per game
58 yellow cards in our database
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Ipswich Town vs Norwich City
3.60 yellow cards per game
144 yellow cards in our database
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Colchester United vs Southend United
3.44 yellow cards per game
62 yellow cards in our database
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Coventry City vs Leicester City
3.25 yellow cards per game
65 yellow cards in our database
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Sheffield United vs Sheffield Wednesday
3.21 yellow cards per game
90 yellow cards in our database
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Oxford United vs Reading
3.17 yellow cards per game
19 yellow cards in our database
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West Bromwich Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
3.00 yellow cards per game
78 yellow cards in our database
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Bristol City vs Bristol Rovers
2.83 yellow cards per game
17 yellow cards in our database
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Newcastle United vs Sunderland
2.81 yellow cards per game
174 yellow cards in our database
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Exeter City vs Plymouth Argyle
2.78 yellow cards per game
64 yellow cards in our database
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Aston Villa vs Birmingham City
2.51 yellow cards per game
133 yellow cards in our database
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Upcoming Derby
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