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The five dirtiest Premier League players this season

By Ryan Willox

SWANSEA, WALES - NOVEMBER 06: Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Manchester United celebrates scoring his sides second goal during the Premier League match between Swansea City and Manchester United at Liberty Stadium on November 6, 2016 in Swansea, Wales. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
SWANSEA, WALES - NOVEMBER 06: Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Manchester United celebrates scoring his sides second goal during the Premier League match between Swansea City and Manchester United at Liberty Stadium on November 6, 2016 in Swansea, Wales. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) /
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STOKE ON TRENT, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 31: Marko Arnautovic of Stoke City controls the ball during the Premier League match between Stoke City and Swansea City at Bet365 Stadium on October 31, 2016 in Stoke on Trent, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
STOKE ON TRENT, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 31: Marko Arnautovic of Stoke City controls the ball during the Premier League match between Stoke City and Swansea City at Bet365 Stadium on October 31, 2016 in Stoke on Trent, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) /

5. Marko Arnautovic

The first tall, temperamental and unpredictable international striker on the list, but certainly not the last.

Stoke City’s Austrian international has as many yellow cards (5) as anyone else in the division this campaign.

However, with just 17 fouls committed, Arnautovic is only joint eighteenth on that bad boy list. That said, when Arnautovic fouls – he fouls  – averaging a card every 3.4 infractions.

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At over 6 ft 3, Arnautovic is perhaps a victim of his physicality and he is certainly no shrinking violet when it comes to putting himself about a bit.

His place on this list is perhaps symptomatic of Stoke’s struggles in front of goal in a frustrating season so far

Arnautovic has only one goal from four shots on target so far, and his shots total at 20 is only three more that the number of fouls he has committed.

In the Austrian’s defence, he has been fouled more often (13) than any of the others on this list.

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