There is an argument meta_compare. Use it for comparison.
$args = array(
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'post_type' => 'matches',
'meta_key' => 'date',
'meta_compare' => '>',
'meta_value' => '2016-11-12',
'type' => 'DATE'
);
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