The Premier League will expand the scope of VAR for the 2026/27 season, allowing video officials to review a clearly incorrect second yellow card when that booking results in a player being sent off. The change follows an amendment to the IFAB Laws of the Game and applies only after a second yellow has produced a red card; VAR will not intervene simply because a possible second yellow was missed.

The league says its existing high threshold for VAR intervention will remain, with the referee’s on-field decision standing unless the evidence shows a clear and obvious error. The change therefore adds a new safeguard against an incorrect dismissal without opening every caution to video review.

IFAB also made reviews of clearly incorrect corner-kick awards available as a competition option, but the Premier League has said it does not intend to adopt that extension. For 2026/27, the league is also continuing work to reduce VAR delays through improved semi-automated offside technology, referee announcements and specific VAR training. The second-yellow change is therefore a targeted expansion of VAR rather than a broad extension of video review to more routine decisions.