matchup 
noun chiefly North American
1A sporting contest between two players or teams.The rest will feature game after game of hotly contested matchups with nightly playoff implications during the final two-dozen games or so....
- If we've gotten line matchups or individual player matchups from the coaches, then I focus on the task at hand.
- The matchups create great individual contests that help determine the outcome of the team game.
2A selected combination of people or things: the matchups of flavours are ideal