Semi-automated offsides begin in the Premier League to help VAR officials judge marginal offside calls - BBC Sport explains ...

In February 2023, the VAR failed to identify that a Brentford player was offside in the buildup to a goal at Arsenal. On the same day, the lines had been placed on the wrong Crystal Palace ...

AI constantly analyses all these data points, and sends an alert to the officials in the VAR room when an offside is detected. Hopefully this alert is 'OFFSIDE DETECTED! OFFSIDE DETECTED!

The Premier League is to introduce semi-automated offside technology for the round of fixtures starting on Saturday 12 April.

SAOT finally reaches English top-flight football this month, with the technology due to be introduced for matchday 32 ...

As things stand, when a player scores after a borderline offside situation, officials in the video assistant referee (VAR) room must decide on three key things - when the ball was kicked ...

Semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) was introduced to major competitions in 2022, but did not debut in England until ...

so there was some embarrassment that one of the first trials should lead to the longest VAR check in English football. The FA had warned before the trial that marginal offside decisions in crowded ...

As things stand, when a player scores after a borderline offside situation, officials in the video assistant referee (VAR) room must decide on three key things - when the ball was kicked ...