a game in hand idiom UK
（体育比赛中）少赛一场
If a sports team has a game in hand over other teams in a competition, it still has another game to play in which it can gain points.
Fulham are third from bottom with two games in hand over the teams below them. 富勒姆排名倒数第三，但是比排名靠后的球队少赛两场。