The Scottish FA have published their weekly key match incident (KMI) outcomes.
The new process uses a ranking system to determine the difficulty of an on-field decision and whether or not it was correct.
That verdict is voted by a five person panel and it therefore allows a traffic light rating to be given to assess if the on-field decision was deemed fair, and also if VAR did intervene, was the right outcome then made by the officials.
From the weekend of September 21 & 22, there were 17 isolated incidents that were looked at.
Celtic's Premier Sports Cup win over Falkirk dominated, with the panel unanimously agreeing with all eight big refereeing outcomes during the 5-2 thriller.
The red card shown to Falkirk's Michael McKenna and four of the goals were among the topics discussed.
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Rangers' cup tie against Dundee had two notable incidents, and it was agreed, after some debate, that the referee failed to award the Light Blues a penalty on the 38th minute when Cyriel Dessers was fouled by Mohamad Sylla.
But the official's did get the call correct when they pointed to the spot following a tussle between the same two player's 10 minutes later.
"The majority (3:2) believed that VAR was correct not to intervene while two panelists believed that a penalty should have been awarded after a VAR intervention."
You can read the report in full HERE...
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