Liverpool match could see Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes suspended for two key games

Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes is in danger of receiving a Premier League ban.

He 28 years is on the brink of a two-match suspension, with just two more yellow cards needed to trigger it.

Should he receive more warnings against Chelsea on Thursday and Liverpool this weekend, will be absent for United's matches with Bournemouth and Sheffield United.

This is because he has already accumulated eight warnings this season.

If a player reaches ten yellow cards within the initial 32 of his club first division games, they face an automatic two-game suspension.

Fernandes He served a ban earlier this season for accumulating five yellow cards.

This caused him to miss the December 17 match against Liverpoolwhich ended in a 0-0 draw.

If he fails to earn his 10th yellow card before the game against Bournemouth, the game against Liverpool will mark the last game in which he will need to be careful to avoid suspension.

And with United, sixth placed, on the hunt for a Champions League place, Erik ten Hag It will be sweating that Fernandes is out of the referees' book.

In the last nine Premier League games, he has only received one booking, which came in the February defeat against Fulham.

Still, no player in the United The squad has received more yellow cards than the former Sporting Lisbon maestro this season.

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However, the Portuguese international is not the only one getting a ton of cards, as several others in the league are on the brink of suspension.

Nicolas Jackson of Chelsea and Bruno Guimaraes of Newcastle They are even closer to facing disciplinary action, with both on nine yellow cards.

But unlike Brazilian midfielder Bruno, Senegal international Jackson can receive a two-match ban if he is booked in the next four matches.

Two of his Blues teammates are also in danger: Moisés Caicedo and Cole Palmer with eight and seven yellow cards respectively.