How to find records by closest data to today

I'm trying to get the closest upcoming match to today, but instead, I get the latest created record with the code I write. How can I change the code to find the date closest to today?

$upcomingMatch = Match::leftjoin('scores', 'matches.id', '=', 'scores.match_id')
    ->where(function ($where) {
        $where->where('matches.away_team_id', '=', '1')
            ->orWhere('matches.home_team_id', '=', '1');
    })
    ->whereNull('scores.id')
    ->latest('matches.match_date')
    ->first();

via Chebli Mohamed