Most yellow cards for a team in an English Premier League match

Nine Tottenham Hotspur (UK) players were shown yellow cards in an ill-tempered Premier League match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, London, UK, on 2 May 2016.

The nine Tottenham players booked by referee Mark Clattenburg were Kyle Walker (27 min), Jan Vertonghen (38 min), Danny Rose (45+1 min), Erik Lamela (51 min), Christian Eriksen (70 min), Eric Dier (87 min), Harry Kane (90+5 min), Mousa Dembélé (90+5 min) and Ryan Mason (90+6 min).

Three Chelsea players were also booked: Willian (45+1 min), Branislav Ivanovic (71 min) and John Obi Mikel (87 min), bringing the total number of yellow cards to 12.

Just three players from Tottenham's starting 11 escaped without a caution, including goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

The match finished 2–2, which handed the 2015–16 Premier League title to Leicester City. Tottenham needed to win the match to maintain their title challenge. At the end of the game Spurs were on 70 points – seven points adrift of the Foxes with just two games remaining.