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The cards

Every RefCard that is not about a single fixture — the weekly roundup, the findings, and the decisions the panel went back and ruled on.

What this is a selection from. Across 3 published rounds the Key Match Incidents panel reviewed 63 decisions and ruled 14 incorrect. This page carries the cards made from them — every error that was posted, and the upholds where the panel itself divided. It is a selection, not the record.

The round, counted

One card a round: counts of what happened, no rates, and no referee ranked.

Premier League 2026-27 · Matchweek 4What happened in the round, counted. · posted 2026-09-14 Premier League 2026-27 · Matchweek 3What happened in the round, counted. · posted 2026-09-08

What the panel ruled

A decision that was argued about, and what the panel actually said. The half we can prove: an upheld call is sourced to a published ruling, never inferred from the absence of an error.

Handball not given in the buildup to an own goalon-field handball call correct; goal correctly awarded · posted 2026-09-09 Penalty not awarded. Challenge by Thiaw (NEW) on Marmoush (TOT)on-field call upheld Late penalty awarded to Liverpool for Hall challenge on Munoz; VAR reviewed and did not interveneon-field penalty award correct; no VAR intervention required Penalty not awarded. Handball appeal against Robinson (FUL)on-field call upheld Ashley Young handball claim in the box — penalty not givenNo penalty — on-field call correct Ashley Young challenge on Giovanni Reyna — penalty not givenNo penalty — on-field call correct

Answers

Each of these has a page behind it with the full working.

Do referees book more at the start of the season?Fouls peak in round one. Cards do not peak until round six. Dissent cautions, club by clubA census on the per-match axis, with the order shown to be unreadable. One instruction, two outcomesTime wasting fell and stayed down. Dissent came back. What Premier League bookings are actually forMore than a quarter of cautions are not for a foul. Booked for arguing, both sides at once27% of argument cautions have an opposing one in the very same minute, against 2.4% for fouls.

Match cards

Every post-match card lives on the match it describes, and the matchweek pages collect each round — browse the games. They are not repeated here.