Premier League table without VAR and how it impacts…

Premier League table without VAR and how it impacts top-four and relegation battles

VAR remains a point of contention in the Premier League, with PGMOL chief Howard Webb forced to apologise to clubs on numerous occasions this season for costly errors.

Webb even spearheaded an emergency meeting with clubs back in February in an attempt to stamp out the errors after three blunders were made in a single day of Premier League action.

However, the PGMOL insist that VAR has had a positive impact on the sport and recently published a report claiming its use has markedly improved since the World Cup. The report states that since the tournament, there has been one incorrect VAR intervention every 37.5 games as opposed to one ever 24.3 games before the World Cup.

No matter whether you feel VAR has been a positive or negative addition to the Premier League, it has undoubtedly had an impact and the table would certainly look different if VAR was not being used.

According to London World, Arsenal would still be top but only just, with second placed Manchester City cutting their lead in the title race to a solitary point without VAR. Brighton and West Ham would be the big winners, gaining a total of five and six points respectively.

Those extra points would see Brighton jump up two spots from seventh to fifth and leave them just three points off the top four. The Hammers, meanwhile, would be feeling a bit more secure in 13th place, moving eight points clear of the relegation zone as opposed to the four points that currently separate them from the bottom three.

Liverpool and Everton would be left worse off without VAR, with Jurgen Klopp's side losing out on more points than any other club and their neighbours dropping into the relegation zone. It is claimed Liverpool would be seven points worse off than they currently are, dropping them from eighth to ninth in the table.

Everton, however, would actually gain two extra points but end up in the bottom three due to West Ham gaining six points, Leeds gaining four points and Nottingham Forest gaining three points to move out of the relegation zone.

Take a look at the full table, the club's resultant points total without VAR and the difference with their current totals below:

1. Arsenal - 75 (+1)

2. Man City - 74 (+4)

3. Man United - 58 (-1)

4. Newcastle - 57 (+1)

5. Brighton - 54 (+5)

6. Spurs - 53 (0)

7. Villa - 46 (-4)

8. Fulham - 43 (+1)

9. Liverpool - 40 (-7)

10. Brentford - 40 (-3)

11. Chelsea - 40 (+1)