#26 on the damage table · Premier League

Edward Smart

Matches this season: 43
Calls on file: 16
Correct: 14
Errors: 2
Accuracy: 88%
Damage score: 3

Who their errors affected

SUN Sunderland+1 −0 BRE Brentford+1 −0 ARS Arsenal+0 −1 WHU West Ham United+0 −1

One error can help one club and hurt another. Small samples are not evidence of bias.

Call sheet

AVARErrorSunderland given a penalty when Ballard pulled Konsa
AVARCorrectPenalty not awarded: handball appeal against Strand Larsen
AVARCorrectPenalty not awarded: challenge by Jacquet on Osula
AVARCorrectLate Liverpool penalty for Hall's clumsy challenge
AVARCorrectPenalty not awarded: handball appeal against Thiaw
AVARCorrectCole Palmer goal ruled out by VAR
AVARErrorWest Ham denied penalty for Lewis-Potter's hold on Souček
AVARCorrectNo penalty for Yehor Yarmolyuk holding Pablo
AVARCorrectKonstantinos Mavropanos goal ruled out by VAR
AVARCorrectJorge Cuenca goal ruled out by VAR
AVARCorrectManchester United penalty overturned by VAR
AVARCorrectPenalty to Bournemouth after VAR review
AVARCorrectPenalty to West Ham United after VAR review
AVARCorrectNo penalty for a challenge on Anthony Gordon
AVARCorrectChalobah goal allowed with Enzo Fernández offside and impacting
AVARCorrectMoisés Caicedo red card after VAR review

2026–27 appointments

MW4	12 Sept	Sunderland 0–2 Arsenal	Assistant VAR
MW3	5 Sept	Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Leeds United	Assistant VAR
MW2	28 Aug	Crystal Palace 1–4 Manchester City	Assistant VAR
MW1	23 Aug	Newcastle United 2–2 Liverpool	Assistant VAR
MW38	24 May	Sunderland 2–1 Chelsea	Assistant VAR
MW36	9 May	Liverpool 1–1 Chelsea	Assistant VAR
MW35	2 May	Brentford 3–0 West Ham United	Assistant VAR
MW33	21 Apr	Brighton & Hove Albion 3–0 Chelsea	Assistant
MW33	19 Apr	Nottingham Forest 4–1 Burnley	Assistant VAR
MW33	18 Apr	Brentford 0–0 Fulham	Assistant
MW31	21 Mar	Leeds United 0–0 Brentford	Assistant VAR
MW30	14 Mar	Sunderland 0–1 Brighton & Hove Albion	Assistant
MW29	4 Mar	Newcastle United 2–1 Manchester United	Assistant
MW28	28 Feb	Leeds United 0–1 Manchester City	Assistant
MW27	22 Feb	Tottenham Hotspur 1–4 Arsenal	Assistant
MW26	11 Feb	Aston Villa 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion	Assistant
MW25	6 Feb	Leeds United 3–1 Nottingham Forest	Assistant
MW24	1 Feb	Manchester United 3–2 Fulham	Assistant VAR
MW23	26 Jan	Everton 1–1 Leeds United	Assistant VAR
MW23	24 Jan	Burnley 2–2 Tottenham Hotspur	Assistant
MW22	19 Jan	Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Bournemouth	Assistant VAR
MW22	17 Jan	Sunderland 2–1 Crystal Palace	Assistant
MW21	7 Jan	Fulham 2–1 Chelsea	Assistant
MW20	4 Jan	Newcastle United 2–0 Crystal Palace	Assistant
MW19	30 Dec	West Ham United 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion	Assistant VAR
MW18	27 Dec	Brentford 4–1 Bournemouth	Assistant
MW17	20 Dec	Newcastle United 2–2 Chelsea	Assistant VAR
MW16	14 Dec	Sunderland 1–0 Newcastle United	Assistant
MW15	6 Dec	Aston Villa 2–1 Arsenal	Assistant
MW14	4 Dec	Manchester United 1–1 West Ham United	Assistant VAR
MW13	30 Nov	Chelsea 1–1 Arsenal	Assistant VAR
MW13	29 Nov	Manchester City 3–2 Leeds United	Assistant
MW12	22 Nov	Burnley 0–2 Chelsea	Assistant
MW11	9 Nov	Nottingham Forest 3–1 Leeds United	Assistant
MW10	1 Nov	Crystal Palace 2–0 Brentford	Assistant
MW9	25 Oct	Newcastle United 2–1 Fulham	Assistant
MW7	5 Oct	Newcastle United 2–0 Nottingham Forest	Assistant
MW5	20 Sept	Manchester United 2–1 Chelsea	Assistant
MW4	14 Sept	Burnley 0–1 Liverpool	Assistant VAR
MW4	13 Sept	Bournemouth 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion	Assistant
MW3	30 Aug	Leeds United 0–0 Newcastle United	Assistant
MW2	23 Aug	Manchester City 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur	Assistant
MW1	17 Aug	Nottingham Forest 3–1 Brentford	Assistant