#19 on the damage table · Premier League
Nick Hopton
- Matches this season
- 48
- Calls on file
- 15
- Correct
- 11
- Errors
- 4
- Accuracy
- 73%
- Damage score
- 6
Who their errors affected
AVL Aston Villa+1 −0NEW Newcastle United+1 −0BRE Brentford+1 −0EVE Everton+1 −0ARS Arsenal+0 −1MCI Manchester City+0 −1MUN Manchester United+0 −1WOL Wolverhampton Wanderers+0 −1
One error can help one club and hurt another. Small samples are not evidence of bias.
Call sheet
- AVARCorrectPenalty not awarded: challenge by Kamara on Havertz
- AVARCorrectPenalty not awarded: challenge by Torres on Calafiori
- AVARCorrectPenalty not awarded: challenge by White on Maatsen
- AVARErrorNo penalty for Maatsen's reckless challenge on Guimarães
- AVARCorrectArsenal penalty overturned: Maatsen foul on Saka was outside the box
- VARCorrectPenalty not awarded: handball appeal against Xhaka
- AVARCorrectNo penalty for a Tomáš Souček handball
- AVARCorrectPenalty to Leeds United after VAR review
- AVARCorrectTottenham Hotspur penalty overturned by VAR
- VARCorrectIsmaïla Sarr goal ruled out by VAR
- VARCorrectJoe Willock goal ruled out by VAR
- AVARCorrectLeeds United penalty overturned by VAR
- AVARErrorFoden taken out by Schär, no penalty given
- AVARErrorCollins only booked for pulling back Mbeumo
- AVARErrorNo penalty for Ndiaye on Bueno
2026–27 appointments
| MW4 | 12 Sept | Bournemouth 2–2 Brentford | Assistant VAR |
| MW3 | 5 Sept | Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Leeds United | Assistant |
| MW3 | 4 Sept | Ipswich Town 0–2 Liverpool | VAR |
| MW2 | 31 Aug | Aston Villa 0–1 Arsenal | Assistant VAR |
| MW2 | 29 Aug | Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Newcastle United | Assistant |
| MW1 | 22 Aug | Ipswich Town 2–1 Sunderland | VAR |
| MW38 | 24 May | Crystal Palace 1–2 Arsenal | VAR |
| MW37 | 17 May | Newcastle United 3–1 West Ham United | Assistant VAR |
| MW36 | 11 May | Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Leeds United | Assistant VAR |
| MW36 | 9 May | Fulham 0–1 Bournemouth | Assistant |
| MW35 | 3 May | Aston Villa 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur | Assistant VAR |
| MW34 | 25 Apr | Fulham 1–0 Aston Villa | Assistant VAR |
| MW33 | 18 Apr | Leeds United 3–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers | VAR |
| MW32 | 12 Apr | Sunderland 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur | Assistant VAR |
| MW31 | 21 Mar | Fulham 3–1 Burnley | VAR |
| MW29 | 5 Mar | Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Crystal Palace | VAR |
| MW28 | 28 Feb | Newcastle United 2–3 Everton | VAR |
| MW27 | 21 Feb | Brentford 0–2 Brighton & Hove Albion | VAR |
| MW26 | 10 Feb | Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Newcastle United | VAR |
| MW25 | 8 Feb | Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Crystal Palace | Assistant VAR |
| MW25 | 7 Feb | Arsenal 3–0 Sunderland | Assistant VAR |
| MW24 | 2 Feb | Sunderland 3–0 Burnley | Assistant VAR |
| MW19 | 30 Dec | Burnley 1–3 Newcastle United | VAR |
| MW18 | 27 Dec | Arsenal 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion | Assistant VAR |
| MW17 | 20 Dec | Leeds United 4–1 Crystal Palace | Assistant VAR |
| MW15 | 6 Dec | Manchester City 3–0 Sunderland | Assistant |
| MW14 | 3 Dec | Brighton & Hove Albion 3–4 Aston Villa | Assistant |
| MW13 | 30 Nov | West Ham United 0–2 Liverpool | Assistant VAR |
| MW13 | 29 Nov | Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Fulham | Assistant |
| MW12 | 24 Nov | Manchester United 0–1 Everton | Assistant |
| MW12 | 22 Nov | Newcastle United 2–1 Manchester City | Assistant VAR |
| MW11 | 8 Nov | Everton 2–0 Fulham | Assistant |
| MW10 | 1 Nov | Liverpool 2–0 Aston Villa | Assistant |
| MW9 | 26 Oct | Aston Villa 1–0 Manchester City | Assistant VAR |
| MW9 | 25 Oct | Chelsea 1–2 Sunderland | Assistant |
| MW8 | 20 Oct | West Ham United 0–2 Brentford | Assistant |
| MW8 | 18 Oct | Manchester City 2–0 Everton | VAR |
| MW7 | 5 Oct | Everton 2–1 Crystal Palace | Assistant VAR |
| MW7 | 4 Oct | Manchester United 2–0 Sunderland | Assistant |
| MW6 | 28 Sept | Aston Villa 3–1 Fulham | Assistant |
| MW6 | 27 Sept | Brentford 3–1 Manchester United | Assistant VAR |
| MW5 | 21 Sept | Arsenal 1–1 Manchester City | Assistant |
| MW5 | 20 Sept | West Ham United 1–2 Crystal Palace | VAR |
| MW4 | 13 Sept | Brentford 2–2 Chelsea | Assistant |
| MW3 | 31 Aug | Aston Villa 0–3 Crystal Palace | Assistant |
| MW3 | 30 Aug | Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–3 Everton | Assistant VAR |
| MW2 | 24 Aug | Everton 2–0 Brighton & Hove Albion | Assistant |
| MW1 | 16 Aug | Aston Villa 0–0 Newcastle United | Assistant |
Incidents
31 Aug2026
AVL0–1ARS
Penalty not awarded: challenge by Kamara on Havertz
Correct
31 Aug2026
AVL0–1ARS
Penalty not awarded: challenge by Torres on Calafiori
Correct
31 Aug2026
AVL0–1ARS
Penalty not awarded: challenge by White on Maatsen
Correct
31 Aug2026
AVL0–1ARS
No penalty for Maatsen's reckless challenge on Guimarães
ErrorHelped AVL
31 Aug2026
AVL0–1ARS
Arsenal penalty overturned: Maatsen foul on Saka was outside the box
Correct
22 Aug2026
IPS2–1SUN
Penalty not awarded: handball appeal against Xhaka
Correct
17 May2026
NEW3–1WHU
No penalty for a Tomáš Souček handball
ErrorHelped WHU
11 May2026
TOT1–1LEE
Penalty to Leeds United after VAR review
Correct
12 Apr2026
SUN1–0TOT
Tottenham Hotspur penalty overturned by VAR
Correct
5 Mar2026
TOT1–3CRY
Ismaïla Sarr goal ruled out by VAR
Correct
10 Feb2026
TOT1–2NEW
Joe Willock goal ruled out by VAR
Correct
20 Dec2025
LEE4–1CRY
Leeds United penalty overturned by VAR
Correct
22 Nov2025
NEW2–1MCI
Foden taken out by Schär, no penalty given
ErrorHelped NEW
27 Sept2025
BRE3–1MUN
Collins only booked for pulling back Mbeumo
ErrorHelped BRE
30 Aug2025
WOL2–3EVE
No penalty for Ndiaye on Bueno
ErrorHelped EVE