home-and-home

Each team hosts

A home-and-home is a pair of games between the same opponents, with each team hosting one game at their own venue.

Common in hockey and other sports: The rivals split the home-and-home series.

Also used as an adjective: a home-and-home matchup.

scheduling

series

Ordered set of related items

return · matchup · fixture · scheduling · pairing · back-to-back · reciprocal · alternating · arrangement · booking

venue

arena

Venue for contests

  • stadiumLarge venue for spectators
  • rinkEnclosed skating surface
  • courtTrial venue or sports surface

field · facility · ice · visiting · road · away · host · neutral · crowd · attendance

competition

rivalry

Ongoing contest between opponents

conference · league · interleague · crosstown · regional · classic · showdown · battle · clash · contest

aggregate

total

Complete sum

score · tiebreaker · differential · leg · playoff · knockout · elimination · advancement · qualification · seeding

Opposites
venue arrangement

home-and-homebowl game

Sponsored college football contest

neutral site · neutral venue · championship game · all-star game · exhibition game

series structure

home-and-homeone-and-done

Occurring just once

round-robin · one-off · winner-take-all · home stand · sudden death

Family

home, homes, homed, homing, homely, homelier, homeliest, homeliness, homeless

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