Premier League matches used Video Assistant Referees (VAR) for a third consecutive campaign during the 2021/22 season.
The highly-talked about video technology is used to oversee big decisions in top-flight matches with goals, red cards, penalties and offsides the main areas of matches that are looked at using the technology.
Data from ESPN shows that 120 incidents during the 2021/22 season were directly affected by the use of VAR, averaging at 0.32 per game. From those decisions, 47 led to goals being given, while another 43 led to goals being disallowed. There were also 38 penalties awarded, 15 of which were because of handball.
