Man City’s shrinking safety margins make heavy deduction potentially catastrophic — the data explained

Manchester City face the prospect of severe points deductions following their guilty verdict on 114 of 115 Premier League charges , and an analysis of the club’s recent standing in the table illustrates just how damaging a significant sanction could be. Reports in England have suggested a deduction of anywhere between 50 and 80 points, though no figure has been formally proposed. Football finance analyst Kieran Maguire has estimated the range could reach 60 to 100 points. City were found guilty of using a series of fraudulent contracts to distort their finances by approximately £900m between 2009 and 2018 .