Arsenal manager Unai Emery insists he will not take that into consideration when picking his team for Brighton – and nor should the Uruguay international.
The totting-up procedure means any caution picked up at the Amex Stadium this afternoon would be his fifth of the season and rule him out of Saturday’s trip to Anfield.
That will not, however, be a factor in Emery’s team selection policy.
“In my career I never made these decisions,” he said. “We are going to play the next match in Brighton and we are going to play with a full team, not with considered options or playing with more caution.
“The same three points are available in Brighton that are in Liverpool and we are going to play first in Brighton.
“It’s a tough match and we will need every player with 100 per cent focus to do everything on the pitch to win.
“So I don’t want him to think about the possibility of a suspension for one yellow card. I don’t want him to think about that.”
If selected, Torreira will become the first Arsenal player to take part in 25 games this season but there is little advantage to giving the 22-year-old a rest.
Matteo Guendouzi, just 19, is only one game behind him in what has become a baptism of fire in his first season in England.
Inevitably, that could lead to concerns of burnout in such a young player but Emery joked that the France under-21 international is the last player he is concerned about.
“I was speaking with Koscielny and before the Burnley I asked him about the possibility of playing,” the Gunners boss recounted.
“He said, ‘Not today!’ because he’s very tired after two matches in a week, and I decided for him not to be with the group.