home team

home team

A sports team that is playing in its regular arena in its home city. I always love to see the fans' enthusiasm and excitement when the home team wins.
See also: home, team
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • walk-up song
  • come home from (some place or something)
  • come home from some place
  • come home
  • be at home
  • at home
  • get home to
  • get home to (someone or something)
  • wait up for (one)
  • when (one's) ship comes home
References in periodicals archive
This year Steve will again be supporting St Giles in memory of his father Maurice, known as Reece, who died at home from cancer while in the care of the St Giles Hospice at Home team shortly after the ride, with one of Steve's medals hanging from his bed.
Many matches have been abandoned in Awendo when fans invade the pitch whenever the home team is under siege.Several teams including, AFC, Mathare United, Posta Rangers and Sofapaka have raised complaints of intimidation and bad behaviour, making the sugar millers' fans the most intimidating in our local football today.
Chris Cleary and Nick Collins started on fire with no less than 17 of the Saints opening 27 points as they led the home team at the first break 27-21.
Dubai: The local organising committee of the UAE hosted 2019 Asian Cup released the first video of an upcoming three-part series on their 'Home Team' interns, following the experiences of the students in the build-up to the January 5 to February 1 tournament.
The dreams of a group of talented university students from across the UAE came true on Sunday, as they were selected to the starting lineup for the AFC Asian Cup 2019 Local Organising Committee's 'Home Team'.
Once again, Kenya were poor with the bat with only three players crossing the 10-run mark as the home team broke through the batting line up with a much ease.
We take a look at the finished results YEKATERINBURG YEKATERINBURG ARENA Home team: FC Ural Capacity: 35.000* The most easterly city hosting matches, at the foot of the Ural mountains, it was where members of the royal family were executed after the October 1917 revolution.
Uruguay (June 15), 21), Japan v Senegal v Sweden (June 27) KALININGRAD KALININGRAD STADIUM Home team: FC Balinka Kaliningrad Capacity: 35,000* The most westerly city to stage games.
Matches: Brazil v Switzerland (June 17), Uruguay v Saudi Arabia (June 20), South Korea v Mexico (June 23), Iceland v Croatia (June 26), one last-16 game (July 2) VOLOGRAD VOLOGRAD ARENA Home team: FC Rotor Capacity: 45,000* The city formerly known as Stalingrad, site of a pivotal battle of the Second World War, is now an industrial hub, home to a million inhabitants.
Matches: France v Australia (June 16), Iran v Spain (June 20), Poland v Colombia (June 24), South Korea v Germany (June 27), one last-16 game (June 30), one quarter-final (July 6) YEKATERINBURG YEKATERINBURG ARENA Home team: FC Ural Capacity: 35.000* The most easterly city hosting matches, at the foot of the Ural mountains, it was where members of the royal family were executed after the October 1917 revolution.
After beating Nabi Bux FC by 4-0 score as away team, Lyari Academy was later held by the same team to a 0-0 tie when it played as home team.
In Table 1, we can see that in line with the home advantage phenomenon, a home team attains on average 1.60 points per weekend match, which is significantly higher than the 1.33 points to be expected in the absence of a home advantage.
Instead, Nike will refer to each colorway as 'editions' and leave it to the home team to decide which jersey it will wear for each game.
Bookies make Mauricio Pochettino (top) and his side the favourites which is something of an insult to the home team, who are unbeaten in the Russian league with five wins and two draws.