VAR: Motherwell's first game with technology confirmed as SFA announce date for introduction

Motherwell will get their first taste of VAR later this month after the SFA announced the technology will be implemented from Friday, October 21.

Following three years of planning and testing, VAR will make its debut in the Scottish Premiership when Hibernian host St Johnstone that evening and the rest of the top flight will then follow suit.

It means Motherwell's home clash with Aberdeen on Saturday, October 22 will be the first time the Steelmen will encounter the technology.

The SFA has also confirmed VAR will also be used in the Premier Sports Cup and Scottish Cup competitions from the semi-finals onwards.

Video Assistant Referees will be on hand to provide assistant where there may be clear and obvious errors or serious missed incidents during games, with straight red cards, penalty area incidents, goals and mistaken identity all able to be reviewed from no less than six cameras in operation at all Premiership matches.

The SFA revealed VAR will be coordinated centrally from the video operations room at Clydesdale House, using Hawk-Eye technology.

Crawford Allan, Scottish FA Head of Referee Operations: “We are delighted to have received approval to introduce VAR in Scottish football. We have worked extensively over a near three-year period to get to this point, have tested in every cinch Premiership stadium as part of the training process, and we are ready to go.

“As we have seen across the world, VAR has helped ensure a higher percentage of on-field refereeing decisions are accurate and that is a principle our match officials support.

“I am grateful to the match officials who have given up their time to take part in the training programme and I would like to thank our VAR working group and our key partners at the