St Mirren's clash with Dundee United next weekend will be their first with the Premiership's new VAR system in place.
The Scottish FA have confirmed the first match to use video assistant referees will be Hibs meeting with St Johnstone on Friday, October 21, after FIFA gave them the green light following three years of planning, development and testing.
The Buddies welcome Dundee United to the SMISA Stadium the following day, with VAR now set to aid matchday referees in the top flight on crucial decisions including goals and red cards from next week onwards.
Crawford Allan, Scottish FA Head of Referee Operations, explained: “We are delighted to have received approval to introduce VAR in Scottish football.
"We have worked extensively over a near three-year period to get to this point, have tested in every cinch Premiership stadium as part of the training process, and we are ready to go.
“As we have seen across the world, VAR has helped ensure a higher percentage of on-field refereeing decisions are accurate and that is a principle our match officials support.
“I am grateful to the match officials who have given up their time to take part in the training programme and I would like to thank our VAR working group and our key partners at the SPFL, and in particular Calum Beattie, for his help throughout the development phase, as well as the cinch Premiership clubs who have all been supportive and engaged in the process.
“Hawk-Eye and QTV also deserve praise for their technological expertise in creating a world-class VAR centre here at Clydesdale House.”
Video assistant referees at Clydesdale House will assist on-field referees in the event of a clear and obvious error or a serious missed incident in relation to straight red cards, penalty area incidents, goals and cases of mistaken identity.
Calum Beattie, SPFL chief operating officer, said: “When 41 out of 42 clubs voted at our General Meeting in April to introduce VAR into the cinch Premiership, we said that the technology would be introduced after the World Cup.
"Our clubs made clear that they wished for VAR to be introduced as soon as possible and the Scottish FA deserve real credit for being able to make this announcement ahead of schedule.
“VAR exists to increase the accuracy of refereeing decision-making and while the experience of other leagues demonstrates that implementation will not be straightforward, we are all committed to assisting the Scottish FA to help it bed in as quickly as possible over the next few months."
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