Research has been done on VAR decisions in the Premier League compared to the other main European leagues...
English video assistant referees are seemingly too scared to overrule their colleagues’ decisions. The research finds that refs in other major European leagues are three times as likely to cancel a decision that has gone to VAR than those in England.
The Premier League has also seen 3.5 times the number of stoppages for VAR this season than France’s Ligue 1, meaning fans are left waiting on many more occasions, which is particularly frustrating given the officials’ reluctance to overturn decisions anyway.
English officials overrule decisions in just 32% of VAR reviews
Comparatively, the second lowest overturn rate in Europe is France’s Ligue 1, where 85% of VAR reviews result in the initial decision being ruled as incorrect. In Spain’s La Liga, this figure is as high as 91%.
VAR overturn rates in Europe’s top five leagues:
La Liga
92 decisions cancelled
9 decisions confirmed
101 decisions made
91% of decisions overturned
Bundesliga
76 decisions cancelled
8 decisions confirmed
84 decisions made
90% of decisions overturned
Serie A
99 decisions cancelled
12 decisions confirmed
111 decisions made
89% of decisions overturned
Ligue 1
70 decisions cancelled
12 decisions confirmed
82 decisions made
85% of decisions overturned
Premier League
87 decisions cancelled
188 decisions confirmed
275 decisions made
32% of decisions overturned
The rate at which decisions are taken to VAR is also far higher in the Premier League than the rest of Europe. This season has seen 275 reviews take place in England’s top flight, which is 3.4 times higher than Ligue 1 (82 reviews) despite teams playing an almost identical number of games. Officials in the German Bundesliga also restrict the use of the technology – only turning to VAR on 84 occasions since the start of the 2019/20 season.
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posted on 8/4/20
Where are those stats from, Boris?
posted on 8/4/20
I hope you're not questioning the validity of the evidence?
posted on 8/4/20
comment by it'sonlyagame (U6426)
posted 1 hour, 47 minutes ago
Where are those stats from, Boris?
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Off FB, I don't know who compliled them but there's no reason (imo) that they're innaccurate.
posted on 8/4/20
What a hilarious stars! 😂
It’s telling me the Italians refer to VAR for everything!
😂
posted on 8/4/20
*stats
posted on 8/4/20
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posted on 8/4/20
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 3 hours, 55 minutes ago
comment by it'sonlyagame (U6426)
posted 1 hour, 47 minutes ago
Where are those stats from, Boris?
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Off FB, I don't know who compliled them but there's no reason (imo) that they're innaccurate.
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Who off FB?
posted on 8/4/20
It was shared to me by someone who read it in another article written by someone who got it off ESPN.
I didn't do a full forensic search.
posted on 8/4/20
They are biased and corrupt that`s the problem, they almost always favour certain clubs
posted on 8/4/20
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 1 hour, 32 minutes ago
It was shared to me by someone who read it in another article written by someone who got it off ESPN.
I didn't do a full forensic search.
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So no actual source for these?
Two major anomalies jump out. There almost 200 more VAR "reviews" in the EPL and there almost 200 more confirmations in the EPL.
A simple explanation would be that other leagues simply didn't report VAR checks that didn't lead to a review because the original decision was deemed correct and only reported official reviews, and England has submitted data on every check.
Their being almost one review per game doesn't sound right even for England. After 90 games there had been an average of 1 review every 4 games.