Opinions on VAR efficacy in the Premier League 2020

At the beginning of the 2019-2020 season, the English Premier League introduced Video Assistant Referees (commonly known as VAR) to all matches. This statistic shows the results of a representative survey of the British Pubic in relation to the English Premier League, presenting the the opinions, of British adults who watch Premier League football matches very or fairly frequently, on the efficacy of VAR within Premier League football matches.
Only 27 percent of respondents indicating that they thought that VAR worked very or fairly well, whereas 34 percent of respondents thought that VAR had worked very badly in the Premier League so far.

Opinions of British adults on video assistant referee (VAR) efficacy in English Premier League football matches in 2020

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Worked very well	4%
Worked fairly well	23%
Neither worked well or badly	12%
Worked fairly badly	34%
Worked very badly	26%
Don't know	1%

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Release date

February 2020

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

15th - 22nd January 2020

Number of respondents

1,419 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

All GB adults who watch Premier League football matches very or fairly frequently

Method of interview

Online Access Panel

Supplementary notes

Question asked: "At the beginning of the 2019-2020 season, the English Premier League introduced Video Assistant Referees (commonly known as VAR) to all matches. How well or badly would you say VAR has worked in the Premier League so far?"

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