In sports, a tournament match is generally called a "match", while a friendly match is called "a friendly match".

If an athlete or team has a series of wins, we call it a "winning streak" or "hot streak": Vietnam maintained its winning streak after the friendly match with Palestine yesterday.

Conversely, if they lose many matches in a row, it can be said to be a "losing streak", that is, a losing streak: The defeat last night continued her losing streak.

To say by how much a team won or lost, simply use the words "win" and "lose" followed by numbers. In particular, if the score includes a zero, English uses the word "nil" instead of "zero".

For example: Palestine lost the match two-nil.

Barcelona won nine-nil in the match with Luxembourg last night.

If we want to express it more formally, we can say "Barcelona won by nine goals to nil".

In case of a draw, simply replace "win" or "lose" with "draw": Vietnam drew two-two with Thailand / Vietnam and Thailand drew two-two in the final match of the 2022 AFF Cup.

If a team wins after a penalty shootout, we say they "won on penalties".

A match played at home is called a "home game", while a match played away is called an "away game". Similarly, the home team is the "home team", and the away team is the "away team".

For example: They lost one home game but won both away games.

According to statistics, Manchester United have never lost a home game after leading at half-time since 1984.

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