Later period matching trend (8)
I believe the answer is:
eventide
'later period' is the definition.
'eventide' can be an answer for 'period' (eventide is a kind of period). I am unsure of the 'later' bit.
'matching trend' is the wordplay.
'matching' becomes 'even' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'trend' becomes 'tide' (I've seen this before).
'even'+'tide'='EVENTIDE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eventide that I've seen before include "End of the day to the poet" , "some time later?" , "late in the day?" , "End of the day (poetic)" , "sunset" .)