But the new system, which uses up to 30 specialist high-speed cameras to track 10,000 data points on every player, will be debuted across all but one of this weekend’s eight FA Cup fifth-round ties.
Unlike the top-flight’s current VAR system, where operators manually determine the ‘kick point’ for offside calls and then draw lines, SAOT will do both automatically.
It is expected the system, devised by the Prem’s new tech partner, US-based Genesis Sport, will reduce even tight decision times to an average of 30 seconds.
A white vertical wall will represent the offside line, with a blue ‘pulse’ on the defender’s relevant body part.
And when an attacker is offside, the offending part of their body will appear through the white wall and be outlined in red.
