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VAR errors increase – every mistake so far in 2025-26 Premier League


The KMI Panel meets every week to dissect each decision, from goals to penalties to red cards.

It has five members: three former players and coaches, plus one representative each from the Premier League and Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO).

The KMI Panel was created by the Premier League clubs in 2022 to take performance stats out of the hands of the refereeing body.

Crucially, it is not intended to look at each incident like any fan or manager would. It takes into account the laws of the game and, crucially, how the Premier League expects its games to be refereed.

That is why the list of errors will not be as extensive as supporters would expect.

The KMI Panel first looks at the decision of the on-field referee team, and then of the VAR.

As the VAR is operating to a higher threshold – clear and obvious – there are times when the KMI Panel will say the referee was wrong but the VAR was correct not to intervene.

The KMI Panel also considers second yellow cards which were missed, or incorrectly shown.


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