six-pointer

noun

informal, a football match between two teams in similar positions in the league table, considered as being worth six points as it not only gains the winning team three points but denies three points to the losing team

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Dan's prediction: I am just glad this is a mid-table match, rather than the relegation six-pointer it might have been a couple of months ago.

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When these two teams met in the Premier League in March it was a relegation six-pointer, but they have gone in totally different directions since.

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At one time a six-pointer between teams at the bottom used to be about the match, now it could just as easily be about accountancy.

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A five-point win in 2021, a three-pointer in 2022, and a six-pointer last season when Scotland scored one of the country's greatest tries to get the job done.