PRESTON bad boy Milutin Osmajic is sweating on another extended ban after his latest red card shame.
Montenegro striker Osmajic, 26, was sent off for a brutal headbutt on Hull’s John Lundstram in his side’s 3-0 home Championship defeat on Tuesday night.
FA disciplinary beaks will study the report of ref Stephen Martin and the video footage before determining what action to take.
The violent conduct dismissal will bring an automatic three-game ban for Osmajic.
But if the officials and FA team recommend that the three-game suspension is insufficient, the striker would face a full disciplinary commission which could lead to a doubling of the punishment.
Should that be the decision, Osmajic will find it difficult to plead for leniency given his recent controversy-strewn track record.
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In October 2024, Osmajic was banned for eight games for BITING Blackburn’s Owen Beck.
And then in November he was suspended for nine games after being found to have racially abused Burnley’s Hannibal Mejbri in an FA Cup tie last March.
Any extra ban would be a hammer blow for Preston, who occupy the final Championship play-off spot despite Tuesday’s big defeat.
Osmajic and Preston are likely to argue that it was a two-sided incident and that the striker was provoked during the injury-time clash.
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The Montenegrin will also point to his improved disciplinary record this season, with only three yellow cards before Tuesday, just one of which he has been shown since August.
But his rap sheet is a factor that would weigh heavily on any commission’s mind and if the FA do go down that path he could be out until March.
Preston boss Paul Heckingbottom did not go easy on his hot-headed forward, telling BBC Radio Lancashire: “A lack of discipline is totally unacceptable.
“If he gets three games for that, that will be 20 games missed. They are different issues, don’t get me wrong, but being sent off for a tackle and helping the team is a lot different.”
