{"id":1395637,"date":"2026-05-25T19:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=features&p=1395637"},"modified":"2026-06-02T17:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T16:29:38","slug":"var-errors-premier-league-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/var-errors-premier-league-2025-26\/","title":{"rendered":"How the 2025-26 Premier League table would look without VAR ‘errors’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Each week, Squawka’s VAR table recalculates the standings by removing the impact of VAR ‘errors’.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those errors are as voted for by Squawka followers on our polls on X, based on each gameweek’s most controversial VAR calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By focusing only on the most recent round of fixtures, this alternative view highlights the immediate impact of officiating errors. And provides a fair reflection of team performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Premier League season is now over, with Sunday’s final day bringing the curtain down on the campaign. Let’s take a look at how the VAR errors from GW38 affected this hypothetical table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025-26 Premier League table without VAR ‘errors’<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Note: Our table has been compiled on the basis that penalties that should have been awarded would subsequently have been scored. Since 2016-17, 80.22% of Premier League penalties taken have been scored.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

How many VAR ‘errors’ have gone against your team?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Manchester United have suffered the most this season, with nine ‘errors’ against them. But Crystal Palace join Liverpool with a differential of -5, the worst overall. Arsenal have had the most ‘errors’ go for them this season, with eight in total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CLUB<\/th>ERRORS FOR<\/th>ERRORS AGAINST<\/th>DIFFERENCE<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Liverpool<\/td>3<\/td>8<\/td>-5<\/td><\/tr>
Crystal Palace<\/td>1<\/td>6<\/td>-5<\/td><\/tr>
Man Utd<\/td>6<\/td>9<\/td>-3<\/td><\/tr>
Tottenham<\/td>4<\/td>7<\/td>-3<\/td><\/tr>
Brentford<\/td>3<\/td>6<\/td>-3<\/td><\/tr>
Newcastle<\/td>5<\/td>7<\/td>-2<\/td><\/tr>
Everton<\/td>3<\/td>5<\/td>-2<\/td><\/tr>
Burnley<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>-1<\/td><\/tr>
Nottingham Forest<\/td>1<\/td>2<\/td>-1<\/td><\/tr>
Sunderland<\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Man City<\/td>6<\/td>5<\/td>+1<\/td><\/tr>
Leeds<\/td>2<\/td>1<\/td>+1<\/td><\/tr>
Fulham<\/td>6<\/td>4<\/td>+2<\/td><\/tr>
Aston Villa<\/td>5<\/td>3<\/td>+2<\/td><\/tr>
Brighton<\/td>5<\/td>3<\/td>+2<\/td><\/tr>
West Ham<\/td>3<\/td>1<\/td>+2<\/td><\/tr>
Arsenal<\/td>8<\/td>5<\/td>+3<\/td><\/tr>
Chelsea<\/td>7<\/td>4<\/td>+3<\/td><\/tr>
Wolves<\/td>4<\/td>1<\/td>+3<\/td><\/tr>
Bournemouth<\/td>7<\/td>1<\/td>+6<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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GW38 VAR controversies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There were only two standout VAR flashpoints during the final day of the 2025-26 Premier League season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Were Wolves right to get a penalty? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n