Premiership VAR mistakes DOUBLE after review as errors shared with clubs

The latest review into VAR in Scottish football has concluded that 26 mistakes have been made this season - doubling since the last check.

The Independent VAR Independent Review Panel (IRP) have issued another update two months after the previous review found there had been 13 errors on Key Match Incidents (KMIs) in the Premiership. The panel requested some specific KMIs to look at as well as being handed certain ones to cast their eyes over.

There have been 1,1181 VAR checks in Scottish football games this season - the vast majority of which are "silent checks" when the VAR team looks at an incident without then feeling the need to ask the on-pitch referee to have another look and potentially change their decision.

76 did result in on-pitch reviews and there were a further 36 factual overturns - when a call is changed based on factual evidence, such as an offside when the lines drawn show the decision.

The IRP ruled 890.3 per cent of on-field calls made by refs were correct, rising to 97.8 per cent when VAR interventions are included.

Details of ten of the errors have been shared with clubs.

Errors shared with Premiership clubs

Rangers 2-1 Aberdeen (6/02/24): VAR intervention was correct, but final outcome should have been yellow card to Rangers' Dujon Sterling. Referee retained his on-field decision of a red card.

St Mirren 2-0 Dundee (7/02/24): VAR intervention was correct, but final outcome should have been yellow card to St Mirren's James Bolton. Referee retained his on-field decision of a red card.

Ross County 1-1 St Mirren (27/2/24): VAR should have recommended an on-field review. Final outcome should have been penalty awarded against Ross County for handball.

Hearts 1-1 Hibernian (28/2/24): VAR intervention correct, but penalty decision, which led to Hearts' equaliser, should have been overturned - no foul and no penalty should have been awarded.

Kilmarnock 1-2 Rangers (28/2/24): VAR should have recommended an on-field review. Final outcome should have been penalty decision, which led to Kilmarnock opening the scoring, overturned - no handball offense against Rangers.

Hearts 2-0 Celtic (3/3/24): VAR should have recommended an on-field review. Penalty decision should have been overturned - no foul and no penalty should have been awarded to Celtic.

Hearts 2-0 Celtic (3/3/24): On-field decision correct, no penalty to Hearts. Handball should not have been awarded for spot-kick that led to opening goal.

Motherwell 0-1 Aberdeen (16/04/24): VAR should have recommended an on-field review. Penalty to Motherwell should have been awarded for handball.

Hibernian 1-2 St Johnstone (6/4/24): VAR should have recommended an on-field review. Penalty should have been awarded to Hibs for foul by St Johnstone goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov.

St Mirren 1-2 Hearts (6/4/24): VAR intervention correct, but penalty should have been awarded to St Mirren for a foul on Conor McMenamin by Aidan Denholm.