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# Yellow card and red card rules
### **Second yellow card resulting in a red card**
If a player receives two yellow cards, the second yellow card results in a red card.
The [**Real-time data**](/thesports-docs/basic-data/real-time-data.md) API endpoint returns the following data:
* `score`: One yellow card and one red card
* `stats`: One yellow card and one red card
* `incidents`: Two incidents, including one `yellow card` incident and one `two yellow cards resulting in a red card` incident
The following is an example from the `incidents` field:
### **One yellow card followed by a direct red card**
If a player first receives a yellow card and later receives a direct red card, the **Real-time data** API endpoint returns the following data:
* `score`: One yellow card and one red card
* `stats`: One yellow card and one red card
* `incidents`: Two incidents, including one `yellow card` incident and one `red card` incident
### **How to distinguish between these situations?**
The `score` and `stats` fields return the same values in both situations, so they cannot be used to distinguish between them.
Use the second incident in the `incidents` field to determine whether the red card resulted from a second yellow card or was issued directly.
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