Love opening fixture with teams depleted?

I believe the answer is:

nonevent

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'fixture with teams depleted?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'love opening' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'none' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'opening' becomes 'vent' (vent is a kind of opening).
'none'+'vent'='NONEVENT'

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(Other definitions for nonevent that I've seen before include "Insignificant occasion" , "Uninteresting occasion" , "Anti-climactic or disappointing happening" , "Unimportant occurrence, not worth taking notice of" , "Occasion without significance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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