Luciano Becchio will walk a fine disciplinary line at Hull City as the threat of a one-match ban hangs over Leeds United’s top scorer, pictured inset, for the last time.

The 17-goal forward is one yellow card away from a mandatory suspension with the Football League ready to draw a line in the sand after tomorrow’s round of matches.

Players who accumulate five cautions will no longer be punished with an automatic ban from January onwards and four of United’s players are hovering on the threshold of a suspension which would rule them out of United’s clash with Bolton Wanderers on New Year’s Day.

Jason Pearce, Luke Varney and Aidan White have all amassed four bookings but Becchio is the most high-profile concern for manager Neil Warnock ahead of the visit to Hull.

The Argentinian has hit a vein of clinical form this season, scoring seven times in his last eight appearances, but Warnock admitted that the threat of suspension could influence his choice of team at the KC Stadium.

Warnock said: “We’ve got a number of players on four bookings and tomorrow’s the last day for one-match suspensions. We’ll have to think about the team selection with that in mind.”