Query by date from custom field

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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