The officials have been confirmed for Chelsea’s Premier League clash against Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge.

Premier League referees' chief Howard Webb has suggested the video assistant referee system could be expanded to include yellow cards and corners.

The Premier League is back and so are the controversies as Liverpool had an early handball appeal turned down by Anthony Taylor despite Bournemouth defender Marcos Senesi appearing to deliberately palm the ball away from Hugo Ekitike as he looked to break through on goal.

The scope of the video assistant referee in the Premier League might be expanded to include decisions on yellow cards and corners, says referees' chief Howard Webb.

The Premier League gets started on Friday, and with it comes a series of tweaks to the laws and how the games will look.

The Premier League announced several rule changes for the 2025-26 season, including updated regulations for VAR.

The Premier League Match Centre on X quickly revealed the reasons for VAR’s support of the referee’s decision, writing: ‘#AVLNEW – 65’ The referee’s call of red card to Konsa for the denial of an obvious goal scoring opportunity (DOGSO) was checked and confirmed by VAR.’

More Premier League games will be shown on TV than ever before as the league’s new broadcast deal, agreed back in December 2023 and worth £6.7bn, takes effect.

Liverpool vs Bournemouth LIVE! Liverpool face Bournemouth in the very first game of the new Premier League season. The runaway champions from last term have a very new look to them, with myriad new signings walking through the Anfield entrance this summer.