Sunday Football Tips: Card chaos potential in Spanish derby

• Derby clash has great track record for cards

• Card magnet Alderete looks value at 9/5

• Trejo carded in 24 of last 62 La Liga starts

This might not be the best-known derby in Spain - or even its capital city - but these are two local rivals who regularly produce feisty games.

The pair, from the south of Madrid, have had at least eight cards in 10 of their last 19 meetings. All bar one of those games saw at least five. Last season, one clash delivered no fewer than 13.

This term, both are in the top half of the yellow cards table with Getafe - long one of Spain's dirtiest teams - having also received six red cards.

Referee Isidro Diaz de Escuderos is a decent appointment. He averages 5.38 yellows per game this season (above the average of 5.0) and has shown four reds in his eight matches.

His only Getafe game this season saw 11 cards issued, while he showed Rayo three in their defeat to Real Betis last month, adding to the 16 he gave them in the three previous times their paths clashed.

I'll start the Bet Builder by putting down each team for over 2.5 cards before focusing on a couple of player card angles.

For the hosts, Omar Alderete looks a decent price at 9/5.

The Paraguayan centre-back has been a card magnet since moving to Spain, picking up 15 cards in 28 La Liga starts last season at Valencia.

And, after breaking into the side in November, he's been carded in three of his seven Getafe starts.

As for the visitors, it's back to this column's old friend, Oscar Trejo.

The Rayo captain been mentioned here in the past and his figures now show he's received a card in 34 of his last 62 La Liga starts. 6/4 may otherwise look short but not when put alongside these long-term figures, ones which suggest he should be odds-on.

Trejo is in the top six in the Primera Division for fouls committed per game (2.4) and has been booked in the last three matches in which he's been refereed by Escuderos.

The four legs produce odds close to 10/1 - here's hoping for another card-strewn affair!

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