football match

Meaning

A football match is a game of football (soccer in American English) played between two teams. It is widely used in British and international English to refer to the scheduled sporting event.

Examples

• Are you going to watch the football match on TV tonight?

  Are you going to watch the football match on TV tonight?

• The football match was canceled because of the heavy rain.

  The football match was canceled because of the heavy rain.

• Our local team won their football match last Saturday.

  Our local team won their football match last Saturday.

• We bought tickets for the big football match next month.

  We bought tickets for the big football match next month.

• The atmosphere at the football match was absolutely amazing.

  The atmosphere at the football match was absolutely amazing.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I went to a football game of match yesterday.

  ✓ I went to a football match yesterday.

  Use either 'football match' (mainly British) or 'football game' (mainly American), but do not combine them.

• ✗ The football match started at 8 PM clock.

  ✓ The football match started at 8 PM.

  Do not combine 'PM/AM' with 'o'clock'. Simply say 'at 8 PM' or 'at 8 o'clock'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• We arrived at the stadium early to watch the ___.

  💡 A scheduled game of soccer between two teams.

  Show answer

  football match

• Who won the ___ between Arsenal and Chelsea yesterday?

  💡 A competitive game of football.

  Show answer

  football match