It was a good match-up but the home team won.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Noun : a match-up of federal funds with state aid. ,a match-up of property taxes in two counties.    From Dictionary.com. 

But Reagan doesn't look too good in that match-up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spin one for the Gipper] Reference

 And my parents 'match-up wasn't the most opportune.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Impossible Division by Zero] Reference

CAFFERTY: Well, I think it would be a great match-up.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2007] Reference

The Obama and McCain match-up is as close as it's ever been.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2008] Reference

And if it's a Hillary Clinton/Rudy Giuliani match-up, watch out.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2007] Reference

You really get a sense that that's where the match-up is going.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2006] Reference

In a McCain/Obama match-up, 54 said McCain; 45 percent said Obama.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 17, 2008] Reference

WILLIAMS: I can tell you this, that the match-up will be legitimate.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 5, 2002] Reference

You've got a match-up of two marquee quarterbacks, Favre and McNabb.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2004] Reference

Not every match-up, as T.J. was saying, is a can't-miss proposition.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2008] Reference

BROGDON: In the Angelina Jolie-Megan Fox match-up, it ` s no contest.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 6, 2008] Reference

The Superbowl match-up is set, and ads are now selling like hot cakes.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 19, 2004] Reference

A head-to-head match-up, Clinton versus Giuliani, a virtual dead heat.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2007] Reference

He says it's going to be the "marquee match-up for the 2006 election.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2005] Reference

HOLMES: And the match-up, the experience did prevail as it often does.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2007] Reference

Fans may not get to see a Williams sisters match-up at this year's U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scene in Flushing] Reference

A match-up with Mitt Romney appears to be a better fit for Hillary Clinton.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2007] Reference

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: In the Angelina Jolie/Megan Fox match-up, it ` s no contest.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2008] Reference

And if so, how might that impact the match-up between the Patriots and the Eagles?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2005] Reference

You can see the match-up between John McCain and Barack Obama tonight at 9: 00 p.m.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2008] Reference

I can't let you get away without at least asking you about the Gore-Bradley match-up.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: Ron Faucheux Discusses the Controversial Campaign Tactics in the GOP Presidential Race - March 4, 2000] Reference

And in a hypothetical match-up with Hillary Clinton, McCain trails by the same margin.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 28, 2008] Reference

Kicking off the competition is a mega match-up between Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 6, 2008] Reference

That edges Edwards closer to his preferred scenario: a head-to-head match-up with Kerry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is It Over Yet?] Reference

And that match-up was at the core of a controversy Rendell sparked on the issue of race.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2008] Reference

That, you know, I think Roland's right, you could lay this match-up out any way you want.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2008] Reference

(See our "head-to-head" match-up, "iPhone 3G vs. Instinct," and video for more information.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Free TV—on your cell phone?] Reference

Well, you have to log on and get your talking points for the big party and our daily match-up.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2005] Reference

It's a match-up that could be Senator Clinton's last chance to try to seal the deal with Texas.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2008] Reference

In a head-to-head match-up, three-cornered hat was crushed by forty-pound robe of velvet and fur.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Parker: Political Memo: How to Defeat the Tea Party] Reference

I think that sounds like a good match-up, to just get right down there on the track with the cars.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2004] Reference

The NCAA Final Four, without Billy Packer explaining match-up zones, would seem like a rump tournament.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Barons Of The Booth] Reference

But the latest numbers to come out on the contentious Senate match-up paint a dramatically different picture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharron Angle Senate Campaign: How To Lose An 11-Point Lead In 7 Weeks] Reference

A recent editorial from the St. Petersburg Times offers this harsh assessment of Meek-Greene primary match-up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kendrick Meek, Jeff Greene Brawl While Crist Locks Up Support From Dems (VIDEO)] Reference

The final was a match-up of obvious No. 1 seeds: Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" versus Tolstoy's "War and Peace.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Better Than an Eight Ball] Reference

"We're going to have to roller coaster for a while," the GOP hopeful told her staff as the general election match-up got underway.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top National Republican Calls Sharron Angle's Campaign 'A Work In Progress'] Reference

On Saturday, he made his Yankees debut at a sold-out Tropicana Field against the Rays in a match-up of the two best teams in baseball.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Texan Strives to Acclimate] Reference