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Aitor Karanka’s Nottingham Forest suffered their first defeat of the season at Brentford on Saturday to send them into the international break frustrated with a below-par performance.

During the game, the Reds picked up seven bookings which now means they’ll face a fine from the Football Association.

Any club which collects six or more bookings during a Championship game is hit with a £5,000 fine by the game’s governing body, assuming it’s the first time it’s happened.

At Griffin Park, Michael Hefele, Danny Fox, Jack Robinson, Ben Watson, Ben Osborn, Joe Lolley and Lewis Grabban were all cautioned by referee Peter Bankes, with a couple coming in a late melee which saw the official brandish his card after a series of arguments erupted between the two sets of players.

(Image: Dan Westwell)

Dean Smith's Brentford themselves had five players booked, meaning they narrowly escape a fine of their own, after securing a win which takes them into the Championship's top six.

After those seven bookings, the Reds sit second in the FA Fair Play table, with only their East Midlands rivals Derby County boasting the same record in the opening five games of the campaign.

So far, Karanka’s Reds have clocked up 14 yellow cards which amounts to 56 points, the same as Frank Lampard’s Rams, with four points awarded for each caution they’ve collected, though Derby sit top of the table owing to alphabetical order.

If Forest were to collect six or more bookings again then the £5,000 fine would be doubled, however the club do have the right to request a personal hearing should they feel there are mitigating circumstances.

If the club do decide to appeal and that regulatory commission hearing is heard, the fine could either be increased or decreased depending upon its findings.

So far, Watson, Fox and Jack Colback have picked up three bookings each, just two away from a one-match suspension.