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- Bookies make it 7/4 that VAR will overrule a goal in this year's World Cup Final
- There were 21 total VAR reviews across the 64 2018 World Cup games
- 48% of football fans ‘in favour’ of VAR
Bookies make it 7/4 that VAR will overrule a goal in this year's World Cup Final
The 2022 World Cup gets underway this week and bookies are giving odds on potential outcomes for the tournament.
It's 7/4 that VAR will overrule a goal in the 2022 World Cup Final this year, set to take place in Qatar on 18th December.
VAR was used in the 2018 World Cup Final where France beat Croatia 4-2 in Moscow, Russia.
France's second goal in the final came from a penalty that was awarded due to a VAR decision for handball.
There were 21 total VAR reviews across the 64 2018 World Cup games
According to 'Refsix' there were 21 VAR reviews across 64 games at the 2018 World Cup with an average of 0.33 per game or 1 every 3 games.
The 2018 World Cup tournament was the first massive event in football to show the use of video technology but 21 VAR reviews seems slim in general.
At odds of 7/4 for a review disallowing a goal in this year's World Cup Final, bookies give around a 36% chance of it happening.
There are three best bookmakers for World Cup betting and a lot of bookmakers will offer odds on VAR reviews in each individual game.
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48% of football fans ‘in favour’ of VAR
A recent survey conducted by OLBG gathered the opinions of 1,000 UK football fans to analyse how they consume football in the post-pandemic world and their true feelings on VAR.
According to the results, 48% of fans are in favour of VAR but say that there's change needed in the way it works.
It'll be interesting to see the difference that 4 years has made in VAR from the Russia World Cup to Qatar.
