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The 2025/26 Premier League season gets underway this weekend. Here are some of the key updates ahead of the new campaign.
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Premier League Match Centre
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Premier League Match Centre
@PLMatchCentre
The operational hub for all @premierleague matches. This account provides information directly from Match Centre, the VAR Hub and PGMO experts.
- Welcome to the Premier League Match Centre X account. This page will provide live updates from Stockley Park including information directly from the VAR Hub. We will issue near-live updates on operational matters from all matches – including clarification on refereeing and VAR.
- #MUNFUL – 13’ VAR checked a potential penalty for a challenge by Iwobi and Robinson on Diallo. He confirmed the referee’s call of no penalty, deeming there was no impactful contact.
- #MCITOT – 35’ VAR OVERTURN VAR checked the referee’s call of no goal for Tottenham Hotspur - and established that Richarlison was in an onside position in the build-up and recommended that the goal was awarded.
00:00 - #MCIARS 45+7' The referee issued a second yellow card to Leandro Trossard for delaying the restart.
- Tonight's match between Liverpool Football Club and AFC Bournemouth was temporarily paused during the first half after a report of discriminatory abuse from the crowd, directed at Bournemouth's Antoine Semenyo. This is in line with the Premier League's on-field
- Due to the impact of today’s global AWS outage, this evening’s match will begin without the use of Semi-Automated Offside Technology (SAOT). If required, the VAR will use virtual offside lines, as in previous seasons, to determine an offside decision. If SAOT becomes available
- #WOLMCI – 95’ VAR OVERTURN Stones’ goal was disallowed on-field due to Bernardo Silva being in an offside position and in the goalkeeper’s line of vision. The VAR deemed Bernardo Silva wasn’t in the line of vision and had no impact on the goalkeeper and recommended an on-field
- #MUNFUL – 40’ The referee issued a yellow card to Maguire for simulation. The VAR checked for a potential penalty and confirmed the referee’s call of a free-kick to Fulham.
- Replying to @PLMatchCentreRefereeing and VAR clarifications will be based on the factual information from the VAR Hub and the Premier League Match Centre. Where necessary, additional information on Laws of the Game and VAR process from PGMOL experts will be communicated.
- #CHECRY – 13’ VAR OVERTURN After VAR review, the referee overturned the original decision of goal to Crystal Palace. Referee announcement: “After review, away number six is less than one metre away from the wall as the shot is taken. Therefore, it's an indirect free kick and a
- #IPSLIV – 53’ VAR confirms the on-field referee's call of offside on Davis before the potential penalty check for the challenge by van Dijk on Delap.
- #ARSBHA – 48’ The referee issued a second yellow card to Declan Rice for delaying the restart.
- #NEWSOU – 28’ The referee issued a red card to Schär for violent conduct. VAR checked and confirmed the referee’s call.