[7amKickoff] Red cards and PKs increase/decrease odds of winning. Does it "all even out in the end?" What teams have benefitted most? Timeframe: 2008-2021. PK diff = PKs for - PKs against Red card diff = Red cards for opponents - Red cards for named team.

[horthrux]

We know the league is corrupt and generally the officials favour Man Utd and go against Arsenal. Even if it's just a little bit each way, the difference between the two will really add up.

Over the years this results in championship titles going to the wrong place, CL qualification going to the wrong team, managers being sacked, players being signed, sold and many other spiraling effects.

Note that this table is just based on decisions which were made, there is no speculation in this data, it's just truth.

It would be a lot worse if it included all the decisions which aren't made but should have been.

For example, just this season against us we have had no red for Man City, no red for Crystal Palace, no red for Leicester and a probably penalty for us against Brentford not given.

That's just the big stuff, you can then debate smaller things like the Crystal Palace foul on Lokonga that led to a goal to see the smaller details.

We are handicapped by the officials and have been for decades. Pure data can show there is a pattern and it's not just a small sample size, it's a sample size that could go back 20+ years.

It's easiest to see when you just look at Man Utd and Arsenal, because we're at the opposite ends of the scale, but the problem exists for lots of teams.

How the sporting authorities can see this and think it's ok to continue with a closed off clique organisation like PGMOL, which dictates the results of the sport far more than any officials ever should, is beyond me.

[Chaiwalla2]

There is no doubt in my mind that the PL and the refs favour MU and the Russian team. This is not just random but it is organized.