How Yellow and Red Cards Work
Understand cautions, direct dismissals, second yellows, delayed cards and the difference between match decisions and suspensions.
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KickVerse guides
Original KickVerse guides that explain the rules, formats and numbers behind the game.
Understand cautions, direct dismissals, second yellows, delayed cards and the difference between match decisions and suspensions.
What VAR can review, how checks differ from reviews, when the monitor is used and who makes the final decision.
A practical guide to offside position, active involvement, defender touches, restarts and delayed flags.
Beyond the score
A score tells you who is ahead. The useful next question is how that lead was built, which decisions changed the game and what the result means in its competition.
Ten shots do not automatically represent more danger than three. Ask where the attempts came from, whether defenders applied pressure and whether the goalkeeper had to make a save. Expected goals adds one model's estimate of chance quality; it does not replace the score or prove which team deserved to win.
Understand expected goalsA pause for video review is not itself an overturned goal. Follow the referee's final decision and the restart. A delayed offside flag can also allow an attack to finish before officials resolve the incident. Our rules guides explain these sequences so an alert or replay is easier to interpret.
Follow the VAR processA draw in a league, a second leg and a knockout final can have very different consequences. Check the stage, whether an aggregate score applies and whether extra time or penalties are required. Historical records should be read under the format used that year, rather than today's assumptions.
Read an aggregate score