Coventry City are down to thirteenth in the League One table following their 2-1 defeat at Swindon Town.
Steve Pressley's side dropped two places due to Crawley's 3-2 win at leaders Leyton Orient and MK Dons beating Port Vale 3-0.
If the ten points had not been deducted, City would not be out of the top six after Rotherham who have a better goal difference than Steven Pressley's side drew 3-3 with second placed Wolves.
Brentford are third with a 3-0 win at fifth placed Preston whilst Peterborough who face City on Boxing Day, beat Bradford City 2-1.
Swindon's win moved them up to seventh, two points ahead of Walsall who beat Carlisle 2-0.
Bottom side Bristol City drew 1-1 at third from bottom Notts County with Crewe still second bottom after a 1-1 draw with Shrewsbury and Stevenage who drew 0-0 with Sheffield United fourth bottom.
Elsewhere, Colchester won 2-0 at Oldham.