Premier League, FA and PGMOL issue major joint statement ahead of Nottingham Forest match
Semi-automated offside technology will be used for the first time in the FA Cup fifth round (Peter Byrne/PA)
Semi-automated offside technology will make its debut in English football in seven of the eight FA Cup fifth-round ties.
The technology will be used at all the ties hosted at Premier League stadiums, with the Preston v Burnley tie the one exception. Nottingham Foresthost Ipswich Town.The technology will be used at all the ties hosted at Premier League stadiums, with the Preston v Burnley tie the one exception. Nottingham Foresthost Ipswich Town.
The Premier League hopes SAOT will reduce the length of offside checks by an average of 31 seconds.
VAR will be used at all eight ties, a joint statement from the Premier League, the Football Association and Professional Game Match Officials Ltd confirmed.
The Premier League has worked with technology provider Genius Sports on the new offside system
The original plan had been to introduce it in the Premier League after one of last autumn’s international breaks, but those deadlines came and went.
Speaking last week, Premier League chief football officer Tony Scholes said the technology was still on course to be introduced this season.
He said there had been “significant progress” made over the last four to six weeks.
“The system that we’ve adopted, we believe it to be the best system,“We believe it to be the most accurate.
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