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It is a debate that many fans like to have and never solve: Which is the best league in Europe? It can be measured by goals, stars and many other factors but, when it comes to collecting cards, nobody does it like LaLiga.

After 31 games of the 2017/18 season, a whopping eight of the top nine most carded teams in the continent's top five leagues, including the top seven, are from the Spanish Primera.

No club can match Getafe's tally of 99 yellows, four of which came in the final 20 minutes of the first half versus Real Betis on Monday, and three reds.

Top 10 worst disciplined teams in the five major European leagues

Getafe: 99 yellows & 3 reds (Total: 102) Villarreal: 90 yellows & 4 reds (Total: 94) Levante: 86 yellows & 4 reds (Total: 90) Alavés: 83 yellows & 4 reds (Total: 87) Valencia: 83 yellows & 4 reds(Total: 87) Deportivo la Coruña: 85 yellows & 2 reds (Total: 87) Leganes: 83 yellows & 2 reds (Total: 85) Toulouse: 81 yellows & 2 reds (Total: 83) Girona: 81 yellows & 0 reds (Total: 81) SPAL: 76 yellows & 4 reds (Total: 80)

Behind them come Villarreal, Levante and Alaves until the highest non-Spanish side in the rankings, Toulouse of Ligue 1, sit eighth on 81 yellow and two red cards.

In the individual leaderboard, Valencia's Dani Parejo and Villarreal's Jaume Costa sit alongside Elvis Babanco of Portuguese team Feirense, on 13 yellows apiece.

Top 10 worst disciplined players in the five major European leagues

Elvis Babanco (Feirense): 13 yellows & 0 reds (Total: 13) Dani Parejo (Valencia ): 13 yellows & 0 reds (Total: 13) Jaume Costa (Villarreal CF): 13 yellows & 0 reds (Total: 13) Jefferson Lerma (Levante): 12 yellows & 0 reds (Total: 12) Álvaro González (Villarreal): 12 yellows & 0 reds (Total: 12) Vitorino Antunes (Málaga): 12 yellows & 0 reds (Total: 12) Damián Suárez (Getafe): 12 yellows & 0 reds (Total: 12) Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid): 10 yellows & 1 red (Total: 11) Rubén Pérez (Leganés): 11 yellows & 0 reds (Total: 11) Pasquale Schiattarella (SPAL): 11 yellows & 0 reds (Total: 11)

The rest of the top ten is made up of Spaniards Alvaro Gonzalez, Dani Carvajal and Ruben Perez, with the top nine spots all from LaLiga before tenth-placed Pasquale Schiattarella, midfielder of Serie A SPAL, who are also tenth in the team rankings.