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Hello, everyone. This is Damian from the LanguageCaster

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team and I hope you are all doing

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well.

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Now, as you may have noticed, we have

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recently started posting some extra

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football language podcasts each week.

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And so, on today's

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football phrase of the week, we'll look at

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the expression

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home form.

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When we talk about form in football,

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we describe how well or how badly

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a team has been playing and whether or

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not they are winning or losing

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so good form means the team are winning

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while if a team is in bad or

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poor form then they are losing lots of

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games

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and probably playing badly too

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there are lots of other phrases we can

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use in football to describe when a team

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is playing well

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such as

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an in form side

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which is a team that is playing really

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well and winning games at that moment.

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Of course, the opposite

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is an out of form side.

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We can also talk about a good run

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of form or a bad run of form

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which describes how a team has been playing

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over a series of matches.

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So for example they win 4 games in

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a row. They are in a good run

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of form.

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So in the Premier League this season,

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Brentford from West London

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have played 7 home games or 7 home

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fixtures.

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And they've won 6 and drawn the other

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one. That's

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19 points from 21

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which is a great record.

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In fact, they are the Premier League's best

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performing team at home this season

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ahead of Liverpool who have won 6 and

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lost 1 game

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and Arsenal

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who have won 5 and drawn twice.

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Brentford are clearly the in form side at

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home,

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so we can say that their home form

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or their home record

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is really good. They have good home form.

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In fact, it's the best home form in

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the league.

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The home form of the bees, that's the

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nickname of Brentford,

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is remarkable

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especially when compared to their away form.

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Away from their own stadium,

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they have only drawn

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one of their 7 matches

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and they've lost the remaining 6.

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Sometimes

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teams play better at home than away.

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Maybe they are more accustomed

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to their surroundings. They don't have to travel

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and, of course, the fans are generally on

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their side.

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Their away form is not as good as

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their home form at all this season so

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far.

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How is your favorite team's home form this

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season?

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And how would you say this expression in

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another language?

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Let us know by dropping us a line

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at admin@languagecast.com.

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We'll be back with some more football language

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in our podcast later on in the week.

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And until then, enjoy all the football.

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Bye bye.