away team

plural away teams

1. hobbiesThe visiting team; the team that is playing away from home.

   In 56 games, the home team was favored and the away team won.

   2005, Susan B. Gerber, Using SPSS for Windows: Data Analysis and Graphics, page 79

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   Comparisons were made between the home and away team's number of fouls and violations.

   1960, Peter Lynn Kasson, An Analysis of College Basketball Officiating, page 25

   During this analysis, it became apparent that the home team seemed to be receiving proportionately greater generosity from the referee than the away team.

   1997, Jens Bangsbo, Thomas Reilly, Mike Hughes, Science and Football III: Proceedings of the Third World Congress of Science

   They also echo Jennett (1984), in using a variable measuring away team market size.

   2000, Paul Downward, Alistair Dawson, The Economics of Professional Team Sports

   He found no differences between home and away team performances when spectators cheered before the start of a play.

   2007, Sophia Jowett, David Lavallee, Social Psychology in Sport, page 108

   Synonyms: visitor team, visitors