Wigan Athletic's hopes of European qualification via the Fair Play League have bitten the dust with red cards in successive games.
Wigan's ex-Manchester City midfielder Michael Brown has also helped blot Latics' copy book, picking up a two-match ban on the back of ten bookings.
The turnaround has been a blow for manager Steve Bruce who told theManchester Evening News. "Only a couple of weeks ago we had everyone fit and we were winning the Fair Play League. Then all of a sudden we have two players sent off, another one picks up a suspension.
"I am starting to wish this kind of qualification had not been mentioned to us."