home game

noun

sports

: a game played in a team's own stadium, park, etc.

The team has done much better in its home games than on the road.

Examples of home game in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For Arsenal, a challenging trip to the Metropolitano stadium for the first leg of their Champions League semi-final with Atletico Madrid on Wednesday will have taken it out of Mikel Arteta’s squad, making Saturday evening’s home game against Fulham that bit trickier. —Mark Carey, New York Times, 1 May 2026

There are few things more thrilling than taking home a dinger from your favorite team's home game, but one man may have taken things a bit too far in his endeavors to bring back a souvenir from a Cleveland Guardians game earlier this week. —Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026

The bruise, combined with mobility factors, made Durant a non-participant for their win-or-go-home game on Sunday. —Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2026

The Loons take their club-tying winning streak, which matched a midsummer hot spurt in 2019, into Saturday’s home game against LAFC. —Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026

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