OXFORD United’s local rivals Reading have been deducted a further two points this season, taking their total to six this campaign.

Meanwhile, another two-point deduction has been suspended after the Royals ‘failed to meet HMRC payment obligations in accordance with EFL regulations’.

The latest points deduction sees Reading drop to 36 points in the Sky Bet League One table, having actually collected 42 points.

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An EFL statement read: “The sporting sanction will be applied immediately, resulting in the club being deducted a total of six points in the current season, having received a one-point penalty in August 2023, before a further three points were removed in September 2023.

“The suspended points deduction will be activated in the event the club fails to pay amounts owed to HMRC, other clubs or any other football creditor claims by the required due dates up until the end of the 2023/24 season.

“Following separate charges being issued, the club’s owner, Dai Yongge, has been fined £100,000 for his repeated failures to deposit an amount equal to 125 per cent of the club’s forecast monthly wage bill in a designated account. He is required to pay the fine by March 18.”