The Premier League will present a semi -automated offside technology for the first time on Saturday, April 12.
This comes after non-all league testing at the beginning of this season and also for a live operation in the FA Cup.
Semi -automated Offside technology helps officials to place a virtual offside line in analyzing tight calls using players. It also creates virtual graphics for spectators at the stadium and at home.
The Premier League intended to present this technology into the best summer matches after the October or November international breaks this season, but these plans were delayed.
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Sky Sports’ Kaveh Solhekol explains that if this weekend FA CUP accessories successfully go using semi -authenticated offsides, then it could introduce Easter into the Premier League.
The Premier League statement said: “The semi -automated offside technology automates the key elements of the Offside decision -making process to support the video assistant (VAR).
“It provides a more efficient placement of the virtual offside line using an optical player tracking and generates virtual graphics to ensure an improved stadium experience and fans.
“Technology maintains the process integrity and at the same time increases the speed, efficiency and consistency of offside decision -making.
“Premier League has worked in cooperation with PGMOL and Sports Data and Technology Genius Sports to develop a new semi -automated Offside Technology System.”
Premier League 12 matches April 12
- Man City vs Crystal Palace, 12:30
- Brighton vs Leicester, 15:00
- Nottingham Forest vs Everton, 15:00
- Southampton vs Aston Villa, 15:00
- Arsenal vs Brentford, 17:30 – – – Live on Sky Sports
What is a semi -automated offside technology and how does it work?
The semi-automated Offside Technology (SAOT) will use up to 30 tracking cameras on twice the frame on the usual devices used in broadcasting-the field officials and video matches have helped better and faster offside decisions.
The cameras are designed to provide a more efficient placement of the Offside virtual line and produce subsequent virtual graphics that help fans on the stadium and broadcast.
Premier League says computer vision cameras, powered by Genius Sports, will be installed at each Premier League stadium. These cameras around Earth will watch the ball and thousands of data points for each player.
When a key moment occurs, such as a fine, target or red card, technology monitors these data points to see if an attacking player involved in the accumulation was offside.
If the player receives the ball in the Offside position, the technology will send warnings to VAR HUB officials who then check the ball contact point and inform the field officials.
Graphics will be available to broadcasters and will display fans on large screens at the stadium.
What will be the impact of Saot?
The Premier League hopes that on average, the decision will be made on average more than 30 seconds faster.
However, he warns that there could still be a delay due to the “ball occlusion occasion” (hidden in front of the cameras between the group of players), “marginal decisions” or a subjective decision whether the offside player interfered with the game. This would require an intervention from VAR and perhaps from the referee in the field in the second case.
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Sky Sports News’ KAVEH SOLHEKOL explains how the semi -automated Offside will be used in the next FA Cup round and when the Premier League could be introduced.
Why hasn’t it been used in the Premier League?
The semi -automated offside technology is not new to football – its version was used during the 2022 World Cup – but the planned introduction of autumn 2024 to the Premier League has never happened.
Talking last week, Premier League Chief Football Officer Tony Scholes He said they were developing another system that they believe to be successful in the long term.
He said that there has been “significant progress” in the last four to six weeks.
“The system we have accepted, we believe this is the best system,” he said.
“We believe it is the most accurate and effective system.
Scholes insisted that its introduction with potentially only a handful of games that could go would not create a problem with integrity.
“Fixing semi -automated offside technology does not change the integrity of offside of the law and does not change the integrity of decision -making,” he said.
“This season we have 100 % accuracy (on offside after boiling), so it won’t improve accuracy. What is doing is to streamline the process.”
