{"id":1483187,"date":"2026-09-01T15:15:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=features&p=1483187"},"modified":"2026-09-01T15:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:59:15","slug":"var-errors-premier-league-2026-27","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/var-errors-premier-league-2026-27\/","title":{"rendered":"How the 2026\/27 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 2026\/27 Premier League<\/a> season is still in its infancy, but there have been a few early calls to discuss. Let’s take a look at how the VAR errors from GW2 have affected the hypothetical table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026\/27 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, 80.28% of Premier League penalties taken have been scored.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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

Man Utd and Leeds were the first two teams to benefit from voted VAR ‘errors’ in the Premier League this season. Brentford and Ipswich were on the wrong end of those ‘errors’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CLUB<\/th>ERRORS FOR<\/th>ERRORS AGAINST<\/th>DIFFERENCE<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Brentford<\/td>0<\/td>1<\/td>-1<\/td><\/tr>
Ipswich<\/td>0<\/td>1<\/td>-1<\/td><\/tr>
Arsenal<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Aston Villa<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Bournemouth<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Brighton<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Chelsea<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Coventry<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Crystal Palace<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Everton<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Fulham<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Hull<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Liverpool<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Man City<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Newcastle<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Nottingham Forest<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Sunderland<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Tottenham<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Leeds<\/td>1<\/td>0<\/td>+1<\/td><\/tr>
Man Utd<\/td>1<\/td>0<\/td>+1<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

GW2 VAR controversies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After a quiet first gameweek, the Premier League’s VAR discussions got up and running with three calls including one contentious handball decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Were Brentford denied a penalty?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n