Ranking Premier League clubs by how they’ve been affected by VAR in 2023-24
Remember when it was said that the introduction of VAR would reduce controversy in football?
We're now into the fifth season of the Premier League using a video assistant referee to help the on-pitch match officials reach the right decisions. Certain issues have been ironed out over time, but in 2023-24 it remains far from perfect.
But which clubs benefit and are most disadvantaged by VAR this season? We're keeping a rolling tally throughout 2023-24 of every VAR decision and which clubs have been most affected, positively or negatively.
Note: we've only included figures that relate to overturned decisions only so do not include VAR referrals that have upheld the officials' original decisions or controversial calls where VAR didn't intervene.
Thomas Frank's Bees benefitted from the video assistant referee Tony Harrington advised Robert Jones to take a look at a Son Heung-Min challenge on Mathias Jensen.
Jones deemed it a foul, pointed to the spot, and Bryan Mbeumo converted his penalty in the 2-2 draw.
The first VAR decision of the 2023-24 campaign to favour Manchester City was a pretty inconsequential one, really.
They were already three goals up with the points secured against Burnley when VAR intervened to advise referee Craig Pawson to look at the pitchside monitor for a replay of a dangerous Anass Zaroury lunge on Kyle Walker deep into injury time.
Zaroury was then dismissed as Pawson changed his original decision.
Things evened with two marginal offside calls in Chelsea's clash at home to Liverpool.
Mohamed Salah was denied a seventh successive opening weekend goal after he'd strayed marginally offside following a well-worked move, a goal that would've seen Jurgen Klopp's Reds go two goals ahead at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea
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