Follow match giving illumination at rear? (4-5)

'follow match' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'illumination at rear?' is the wordplay.
'illumination' becomes 'light' (synonyms).
'at' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'rear?' becomes 'tail' ('tail' can be a synonym of 'rear').
'light' put after 'tail' is 'TAIL-LIGHT'.

'giving' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?