Every Premier League VAR mistake revealed: Find out the winners and the losers

We mightiness already beryllium gearing up for the adjacent Premier League season, with the fixtures for the 2025-26 campaign having been released past week. But that doesn't mean determination isn't inactive clip to look backmost astatine the contention of VAR successful 2024-25.

The video adjunct was ne'er excessively acold from the headlines -- either for failing to intervene, oregon for overstepping the mark.

But which clubs got the worst of the VAR mistakes? Which teams benefited? Were Arsenal fans close to deliberation they don't get decisions?

We instrumentality a look astatine wherever the play went wrong, peculiarly astir serious-foul-play incidents, with 4 reddish cards overturned connected entreaty to the Football Association.

We'll besides instrumentality a look astatine wherever the officials got things right, showing who were statistically the champion referees and VARs crossed the play ... and those who indispensable improve.

Now that the particulate has settled, ESPN tin uncover the afloat database of the 18 VAR errors (yes ... conscionable 18) recorded by the Premier League's Key Match Incidents Panel, and however it voted.

If determination were lone 18 mistakes this season, VAR indispensable beryllium getting better, right? Right?

Revealed: Every authoritative VAR mistake successful the Premier League successful 2024-25

Players, managers and fans moaned astir VAR decisions each season. Yet each clip 1 nine complains, there's different 1 delighted that the VAR got progressive (not that we perceive astir this).

Sometimes, however, the referees and the VAR some get it incorrect -- particularly this play erstwhile it came to superior foul play. Brentford's Christian Nørgaard and AFC Bournemouth's Evanilson some received VAR reddish cards that were overturned connected appeal.

Then determination were Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly and Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United, who were sent disconnected by the referee, but the video referee failed to measurement in. And Everton defender James Tarkowski besides someway escaped a reddish paper aft his fearfulness situation connected Liverpool's Alexis Mac Allister.

Who decides a mistake has been made?

The Premier League acceptable up the Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel astatine the commencement of the 2022-23 play with the volition of giving an arm's-length assessment.

Prior to 2022, it was Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), the enactment successful complaint of refereeing, that would collate the stats. Clubs argued that the figures were skewed successful favour of the officials, truthful the KMI sheet was born.

The sheet features 5 members: 3 erstwhile players and/or coaches, 1 typical for the Premier League and 1 for PGMOL. Each subordinate has 1 ballot crossed the KMIs successful 2 categories: the referee's archetypal determination and whether the VAR should intervene. A elemental bulk is required for close oregon wrong, truthful the ex-players tin ever transportation the vote.

Clubs are issued a papers aft each crippled week that charts the voting and reasons down it. It's conscionable different subjective sentiment by committee, though, and referees and clubs volition inactive disagree.

Winners and losers

Brentford suffered the astir errors (3), 2 coming successful games wherever they didn't instrumentality maximum points. In November, Nørgaard got that reddish paper successful the archetypal fractional astatine Everton; past successful December, Brighton & Hove Albion's João Pedro should person been sent disconnected for convulsive conduct, with some matches finishing goalless. The Bees were besides denied a spot footwear astatine Ipswich, though that was a crippled they won.

Bournemouth are adjacent worse disconnected and, arsenic we'll spot arsenic we spell done the assorted categories, brag Andoni Iraola has each close to beryllium the astir annoyed with VAR. His squad tops astir each different category, including cardinal ones specified arsenic interventions against and, crucially, goals disallowed. While Brentford mightiness person suffered much errors, Bournemouth's were intelligibly impactful.

Indeed, Bournemouth suffered the archetypal mistake of the play connected the opening play erstwhile Dango Ouattara had a stoppage-time victor against Newcastle disallowed for handball. And successful April, Evanilson got that incorrect VAR reddish card. The Cherries were up erstwhile the striker was dismissed, and went connected to gully 1-1.

But Bournemouth weren't the lone squad to endure successful added time, with Manchester United conceding an incorrect punishment astatine West Ham that led to a 2-1 defeat.

In total, Brighton and Everton benefited the most, each having 3 errors spell their way.

Everton had the Nørgaard reddish card, positive a extremity against Wolves that should person been disallowed. But those decisions were of constricted benefit, arsenic Everton thrashed Wolves and mislaid the Merseyside derby with 11 men.

Brighton escaped reddish cards against West Ham and Brentford (they drew some fixtures) and should person conceded a spot footwear against Villa (in a crippled they lost.)

Here's a database of each 18 errors, including the comments of the KMI panel.

1. Bournemouth 1-1 Newcastle, Aug. 25
Dango Ouattara extremity disallowed for handball (90+2')
KMI sheet referee vote: 5-0
KMI sheet VAR vote: 0-5

Bournemouth scored what would person been a precocious winner, but the VAR stepped successful to disallow it for handball by the extremity scorer. (Watch here)

What the KMI sheet said: "The sheet were unanimous successful agreeing that the extremity was correctly awarded on-field, and that determination was nary conclusive grounds readily disposable of an accidental handball by the attacker, that would beryllium required for the VAR to intervene."

2. Man United 0-3 Tottenham, Sept. 29
Serious foul play, reddish paper to Bruno Fernandes (41')
KMI sheet referee vote: 0-5
KMI sheet VAR vote: 0-5

Man United trailed 1-0 erstwhile skipper Fernandes was sent disconnected aft helium made a situation connected James Maddison successful which helium led with his studs (but didn't marque interaction with them). The VAR didn't intervene to downgrade the paper to a yellow. The reddish paper was overturned aft an entreaty to the FA. (Watch here)

What the KMI sheet said: "Fernandes is reaching, the interaction is precocious but surely not excessive unit oregon endangering the safety. The grounds is besides determination for a VAR intervention."

3. West Ham 2-1 Man United, Oct. 27
Penalty awarded for a foul by Matthijs de Ligt connected Danny Ings (90+2')
KMI sheet referee vote: 5-0
KMI sheet VAR vote: 0-5

The VAR advised that West Ham should beryllium fixed a spot footwear successful added time. It was scored by Jarrod Bowen, which earned the location broadside a 2-1 win. The sheet voted 5-0 that the overturn was a mistake. And United manager Erik 10 Hag was sacked the pursuing morning. (Watch here)

What the KMI sheet said: "A collision betwixt 2 players challenging for a escaped ball, the referee is successful a large presumption and decides to play on. The sheet were unanimous successful their enactment of the referee's archetypal telephone of nary penalty."

4. Everton 0-0 Brentford, Nov. 23
Christian Nørgaard sent disconnected for superior foul play (39')
KMI sheet referee vote: 3-2
KMI sheet VAR vote: 2-3

The referee didn't springiness a escaped footwear against the Brentford skipper aft helium made interaction with a genu of Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford erstwhile sliding to conscionable a cross. The VAR sent the referee to the show and advised a reddish card. The reddish paper was overturned connected appeal. This was a divided 3-2 vote. (Watch here)

What the KMI sheet said: "The sheet were divided (3:2), with the bulk deeming the on-field determination close arsenic 'both players are committed to mean footballing actions.' Two panelists deemed the on-field determination incorrect arsenic 'whilst this was a situation for the ball, determination was a high, afloat and forceful interaction with the studs.'"

5. Aston Villa 2-2 Crystal Palace, Nov. 23
DOGSO, reddish paper not fixed to Ian Maatsen (65')
KMI sheet referee vote: 1-4
KMI sheet VAR vote: 2-3

Ismaïla Sarr was done connected extremity erstwhile pulled down by Aston Villa defender Maatsen. The referee and the VAR felt determination was a covering player, with Maatsen cautioned. Palace led 2-1 astatine the clip and the crippled ended 2-2.

What the KMI sheet said: "Sarr is successful control, touches the shot towards the extremity and would person had an evident accidental to person a changeable connected goal. The sheet (3:2) felt the VAR should person intervened for a wide and evident error."

6. Everton 4-0 Wolves, Dec. 4
Abdoulaye Doucouré offside discourtesy connected extremity (72')
KMI sheet referee vote: 1-4
KMI sheet VAR vote: 1-4

Everton had already seen 1 extremity disallowed by the VAR successful the 16th infinitesimal for the nonstop aforesaid offside offense, blocking an hostile by Orel Mangala. When Doucouré did the aforesaid happening successful the 72nd minute, which led to Craig Dawson scoring an ain extremity to enactment Everton 4-0 up, determination was nary intervention. (Watch here)

What the KMI sheet said: "The offside attacker's actions intelligibly interaction the defender's quality to situation for oregon play the ball. The sheet concluded that some the on-field determination (4:1) and the VAR's determination not to intervene (4:1) was incorrect."

7. Nottingham Forest 2-1 Aston Villa, Dec. 14
Penalty not awarded. Foul by Elliot Anderson (34')
KMI sheet referee vote: 2-3
KMI sheet VAR vote: 2-3

The bulk of the KMI sheet felt that the holding discourtesy by Anderson connected Morgan Rogers conscionable crossed the threshold for a VAR punishment erstwhile it was goalless. However, it besides said that a pitchside show reappraisal would person enabled the referee to measure earlier holding by Rogers. (Watch here)

What the KMI sheet said: "Anderson grabs clasp of Rogers extracurricular of the country but this continues inside. The holding offence is clear."

8. West Ham 1-1 Brighton, Dec. 21
Serious foul play, reddish paper not fixed to Pervis Estupiñán (84')
KMI sheet referee vote: 1-4
KMI sheet VAR vote: 1-4

Estupiñán was cautioned for a foul connected Max Kilman, with the people 1-1, and the VAR elected against a reappraisal for a reddish card.

What the KMI sheet said: "The enactment of Estupinian has speed, force, strength and endangers the information of the opponent."

9. Brighton 0-0 Brentford, Dec. 27
Violent conduct, reddish paper not fixed to João Pedro (75')
KMI sheet referee vote: 0-5
KMI sheet VAR vote: 0-5

João Pedro was pulled backmost by Yehor Yarmoliuk, past the Brighton guardant threw his elbow back. João Pedro didn't marque contact, but it was done truthful with unit -- yet the VAR decided this wasn't capable for a reddish paper for convulsive conduct. (Watch here)

Coincidentally, Pedro was sent disconnected for convulsive behaviour successful the instrumentality fixture.

What the KMI sheet said: "A wide effort to onslaught Yarmoliuk by João Pedro. No interaction is needed arsenic per the Laws of the Game for this wide enactment to effect successful a reddish paper for convulsive conduct. There is nary spot successful shot for actions similar this."

10. West Ham 0-5 Liverpool, Dec. 29
Penalty not awarded. Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (35')
KMI sheet referee vote: 2-3
KMI sheet VAR vote: 2-3

This was an off-the-ball tussle betwixt Carlos Soler and Mac Allister, erstwhile West Ham United trailed 1-0. Mohammed Kudus delivered a transverse from the right, which was diverted into the arms of goalkeeper Alphonse Areola by Lucas Paquetá astatine the adjacent post. In the halfway of the box, Soler (who had nary accidental of challenging for the ball) went down nether unit from Mac Allister. (Watch here)

What the KMI sheet said: "The sheet were divided (3:2), with the bulk deeming the on-field determination incorrect arsenic 'he [Mac Allister] turns his backmost connected the ball, his lone information is to impede the attacker [Soler] and throws him to the floor.' The opposing presumption was that 'there's archetypal engagement from some players and it doesn't person a wide interaction connected play.'"

11. Ipswich 0-2 Brighton, Jan. 19
Penalty not awarded. Foul by Wes Burns (11')
KMI sheet referee vote: 0-5
KMI sheet VAR vote: 1-4

Burns was holding onto Jan Paul van Hecke, preventing the Brighton subordinate from getting to the ball. It was 0-0 astatine the time, with Brighton going connected to prime up the 3 points.

What the KMI sheet said: "The assemblage presumption and contact, initiated by Burns, should person been penalized. Van Hecke has to prosecute arsenic helium tries to get past the defender. No effort is made to look astatine the shot by Burns, fto unsocial play it."

12. Nottingham Forest 3-2 Southampton, Jan. 19
Nikola Milenkovic disallowed for offside against Chris Wood (64')
KMI sheet referee vote: 4-1
KMI sheet VAR vote: 1-4

Wood had travel backmost to situation for the shot from an offside position, yet determination was nary interaction connected an hostile and the extremity should person stood. The sheet voted 4-1 it was a incorrect intervention. Forest led 3-1 astatine the time. (watch here)

What the KMI sheet said: "Wood comes from an offside presumption 'but doesn't interaction immoderate opponent's quality to play oregon situation for the ball.' One panelist felt 'Wood impacts the quality of a defender; specifically their determination of which abstraction to defend.'"

13. Wolves 0-1 Arsenal, Jan. 25
Serious foul play, reddish paper fixed to Myles Lewis-Skelly (43')
KMI sheet referee vote: 0-5
KMI sheet VAR vote: 1-4

One of the astir arguable decisions of the season, Lewis-Skelly's reddish paper for a travel connected Matt Doherty conscionable extracurricular the attacking punishment country was upheld connected VAR review. It was goalless astatine the clip of the dismissal, with the Gunners grabbing a victor successful the 74th infinitesimal aft Wolves had besides been reduced to 10 men. (watch here)

What the KMI sheet said: "A cynical travel to halt a counter-attack. The archetypal constituent of interaction is precocious connected the shin, but not forceful and with the broadside of the boot. This archetypal interaction moves down rapidly to the foot, meaning this foul should lone effect successful a yellowish paper for a reckless challenge."

14. Brighton 0-3 Aston Villa, April 2
Penalty not awarded. Foul by Jack Hinshelwood (36')
KMI sheet referee vote: 0-5
KMI sheet VAR vote: 0-5

The crippled was goalless successful the archetypal fractional erstwhile Jacob Ramsey tried to determination past Hinshelwood, with the Brighton subordinate sticking retired a limb and intelligibly committing a foul. But the referee did thing and VAR did not overturn the call. (watch here)

What the KMI sheet said: "A wide travel and careless foul."

15. Liverpool 1-0 Everton, April 2
Serious foul play, reddish paper not fixed to James Tarkowski (11')
KMI sheet referee vote: 0-5
KMI sheet VAR vote: 0-5

Tarkowski came retired to marque a challenge/clearance and caught Liverpool midfielder Mac Allister precocious connected the shin with force. Everton should person been reduced to 10 men aboriginal successful the game, though Liverpool inactive went connected to triumph the match. (watch here)

What the KMI sheet said: "The wide unsafe quality of the situation is not mitigated by Tarkowski winning the shot first. A wide illustration of endangering the information of an opponent."

16. Fulham 3-2 Liverpool, April 6
Penalty not awarded. Foul by Caoimhín Kelleher (5')
KMI sheet referee vote: 1-4
KMI sheet VAR vote: 1-4

The Liverpool goalkeeper had rushed retired to marque himself large arsenic Andreas Pereira helped the shot crossed the area. Kelleher was precocious and took retired the Fulham attacker, though the location broadside went connected to prime up the 3 points anyway. (watch here)

What the KMI sheet said: "'Kelleher is obscurity adjacent the ball, wipes retired Pereira and the interaction is significant,' though 1 panelist felt 'despite contact, it doesn't interaction Pereira's quality to play the ball.'"

17. Bournemouth 1-1 Man United, April 27
Evanilson sent disconnected for superior foul play (68')
KMI sheet referee vote: 5-0
KMI sheet VAR vote: 0-5

The VAR advised the referee that Evanilson had made a two-footed situation connected Noussair Mazraoui, with the striker sent disconnected connected review. The sheet ballot was 5-0, with the reddish paper besides overturned connected appeal. (watch here)

What the KMI sheet said: "'Evanilson slips and Mazraoui is turning into the situation which makes it look overmuch worse' and determination was 'no grounds of the referee's telephone being a wide and evident error.'"

18. Ipswich 0-1 Brentford, May 10
Penalty not awarded. Foul by Axel Tuanzebe (35')
KMI sheet referee vote: 1-4
KMI sheet VAR vote: 1-4

The crippled had seen changeless problems with holding wrong the area, with this intelligibly crossing the line. After the players had separated, the Ipswich Town defender grabbed Nathan Collins astir the waist and pulled him to the ground. Brentford had already scored the lone extremity of the crippled astatine this point. (watch here)

What the KMI sheet said: "Tuanzebe is not looking astatine the ball, Collins tries to interruption escaped and Tuanzebe holds him with some arms and impacts his movement. The holding was not mutual."

How did the mistakes impact clubs?

Counting up the 18 errors is 1 thing, but considering however they person impacted clubs is what truly matters. We've rolled these into 4 categories.

No effect connected the result (8)

In 8 of the errors, the mistake was against the nine that won the game.

Likely nary effect connected the result (5)

This class is for decisions which either came precocious successful the crippled and didn't straight interaction the score, oregon erstwhile the crippled authorities was clear.

Fernandes' dismissal came erstwhile Man United were being outplayed, and the reddish cards which should person been shown to Brighton's Estupiñán and Pedro came late. There's besides the punishment that should person been fixed to West Ham vs. Liverpool erstwhile they trailed 1-0, but Arne Slot's broadside went connected to triumph 5-0.

Also, Villa should person been fixed a spot footwear astatine Forest erstwhile the people was 0-0, but Villa did spell connected to people the archetypal extremity of the game. Also, the spot footwear mightiness not person been awarded owed to an earlier infringement.

Possible effect connected the result (3)

These are the decisions wherever the crippled was finely poised, and it whitethorn person gone connected a antithetic people but for the error.

Nørgaard's reddish paper for Brentford astatine Everton came successful the archetypal fractional erstwhile the people was goalless, portion Crystal Palace led distant to Aston Villa successful the 65th infinitesimal erstwhile Maatsen should person been dismissed. Bournemouth were reduced to 10 men erstwhile starring against Man United, and conceded an equaliser.

Clear effect connected the result (2)

Bournemouth's disallowed injury-time victor vs. Newcastle, and the decisive punishment awarded to West Ham vs. Man United successful wounded time.

It seems it's Bournemouth who were astir impacted by decisions which could, oregon did, person had an effect connected the result.

Where the VARs are making errors

The stats amusement the biggest contented has been astir those red-card offences, arsenic the VAR should person stepped successful connected 8 occasions: 4 reddish cards for superior foul play should person been overturned, portion 2 others should person been dismissed connected review. There was 1 lawsuit of missed convulsive conduct, and 1 of DOGSO.

Last season, lone 3 of the 31 errors were related to reddish cards.

Penalties person besides been an issue, with 7 spot-kick mistakes: six that should person been given, and 1 that should person been overturned.

In 2023-24, determination were 14 punishment errors. So, the VAR is getting worse connected reddish cards, but improving connected penalties.

They are the mistakes, but astir full VAR decisions?

Forget the mistakes, what astir the VAR interventions themselves? Which nine suffered the astir refereeing errors that needed to beryllium corrected?

Across the 110 interventions, Newcastle United are mode retired successful beforehand with a nett people of +9 (this is decisions, not points.) Eddie Howe's squad had 13 VAR calls successful their favour -- 5 much than immoderate different nine (Aston Villa, Brighton). They besides pb the way, on with Chelsea, successful full interventions, 17.

Within that tally, Newcastle were awarded 4 penalties -- much than immoderate different club, 3 of which were scored.

At the different extremity of the table, Bournemouth's disillusionment with VAR is further compounded arsenic they person suffered by acold the biggest impact, with 11 decisions going against them and a nett people of -7.

Chelsea aren't acold behind, with 10 VAR interventions to the opposition. Does that mean they get the hitch of the greenish from referees much than they should? Maybe not, due to the fact that Enzo Maresca has besides had 7 spell successful his favour, truthful the nett people is -3.

Arsenal person had lone 1 VAR telephone each season, and that was a factual overturn for a extremity with Kai Havertz successful an onside presumption against Leicester City.

Manchester City (4) person been remarkably inactive; Arsenal and Nottingham Forest (8) are the adjacent lowest. Man City (1) person the slightest interventions against, 3 less than immoderate different club.

And if we conscionable look astatine subjective interventions?

This is erstwhile you portion retired the decisions similar offside, handball earlier a extremity is scored, and the shot being retired of play.

We're talking astir penalties, reddish cards, and imaginable interference from an offside position.

Newcastle are inactive top, and they had six subjective calls spell for them. But successful this array Bournemouth determination up to mid-table, and that tells america they've had a precocious fig of factual calls spell against them.

Southampton were the biggest sufferers this time, with a referee being sent to the surface six times successful favour of the opposition.

Just arsenic notable are the clubs who haven't had a azygous determination spell for them -- i.e. not erstwhile each play was the referee sent to the show to springiness them a decision.

Only Arsenal and Nottingham Forest finished the run connected zero subjective interventions. It's not going to beryllium the past clip we perceive of Arsenal successful this article.

The Gunners haven't been excessively progressive with decisions against (2), and Forest person suffered overmuch much (4).

Who has gained, and lost, the astir goals?

The biggest gamechanger is, of course, a goal. And it should travel arsenic nary astonishment that the wide VAR stats are reflected present too, with Newcastle an unthinkable 9 goals amended disconnected done VAR calls. The adjacent champion beneficiaries are Villa, connected +4 goals.

The Magpies had six goals disallowed for the absorption -- including the mistake which saved them from a precocious nonaccomplishment astatine Bournemouth -- and they besides gained 4 goals, done 3 spot kicks and an incorrect offside flag.

Who fared the worst connected goals? Yep, it's Bournemouth again. The Cherries person a nett goals people of -6, having 7 disallowed done VAR.

Leicester City apical the database for goals awarded, with 5 added. Five clubs didn't summation a azygous goal.

Ipswich Town suffered the highest goals against, with 5 going to their opponents connected review.

And there's different atrocious stat for Arsenal fans: the Gunners and Leicester were the lone clubs not to person a azygous extremity disallowed for the opposition.

So, however is VAR doing year-on-year?

The stats archer america that VAR is going successful the close absorption ... arsenic acold arsenic the KMI Panel is concerned. Errors are down 42% compared to past season, from 31 to 18.

Writing astir this taxable connected a play basis, it surely feels similar determination person been less contentious incidents. The problem, of course, is that basal numbers don't archer the full story. The large header makers -- similar the nonaccomplishment of VAR to intervene connected Lewis-Skelly's dismissal, oregon to nonstop disconnected Tarkowski -- are much damaging than close decisions. They instrumentality successful the representation for fans and outweigh immoderate stats.

PGMOL's biggest task -- and it's not an casual 1 -- is to region those highest-profile howlers, which origin each the reputational damage.

Even extracurricular the errors, cognition is everything. There are ever going to beryllium decisions -- specified arsenic William Saliba's DOGSO reddish paper astatine Bournemouth, oregon Curtis Jones' dismissal astatine Tottenham successful 2023-24 -- which supporters can't accept, adjacent though they are close successful instrumentality and won't look successful immoderate database of errors.

When you person a reappraisal strategy which fewer radical similar oregon judge in, the stats don't ever overgarment the afloat picture.

VAR is six years old, what does this archer us?

This play has seen less VAR interventions (109) than successful immoderate of the erstwhile 5 campaigns. When you origin successful that missed interventions are besides down, that's expected to archer america that refereeing connected the transportation and the video adjunct are some improving -- but effort arguing that with your friends and spot however acold you get.

The falling fig of handball penalties shows however the Premier League has moved to a more-lenient mentation implicit the past 2 seasons. In fact, the emergence and autumn straight shows however the mentation successful the instrumentality was changed, and past rolled back.

The different numbers person remained wrong a akin range, though determination is simply a wide outlier successful 2021-22 erstwhile 47 goals were awarded done interventions.

How bash teams fare implicit the six years of VAR?

This array features the 13 teams who person been successful the Premier League for each six seasons with the video assistant. It shows decisions, not points.

It volition travel arsenic nary astonishment to Wolves fans that they person by acold the worst nett score: the full fig of VAR interventions successful their favour, minus those that person gone against them. Wolves are astatine minus-18 (38 decisions against them; 20 for), but astatine slightest they finished this play with a people of zero -- truthful their presumption didn't get immoderate worse.

As these are overturns, it should archer america that determination person been much incorrect refereeing decisions successful Wolves games than successful those involving immoderate different team. However, these are conscionable the basal numbers and don't instrumentality into relationship what was close oregon incorrect.

Arsenal, with a people of minus-6 this season, person started to drawback Wolves -- and not successful a bully way. That Chelsea are the adjacent worst connected minus-3 tells its ain story.

And there's Newcastle again, with their play of plus-9 moving them to the apical of the six-season table, conscionable up of Brighton.

What astir referee mistakes that didn't scope the VAR threshold?

The different class for mistakes is "referee's call," a word which was introduced astatine the commencement of the play to efficaciously regenerate "clear and obvious."

It's expected to springiness a greater knowing that the on-field determination carries astir weight. It means determination are immoderate decisions judged to beryllium incorrect connected the tract which won't beryllium a VAR error.

In 2024-25, 28 on-field errors were logged, compared to 33 successful 2023-24. So a tiny improvement.

It's 25, though, successful nonstop comparison, arsenic determination person been 3 times the referee blew excessively earlier and prevented VAR from being capable to grant a imaginable goal.

Leicester are astatine the apical of the array arsenic beneficiaries of on-field errors, portion Aston Villa and Chelsea person suffered the most.

Six clubs -- including Chelsea, Arsenal (again) and Liverpool -- didn't person an on-field mistake spell successful their favour.

Here are those contentious situations.

When a punishment should person been awarded, but wasn't (15)

1. Man City 4-1 Ipswich Town, Aug 24
Challenge by Savinho connected Leif Davis (42')

2. West Ham 0-3 Chelsea, Sept. 21
Challenge by Wesley Fofana connected Crysencio Summerville (28') (Watch here)

3. Southampton 2-3 Leicester, Oct. 19
Challenge by Jordan Ayew connected Paul Onuachu (69') (Watch here)

4. Bournemouth 2-0 Arsenal, Oct. 19
Challenge by Thomas Partey connected Marcos Senesi (76')

5. Ipswich 1-1 Leicester, Nov. 2
Challenge by Fatawu Issahaku connected Conor Chaplin (76') (Watch here)

6. Newcastle 0-2 West Ham, Nov. 25
Challenge by Konstantinos Mavropanos connected Callum Wilson (72')

7. Chelsea 2-1 Brentford, Dec. 15
Challenge by Yehor Yarmoliuk connected Marc Cucurella (22')

8. Everton 0-0 Chelsea, Dec. 22
Challenge by Jordan Pickford connected Malo Gusto (31') (Watch here)

9. Wolves 0-3 Nottingham Forest, Jan. 6
Handball by Rayan Aït-Nouri (33')

10. Everton 4-0 Leicester, Feb. 1
Challenge by Jannik Vestergaard connected Beto (34')

11. Brentford 4-0 Leicester, Feb. 21
Challenge by Woyo Coulibaly connected Kevin Schade (5')

12. Ipswich 1-4 Tottenham, Feb. 22
Challenge by Dara O'Shea connected Kevin Danso (64')

13. Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle, Feb. 26
Challenge by Lewis Hall connected Mohamed Salah (3')

14. Brighton 2-2 Leicester, April 12
Challenge by Pervis Estupiñán connected Kasey McAteer (19')

15. Newcastle 3-0 Ipswich, April 26
Challenge by Liam Delap connected Dan Burn (44')

Penalty awarded that shouldn't person been (3)

1. West Ham 1-2 Aston Villa, Aug. 17
Challenge by Matty Cash connected Tomás Soucek (35') (Watch here)

2. Everton 1-1 Arsenal, April 5
Challenge by Myles Lewis-Skelly connected Jack Harrison (46') (watch here)

3. Wolves 3-0 Leicester, April 26
Challenge by José Sá connected Jamie Vardy (70') (watch here)

Red paper not shown that should person been (3)

1. Leicester 1-2 Chelsea, Nov. 23
Serious foul play situation by Wilfred Ndidi connected Cole Palmer (22')

2. Aston Villa 3-2 Brentford, Dec. 4
DOGSO situation by Ethan Pinnock connected Ollie Watkins (25') (Watch here)

3. Brentford 0-1 Aston Villa, March 8
Challenge by Nathan Collins connected Youri Tielemans (90+6')

Red paper that should not person been shown (1)

1. Man City 3-1 Bournemouth, May 20
Serious foul play situation by Lewis Cook connected Nico Gonzalez (73')

Goal disallowed that shouldn't person been (3)

1. Brighton 1-1 Southampton, Nov. 29
Adam Armstrong offside -- but not impacting connected play (67') (Watch here)

2. Tottenham 0-1 Man City, Feb. 26
Handball fixed against Erling Haaland (90+4') (Watch here)

3. Newcastle 3-0 Ipswich, April 26
Challenge by Bruno Guimarães connected Alex Palmer (22') (Watch here)

Whistle blown earlier shot crossed enactment (3)

1. Brentford 2-1 Crystal Palace, Aug. 18
Challenge by Will Hughes connected Nathan Collins earlier Eberechi Eze "scored" (26')

2. Fulham 2-2 Bournemouth, Feb. 26
Challenge by Antoine Semenyo connected Joachim Andersen earlier James Hill "scored" (32')

3. Man United 2-0 Aston Villa, May 25
Challenge connected Altay Bayindir earlier Morgan Rogers "scored" (72') (Watch here)

Second yellowish cards

The KMI sheet besides looks astatine challenges made by players who could person received a 2nd booking, oregon who were connected a yellowish and could person been sent off.

Fifteen errors were logged passim the season, precisely the aforesaid fig arsenic successful 2023-24.

The VAR is incapable to intervene connected an incorrect yellowish card, adjacent if it has led to a reddish card.

Incorrect 2nd yellowish cards (8)

Brighton 2-2 Nottingham Forest, Sept. 22
Morgan Gibbs-White (82')

Fulham 1-3 Aston Villa, Oct. 19
Jaden Philogene (90+3')

Ipswich 1-1 Leicester, Nov. 2
Kalvin Phillips (77')

Bournemouth 1-2 Brighton, Nov. 23
Carlos Baleba (59')

Crystal Palace 2-2 Man City, Dec. 7
Rico Lewis (84')

Aston Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Feb. 15
Axel Tuanzebe (reference to archetypal caution) (41')

Crystal Palace 0-0 Bournemouth, April 19
Chris Richards (67')

Bournemouth 0-1 Aston Villa, May 10
Jacob Ramsey (80')

Missed 2nd yellowish cards (7)

Ipswich 2-2 Aston Villa, Sept. 29
Sam Morsy (70')

Tottenham 1-1 Fulham, Dec. 1
Sasa Lukic (60')

Everton 0-2 Nottingham Forest, Dec. 29
James Tarkowski (45')

Aston Villa 2-1 West Ham, Jan. 26
Edson Álvarez (86')

Southampton 0-0 Man City, May 10
Lesley Ugochukwu (45+2')
Flynn Downes (57')

Nottingham Forest 0-1 Chelsea, May 25
Elliot Anderson (79')

Referees: the champion and the worst successful the middle

We've had entree to each 38 KMI reports crossed the 2024-25 season, and person tracked the show of the referees. It's astir apt nary astonishment to find Anthony Taylor and Michael Oliver are statistically 2 of the champion officials successful England, some with astir 95% accuracy.

Taylor's stats are possibly astir singular arsenic he's been judged connected 76 KMIs (far much than anyone else) crossed his 31 matches. And his percent would person been higher but for a missed 2nd yellowish paper for Elliot Anderson connected the past time of the campaign, with the Nottingham Forest subordinate having confronted the referee.

But it's Simon Hooper, who was second successful the array past year, who comes retired connected apical with KMI accuracy of 94.92%

John Brooks, promoted to UEFA's 2nd tier of referees astatine the commencement of the season, was successful archetypal spot successful 2023-24, and he's close up determination again this time.

At the different extremity of the table, Darren Bond has the worst results, with 9 mistakes, much than immoderate different referee, from 37 KMIs -- an accuracy of conscionable 75.68%

Sam Barrott, wide regarded arsenic 1 of the astir promising referees successful the game, had 8 mistakes -- including the Tarkowski reddish paper -- which keeps his accuracy down astatine 85.45%. Rob Jones and Tim Robinson besides person 8 errors.

And we besides person to notation David Coote, who had a flawless grounds earlier helium was sacked by PGMOL.

Referees: the champion and the worst arsenic the VAR

Percentages are ever going to beryllium overmuch higher for VARs, due to the fact that they are being judged to a higher subjective threshold -- and, arsenic such, less errors tin beryllium made.

Stuart Attwell was statistically 1 of the worst VARs successful 2023-24. Now, he's the champion and has shown wherefore he's regularly selected for planetary tournaments. Across 30 appointments, and 64 KMIs, the sheet didn't grounds a azygous mistake for him. Indeed, from 320 votes, connected lone 8 occasions did a panelist disagree with his decision.

Craig Pawson and Andy Madley besides person a 100% record, but from little than fractional the fig of games.

Another with a cleanable grounds is James Bell, an EFL referee who began moving arsenic a VAR successful the Premier League successful the 2nd fractional of the play arsenic portion of an accelerated programme to created dedicated VARs from extracurricular the top-flight list.

We person to telephone retired Michael Oliver present too: crossed 35 KMIs, helium had conscionable the 1 mistake and 5 votes against -- erstwhile the sheet voted 5-0 that helium incorrectly stepped successful to grant the stoppage-time punishment to West Ham against Man United. Without that, helium would person besides had a 100% record.

Paul Tierney's mean is kept down by 2 errors connected superior foul play, missing the reddish cards for Estupiñán and Tarkowski -- and that's a inclination to past play erstwhile helium should person intervened twice.

At the different extremity of the table, Darren England -- who was connected VAR for the Lewis-Skelly reddish paper -- has the lowest percent of those to enactment arsenic a video adjunct regularly. Both helium and Matt Donouhue (part of the accelerated programme, similar Bell) made 3 errors.

And we person to notation Coote again, arsenic helium had had a spotless grounds from his 8 appointments earlier his suspension.

Last year, Michael Salisbury and John Brooks took the apical 2 spots, with Tony Harrington and England astatine the bottom.

This play saw respective different referees and assistants marque their debuts arsenic a VAR, similar Bell and Donouhue. The likes of Alex Chilowicz, Neil Davies, Nick Hopton, Paul Howard and Timothy Wood besides came through.