{"id":159,"date":"2026-05-02T16:23:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T16:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/?p=159"},"modified":"2026-05-02T16:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T16:23:55","slug":"sunderland-rocked-by-suspension-blow-as-premier-league-release-statement-on-red-card-shown-in-wolves-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/sunderland-rocked-by-suspension-blow-as-premier-league-release-statement-on-red-card-shown-in-wolves-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland rocked by suspension blow as Premier League release statement on red card shown in Wolves clash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" data-id=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c_MTA0ZGQwNDYtZGZlNy00_YmJkNGU2ZDQtZDljNi00-1024x575.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c_MTA0ZGQwNDYtZGZlNy00_YmJkNGU2ZDQtZDljNi00-1024x575.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/agajahub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c_MTA0ZGQwNDYtZGZlNy00_YmJkNGU2ZDQtZDljNi00-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/agajahub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c_MTA0ZGQwNDYtZGZlNy00_YmJkNGU2ZDQtZDljNi00-768x431.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/agajahub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c_MTA0ZGQwNDYtZGZlNy00_YmJkNGU2ZDQtZDljNi00-380x213.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/agajahub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c_MTA0ZGQwNDYtZGZlNy00_YmJkNGU2ZDQtZDljNi00-800x449.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/agajahub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c_MTA0ZGQwNDYtZGZlNy00_YmJkNGU2ZDQtZDljNi00-1160x652.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/agajahub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c_MTA0ZGQwNDYtZGZlNy00_YmJkNGU2ZDQtZDljNi00.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunderland have seen a key player ruled out for the the rest of the Premier League campaign<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dan Ballard has been ruled out for the rest of the campaign after been shown a red card in the first half of Sunderland\u2019s Premier League clash with Wolves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ballard was shown a red card for a violent conduct after a VAR review, with referee Paul Tierney ruling after consulting the monitor that the defender \u2018clearly\u2019 pulled the hair of Wolves forward Tolu Arokodare. The officials initially did not spot the incident, but VAR intervened when the ball ran out of play for a throw in shortly afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Violent conduct carries an automatic three-match suspension which means that Ballard will miss the rest of the Premier League season unless the club opts to appeal and are successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Premier League match centre have issued the following statement: \u201cAfter VAR review, the referee issued a red card to Ballard for violent conduct. Referee announcement: \u201cAfter review, Sunderland 5 clearly pulls the hair of the Wolves player. Final decision is red card, violent conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>R\u00e9gis Le Bris will therefore be without Ballard for three tough final fixtures against Manchester United, Everton and Chelsea. The Sunderland head coach has the option of moving Nordi Mukiele infield and playing Trai Hume or Lutsharel Geertruida at right back, or recalling Luke O\u2019Nien at the heart of defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunderland have seen a key player ruled out for the the rest of the Premier League campaign Dan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14],"class_list":{"0":"post-159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-sunderland"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160,"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions\/160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}