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Pompey’s Championship rivals Leicester City have been handed a points deduction.
Pompey’s Championship rivals Leicester City have been slapped with an immediate points deduction.
Following Leicester’s promotion to the top flight that season, the EFL’s investigation into their P&S Rules breach transferred to the Premier League.
Pompey rivals slapped with point deduction
Having also been accused of failing to file accounts with the Premier League before the deadline and for not providing full, complete and prompt assistance to the Premier League, the Foxes were taken to an independent commission last year.
After a hearing in November, Pompey’s rivals have since been found to have broken those rules and have subsequently been hit with a six-point deduction.
The penalty has dropped the managerless Foxes down to 20th in the standings - one place below John Mousinho’s side - and are now hovering just above the relegation zone on 32 points.
The Blues welcome the Foxes to Fratton Park in April, with the contest having the potential to play a key role in the survival battle.
Leicester have won just two of their previous nine Championship matches and make the short trip to Birmingham City this weekend.
Premier League release statement over Leicester City point deduction
A statement from the Premier League read: ‘An independent Commission has recommended that an immediate six-point deduction be imposed on Leicester City FC in the Championship, having found them to be in breach of the EFL Profit and Sustainability Rules (P&S Rules) for Season 2023/24.
‘Upon Leicester City’s promotion to the Premier League in 2024, the EFL’s investigation into the club’s alleged breaches of the P&S Rules transferred to the Premier League. Following an Arbitration Tribunal’s decision in March 2025 that confirmed the Premier League had jurisdiction, Leicester City were referred to an independent Commission in May 2025.
‘During a week-long hearing in November 2025, Leicester City raised a range of legal challenges regarding the applicability of the relevant Rules and the Commission’s ability to impose a sanction on the club, all of which were rejected. These included a claim that the relevant rules were in breach of competition law.
‘The Commission accepted the club’s submissions as to the length of the relevant assessment period and that a particular accounting policy relating to player costs should apply to reduce the club’s losses in its 2022 annual accounts. Having done so, it determined that the club had breached the relevant P&S threshold by £20.8million over the three-year assessment period (2022-2024).
‘The Commission found that the club’s refusal to provide its annual accounts to the Premier League by the relevant deadline was a breach of Premier League Rules. It also dismissed a claim by the club that it had demonstrated exceptional cooperation throughout the proceedings. Following agreement by the parties, and consistent with the relevant guidelines, the Commission agreed that the club’s improving financial position over the relevant assessment period was a mitigating factor.
‘Under EFL Regulations, as Leicester City is currently a Championship club, the EFL Board today ratified the Commission’s recommendation of an immediate points deduction.’