diff --git a/src/engine/dfs/ls/generateSchedule/getFirstSuitableMatchday.ts b/src/engine/dfs/ls/generateSchedule/getFirstSuitableMatchday.ts
index 261615bc..fc008af8 100644
--- a/src/engine/dfs/ls/generateSchedule/getFirstSuitableMatchday.ts
+++ b/src/engine/dfs/ls/generateSchedule/getFirstSuitableMatchday.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import { range, shuffle } from 'lodash';
 
 import { findFirstSolution } from '#utils/backtrack';
+import { type UefaCountry } from '#model/types';
+import coldCountries from '#engine/predicates/uefa/utils/coldCountries';
 
 import teamsSharingStadium from './teamsSharingStadium';
 
 interface Team {
   readonly name: string;
+  readonly country: UefaCountry;
 }
 
 export default ({
@@ -34,6 +37,12 @@ export default ({
     }
   }
 
+  // TODO: pass season
+  const isFromColdCountry = coldCountries(0);
+  const coldTeams = new Set(
+    range(teams.length).filter(i => isFromColdCountry(teams[i])),
+  );
+
   let record = 0;
 
   const numMatchesByMatchday = Array.from(
@@ -93,6 +102,10 @@ export default ({
             return true;
           }
 
+          if (md === numMatchdays - 1 && coldTeams.has(h)) {
+            return true;
+          }
+
           for (let b = 0; b < 2; ++b) {
             const loc = b === 0 ? 'h' : 'a';
             const t = b === 0 ? h : a;
diff --git a/src/engine/dfs/ls/generateSchedule/getFirstSuitableMatchday.wrapper.ts b/src/engine/dfs/ls/generateSchedule/getFirstSuitableMatchday.wrapper.ts
index dba0f7ec..1a578d60 100644
--- a/src/engine/dfs/ls/generateSchedule/getFirstSuitableMatchday.wrapper.ts
+++ b/src/engine/dfs/ls/generateSchedule/getFirstSuitableMatchday.wrapper.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { remove, sample, shuffle } from 'lodash';
 
 import raceWorkers from '#utils/raceWorkers';
+import { type UefaCountry } from '#model/types';
 
 import { type Func } from './getFirstSuitableMatchday.worker';
 import teamsSharingStadium from './teamsSharingStadium';
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ const NUM_WORKERS = Math.max(1, navigator.hardwareConcurrency >> 1);
 
 interface Team {
   readonly name: string;
+  readonly country: UefaCountry;
 }
 
 export default ({
diff --git a/src/engine/dfs/ls/generateSchedule/index.ts b/src/engine/dfs/ls/generateSchedule/index.ts
index 3b744220..d6c27108 100644
--- a/src/engine/dfs/ls/generateSchedule/index.ts
+++ b/src/engine/dfs/ls/generateSchedule/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import { keyBy, uniq } from 'lodash';
 
+import { type UefaCountry } from '#model/types';
+
 import getFirstSuitableMatchday from './getFirstSuitableMatchday.wrapper';
 
 interface Team {
   readonly id: string;
   readonly name: string;
+  readonly country: UefaCountry;
 }
 
 export default async function generateSchedule<T extends Team>({