matchup

confrontation, duel

Mise en présence de deux personnes, équipes ou choses, notamment pour les faire s’affronter.

En anglais simple : Two people, teams, or things brought together, especially to compete against each other.

• This matchup should be exciting.
• Fans discussed the matchup between the two strongest teams.
• The coach studied possible matchups before choosing his players.

Comment l'utiliser : matchup between A and B (The matchup between the champions and the newcomers drew a crowd.)

Synonymes : pairing, contest

Expressions courantes : exciting matchup, matchup between teams, tough matchup