La Liga totals 1,086 VAR minutes

Snickers-backed data published by UK outlets on May 15 said Spain’s La Liga had accumulated 1,086 minutes of video assistant referee delays during the 2025-26 season. The figure was cited in reports by the Mirror, Coventry Telegraph and other Reach titles, which said the numbers were compiled with Opta data. Those reports placed La Liga behind the Premier League’s 1,126 minutes of delays, equivalent to about 19 hours, but ahead of Italy’s Serie A and Germany’s Bundesliga. La Liga’s official fixture list shows the Spanish top flight still has matches scheduled for May 17 and later in the month. ### Where does La Liga rank in the Europe-wide comparison? The May 15 reports said the Premier League had the highest total among the leagues compared, with 1,126 minutes of delays. La Liga was next on 1,086 minutes, followed by Serie A on 823 and the Bundesliga on 604, according to the figures cited by Yahoo’s pickup of the SWNS report and Coventry Telegraph. (au.news.yahoo.com) The comparison was presented as a season-wide tally of time spent waiting for VAR reviews. The reports said the data was compiled by Snickers in partnership with Opta. ### What exactly does the 1,086-minute number refer to? The 1,086-minute figure refers to cumulative delay time attributed to VAR checks across La Liga matches in the 2025-26 season, as described in the UK reports. (au.news.yahoo.com) The articles did not, in the excerpts available, publish a match-by-match breakdown or a separate methodology note beyond saying Opta gathered the underlying data. Opta was cited as the data source, but the report also said the insights were compiled by Snickers in partnership with Opta. That means the number comes through a branded study cited by news outlets, rather than from a La Liga competition statement published on the league’s site. ### How large is that total in football terms? (au.news.yahoo.com) The May 15 reports translated the Premier League’s 1,126-minute figure into “almost 12 whole matches” of waiting time. Using the same arithmetic, La Liga’s 1,086 minutes is a little more than 12 90-minute matches, though that comparison is a calculation rather than a published league description. (au.news.yahoo.com) Spain’s total also sits only 40 minutes below the Premier League in the same dataset. By contrast, the gap between La Liga and Serie A was 263 minutes, based on the figures cited in the reports. ### Did La Liga or Spain’s referees comment on the total? La Liga’s official website, as available on May 16, did not show a statement on its main English-language page addressing the 1,086-minute figure. (au.news.yahoo.com) The league site did show current fixtures, results and news items unrelated to the reported VAR-delay total. The UK reports available through search results also did not include, in the excerpts reviewed, a response from La Liga or Spain’s refereeing authorities. (au.news.yahoo.com) They focused on the comparative totals across European leagues and on the Premier League’s ranking. ### What comes next in the season? La Liga’s official schedule lists a full slate of matches for May 17, including Athletic Bilbao against Celta Vigo, Atletico Madrid against Girona, Sevilla against Real Madrid and Barcelona against Real Betis. (laliga.com) The league site indicates the 2025-26 campaign is still in progress, so the reported delay totals may yet change if the underlying study is updated before the season ends. (au.news.yahoo.com) That last point is an inference based on the live fixture list and the fact that matches remain to be played.