A graph released by The Times has shown how the top-flight table would have finished had VAR not been in place during the previous campaign.
Scroll and click through the pages to see where the Magpies and their counterparts are predicted to have ended up:
9. Arsenal - down 1 position
Points total without VAR: 54 (-2 difference) Photo: Shaun Botterill
10. Tottenham Hotspur - down 4 positions
Points total without VAR: 53 (-6 difference) Photo: KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH
11. Everton - up 1 position
Points total without VAR: 52 (+3 difference) Photo: Clive Brunskill
12. Southampton - down 1 position
Points total without VAR: 46 (-6 difference) Photo: Pool