The Blackpool players who need to be on their best behaviour amid threat of potential match bans

Two Blackpool players are currently walking disciplinary tightropes as the threat on a one-match ban hangs over them.

Both Jordan Brown and Ashley Fletcher run the risk of sitting out a game for Ian Evatt’s side in the next couple of weeks, thanks to their three yellow cards apiece to date.

Meanwhile, Lee Evans will need to clean up his act if he is to avoid a second ban of the campaign, following his latest booking in Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Burton Albion.

The former Ipswich and Portsmouth midfielder sat out the Seasiders’ recent League One victory over Cardiff City after reaching five yellow cards ahead of the EFL’s 19 game amnesty. But with a two-game ban imposed on any player who reaches 10 yellows by the 39-game stage of the season, the presurre is already on Evans - who was also booked in the recent EFL Trophy defeat to Tranmere - to keep his nose clean ahead of the March 21 deadline.

Like Evans, Fletcher was also shown a yellow card by match official Lee Swabey in the weekend loss at the Pirelli Stadium. The 30-year-old remains Blackpool’s top scorer in the division with four goals and has started every league game under Evatt to date.

He’s a key figure in a team that remains in relegation trouble at the bottom end of the table (21st) and would be sorely missed if he added to his bookings count over the next three games against Leyton Orient, Reading and Rotherham, with Blackpool’s 20th game of the season against Lincoln City.

Brown has also been a regular under Evatt, having been signed from Leyton Orient in the summer by ex-Bloomfield Road boss Steve Bruce.

The 24-year-old’s last booking came against Peterborough United on October 25 - the second match in a row he was disciplined by a referee and his third in four games.

Saturday’s trip to Brisbane Road could prove a tasty one for the former O’s player. Yet, he, too, will need to keep his discipline in London and for the next couple of weeks if he’s to avoid a costly suspension at a time when Evatt’s side could easily start climbing the table and get themselves out of the relegation zone for the first time since the end of August.

Zac Ashworth, Michael Ihiekwe, Oliver Casey and Josh Bowler are on two yellows cards for the campaign to date.

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