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How The Final Premier League Table Would Look If VAR Wasn't Used

How The Final Premier League Table Would Look If VAR Wasn't Used

The Premier League table would have looked very different if there was no VAR in the 2020/21 campaign.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

The 2020/21 Premier League table would have looked very different if VAR was not used.

The technology was used for the second consecutive season and again caused controversy through a plethora of disallowed goals and penalty decisions from the first game right through to the last.

And The Sun have put together a table going off what results would have been like if there was no VAR. Incredibly, Arsenal would have secured the final Champions League spot in the hypothetical final league table.

The Gunners actually finished eighth, one point behind North London rivals Spurs despite a final day win over Brighton.

For the first time since 1995/96, Arsenal will not partake in European competition next season because of their league position.

Image: PA
Image: PA

But this study has them ahead of Spurs, West Ham and Chelsea - in fourth by a single goal with an increase of four points going off initial on-field calls.

West Ham would have been four points worse off, dropping down to eighth and missing out on the Europa League spot they sealed following a sixth place finish.

Manchester City would have still won the league and amassed a near-identical points tally, but Manchester United and Liverpool would have swapped places.

Liverpool, who had a league-high 12 calls against them, would have improved their tally by three - while United would have decreased by the same margin.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side had 11 VAR decisions go in their favour, compared to eight against.

Image: PA
Image: PA

Elsewhere, Aston Villa would have pipped Everton to 10th spot and though the same three teams would have been relegated, West Brom would have occupied the final relegation spot and finished a point ahead of Fulham.

Over the course of the season, a massive 123 decisions were changed - including 42 goals disallowed, 29 penalties awarded, 17 red cards given and 22 spot-kicks renounced.

Here is the table in full:

Position Team P W D L F A Pts Pts change
1. Man City 38 27 4 7 83 32 85 -1
2. Liverpool 38 22 6 10 76 45 72 +3
3. Man Utd 38 20 11 7 73 46 71 -3
4. Arsenal 38 19 8 11 60 40 65 +4
5. Chelsea 38 18 11 9 59 39 65 -2
6. Leicester 38 19 8 11 68 51 65 -1
7. Spurs 38 17 10 11 70 45 61 -1
8. West Ham 38 17 11 10 61 49 61 -4
9. Leeds 38 18 5 15 62 55 59 =
10. Aston Villa 38 16 9 13 60 49 57 +2
11. Everton 38 15 9 14 47 51 54 -5
12. Newcastle 38 13 7 18 45 59 47 +2
13. Brighton 38 9 17 12 41 46 45 -1
14. Wolves 38 11 12 15 40 51 44 -1
15. Soton 38 12 7 19 49 70 43 =
16. C Palace 38 11 10 17 41 66 43 -1
17. Burnley 38 10 8 20 33 57 38 -1
18. West Brom 38 5 21 21 36 75 27 +1
19. Fulham 38 5 11 22 28 57 26 -2
20. Sheff Utd 38 6 3 28 18 63 21 -2
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Topics: Liverpool, Football, Manchester United, Premier League, Arsenal

Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and wrestling. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has interviewed some of the biggest names in the field - including the first UK interview with The Hardy Boyz after their return to WWE. He has never sported a pair of Lonsdale Slip-ons, contrary to reports.

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