The Times reported that Premier League referees will focus on hitting players' behavior of holding opponents in set-piece defense in the new season.

A player will be punished for a foul when he or she is wrapped around his or her arms, focusing on his or her attention rather than competing for the ball, and holding and falling affecting the movement of the offensive player. Such fouls in the penalty area will be awarded a penalty.

VAR will continue to check the penalty penalty. If it is determined that the referee on the field has obvious misjudgment, it can be changed. The crackdown policy is due to feedback from Premier League clubs. All teams believe that the referees are too tolerant of such behaviors in recent years, and the players have learned about the new regulations.

The referee team also receives instructions to severely punish fake falls, including players exaggerating physical contact (such as touching the chest but falling to the ground with their heads in their arms). VAR will still maintain a high threshold for intervention, and unless the video referee determines that there is a clear and obvious misjudgment, the referee's original judgment will be maintained. Last season, the average ruling time for the Premier League VAR has dropped from 64 seconds in the 2023-24 season to 39 seconds.

The Premier League will enable semi-automatic offside technology, and related playbacks will be presented on TV and live large screens. In addition to the obvious offside/non-offside penalty, the referee will inform the VAR penalty basis through the stadium broadcast system.

The independent evaluation team data of the Premier League referees showed that VAR had 103 correct interventions, 5 wrong interventions and 13 missed judgments last season.