Overview
- At the halfway point, the Key Match Incidents panel logged 13 VAR errors, up from 10 at the same stage last season, a rise reported as roughly 30 percent.
- Eleven were missed interventions and two were incorrect interventions, while total VAR interventions dropped 17.54 percent from 57 to 47.
- The panel unanimously ruled that Arsenal’s Mikel Merino should have received a second yellow card against Aston Villa, which VAR cannot rectify during play.
- Chelsea were judged to have benefited from three errors, and Bournemouth appeared in four cases, with Marcos Senesi deemed to have warranted dismissal twice.
- Reviews also concluded Wolves should have had a penalty against Everton and identified five missed second‑yellow incidents overall, two involving Villa matches.