Pre-Match Poser no.14: Can you answer this elite-level football quiz question?

The latest edition of FourFourTwo’s cult trivia column, The Pre-Match Poser, has dropped and it is already testing the limits of even the most ardent stat-collecting supporter. This week’s teaser focuses on Arsenal icon Freddie Ljungberg and the curious pattern that followed the solitary yellow card he ever received in a Premier League derby against Tottenham Hotspur.

Quizmasters are challenging readers to pinpoint what was odd about the very next top-flight booking the Swedish midfielder picked up after that solitary north-London caution. The answer will be unveiled in next week’s column, giving supporters seven days of head-scratching debate across social media, pub tables and office breakout rooms.

The feature also revealed the solution to last week’s brain-teaser, which asked where Edgar Davids achieved something neither Ronald Koeman nor Maniche managed in their respective home countries, and something no player or manager has replicated in England. The answer: Italy. Koeman played for and later coached the Netherlands’ big three—Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord—while Maniche appeared for Portugal’s giants Benfica, Porto and Sporting. England has yet to see anyone represent Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United, but Davids completed the Italian treble by turning out for Milan, Inter and Juventus.

For those who polish off the Poser too quickly, the magazine’s quiz partner Kwizly has supplied an expanded suite of conundrums. Readers can attempt to name the 30 most populous nations never to have graced a World Cup, identify 20 missing shirt sponsors from classic kits, reel off the top 50 Champions League goalscorers of all time, or match a series of famously scathing Roy Keane quotations to their intended targets. A Weekend Crossword themed around Asian heroes and football accessories rounds out the package.

As ever, the weekly poser arrives alongside FourFourTwo’s free newsletter, promising trivia, features, transfer updates and video content delivered straight to subscribers’ inboxes, with membership unlocking further quizzes, badges and leaderboard bragging rights.