Cardiff City defender Sol Bamba has received an initial two game ban for his dismissal against Ipswich Town.
The Bluebirds are waiting to discover whether the FA will take more action against the Ivory Coast defender over his red card.
Bamba confronted the referee and fourth official and his own manager Neil Warnock, following an angry reaction to a tackle by Ipswich’s Jonathan Douglas.
Bamba, who has apologised, will miss home matches with Wolves and Barnsley.
Cardiff boss Neil Warnock expects Sol Bamba to be charged with violent conduct and banned for at least three games after his reaction to being sent off in the 1-1 draw at Ipswich.
Warnock has not ruled out the club taking disciplinary action.
“You can’t condone that,” said Warnock.
“I’ve not seen that part of him before, but he was absolutely furious. He’ll get violent conduct and banned for three games and quite rightly so.
“He was a bit big for me. I could not get him around the neck. I’ll have to grow a bit. But he is distraught in there, and quite rightly so.”
Warnock, whose side are still in the Championship relegation places, blamed referee James Adcock for trying to play advantage when Douglas had originally fouled Bamba.
“When you look at the video, the lad, Douglas, he knows what he’s doing,” said Warnock.
“He’s left his foot in which wasn’t spotted by anybody, but that does not condone what he has done.
“The ref should have just blown for a foul. It would have saved a man getting sent off, it would have saved 20 minutes of bedlam, it would have saved me a lot of hassle.
“He (the referee) said he wanted to give us the advantage, which it did, but we don’t want it there. When Sol goes down like that, he does not go down for nothing, you’ve got to stop the game and learn from it. I hope the referee has learned from that.”
Bamba apologised for his conduct in a statement released by the club.
“I want to apologise to the Cardiff City supporters, my team-mates and manager for my conduct during Saturday’s game at Ipswich,” he said.
“Whilst I was extremely angry with the challenge on me at the time, it did (sic) not condone my reaction and I accept that the referee had no choice but to show me a red card.
“I’ve spoken to my manager and team-mates and apologised to them in person.
“I’ve had a fantastic time at Cardiff City since joining in October and I look forward to returning. My intention will then be to make further amends with my performances on the pitch.”
Midfielder Aron Gunnarsson had given Cardiff a first half lead at Portman Road before Luke Varney equalised for the home side in the second half.
Despite being reduced to 10 men, Warnock was disappointed his side had not gone on to win the game.
Warnock added: “I’m disappointed to be honest, I thought we had the chances to win it. I thought having ten men revitalised us.”
