The law making body of football, the International Football Association Board, IFAB will announce the trial of blue cards on Friday.
A player who receives a blue card from the referee would spend 10 minutes in a place known as the sin-bin in the technical area.
Sin-bins have been used at grassroots level for dissent but their use could be extended to cynical fouls as part of a trial. It is however not yet clear when the trial will start and which competitions it will involve.
The English Premier League has already ruled out being part of the initial roll-out of any trial, while world football governing body FIFA says reports of the so-called blue card at elite levels of football are incorrect and premature.
It added that any such trials, if implemented, should be limited to testing in a responsible manner at lower levels.
FIFA insists its position will be eiterated when the agenda item is discussed at the IFAB Annual General Meeting on the 1st of March.
IFAB is scheduled to hold its AGM at Loch Lomond in Scotland in March and sin-bin trials at higher levels of the game are listed as a topic for discussion in the agenda.
Sin-bins were piloted in 2018/2019 in England, with the Football Association reporting a 38% total reduction in dissent across 31 leagues.
They were introduced across all levels of grassroots football from the 2019/2020 season in an attempt to improve levels of respect and fair play. The rule change was then implemented up to step five of the National League system and tier three and below in women’s football.