fixture
Example Sentences
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The top eight sides in the league phase have automatically qualified for the last 16 to avoid a potential fixture pile-up in February.
From BBC
French football expert Julien Laurens believes the English dominance paints a picture of a low-quality season in which "every league is suffering because of the calendar and the fixtures".
From BBC
Meanwhile, in Europe, they lost their first four games of the league phase and even wins over Ajax and Napoli did not look like being enough after a loss in the penultimate round of fixtures.
From BBC
But was the fixture computer kinder for them than other teams?
From BBC
The latter missed a glorious chance in the 88th minute, slicing wide when a deflected Gordon cross came to him, leaving Newcastle facing a hectic fixture list in February.
From Barron's
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