I think people probably need to be aware of their own biases when looking for evidence to support or disprove whether referee bias is real or not.
This study supports the theory that successful teams benefit from referee bias:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspor.2020.00019/full...
Didn't a similar thing happen against Arsenal at home last season? My recollection is that Maupay scored the winner just as the added time was supposedly up. But Arsenal not only had time to kick off, they played on for 2 more minutes or possibly more, although I think perhaps there was a...
Small sample, so cannot draw any real conclusions, especially as it's so skewed by Man Utd's +7, but:
Big 6 +1.17
The rest -0.38
If that continues then it's going to be harder to argue that this is just down to randomness.
Maybe it only has a tiny over effect a season, but when you consider...