away match
Visiting team's contest
An away match is a sports contest played at the opponent's venue rather than on one's home ground.
The visiting team typically faces disadvantages—unfamiliar surroundings, hostile crowds, travel fatigue: They've won every home game but struggled in away matches.
Also called an away game.
The opposite is a home match.
- road tripExtended pleasure drive
- visitorsPeople who come temporarily
- stadiumLarge venue for spectators
- fixtureAttached building component
- opponentOne who contends against
hostile · supporters · coach bus · police escort · rivalry · underdog · jerseys · chanting · defeat · victory · three points · neutral ground · end to end · behind enemy lines · long journey · unfamiliar · outnumbered · derby
- Football ClubsChelsea FC, club badge, squad, club crest, club president
- sports venuesstadium, arena, ballpark, gymnasium, fieldhouse
- cricket termsfielder, batsman, bowler, long leg, midwicket
- Italian Soccerblue jersey