Hoofdklasse: Tulp HK Women: what you need to know about match round 3

AMSTERDAM – KAMPONG
Thursday 25 September, 20:30

Head-to-head record
77 matches
46 wins Amsterdam
15 wins Kampong
16 draws

What the stats say

• Amsterdam could not beat Kampong for four matches in a row: D L D D.
   
• Amsterdam won only two of its last seven matches with Kampong (D4 L1).
   
• The last three matches between the two teams involved a total of 17 goals: nine by Kampong and eight by Amsterdam.
   
• Amsterdam has not won a top match on its own field for seven consecutive times: 2-2 SCHC, 3-4 Kampong, 1-1 and 1-2 Den Bosch, 2-2 SCHC, 3-3 Kampong and 0-3 Pinoké.
   
• Kampong won its first two games since the league started without conceding a goal. The team never managed that before in the Hoofdklasse.
   
• Together with SCHC, Kampong is the only team without a goal this season. Both teams also scored the most goals of any team so far (eight each).

SCHC – ROTTERDAM
Thursday 25 September, 20:30

Head-to-head record
24 games
13 wins SCHC
7 wins for Rotterdam
4 draws

What the stats say

• SCHC won its last nine games against Rotterdam since a 1-1 in Bilthoven on 6 March 2011. 
   
• SCHC remained unbeaten in its last 16 matches against Rotterdam (W12 D4) since a 3-2 defeat in Rotterdam on 15 April 2007.
   
• SCHC scored 38 goals in its last seven meetings with Rotterdam, an average of over five goals per match.
   
• Rotterdam is now 13 games in a row without a win in the Hoofdklasse (D2 L11).
   
• SCHC won 19 of its last 21 home matches in the Hoofdklasse (D1 L1).

TILBURG – ORANJE-ROOD
Thursday, September 25, 8:30pm

Head-to-head record
4 games
2 wins for Tilburg
1 win Oranje-Rood
1 draw

What the stats say

• The two teams are facing each other for only the fifth time in the Hoofdklasse.
   
• The two previous editions of Tilburg – Oranje-Rood produced a total of 12 goals, neatly divided between the two teams: 4-3 and 2-3.
   
• Tilburg lost its last three matches in the Hoofdklasse and suffered seven defeats in its last nine appearances at the highest level (W1 D1).
   
• Oranje-Rood started the season with two defeats (0-3 Kampong and 3-0 HDM) and has not been able to score yet, a unique in the club’s big league history. Tilburg are also still waiting for their first goal of the season.
   
• Oranje-Rood won three and lost four of its last seven games.

PINOKÉ – HDM
Thursday, September 25, 8:30pm

Head-to-head record
39 matches
14 wins Pinoké
16 wins HDM
9 draws

What the stats say

• Pinoké won the last three underdogs with HDM and won four of the last five matches with the Hague side (L1).
   
• On 3 November 2023, HDM last won against Pinoké (1-2 in Amstelveen).
   
• Pinoké performed particularly shakily in home matches with HDM in the recent past. Of the last 11 meetings in Amstelveen, the team won only three (D3 L5).
   
• Pinoké won its six of its last seven home matches in the Hoofdklasse (L1).
   
• Four of HDM’s last five goals in the Hoofdklasse came off the stick of Sabine van den Eijnden. The others from Delany van den Broek.

HGC – DEN BOSCH
Thursday, September 25, 8:30 pm

Head-to-head record
47 matches
13 wins HGC
30 wins Den Bosch
4 draws

What the stats say

• Den Bosch won the last 19 matches with HGC since a 1-1 in Wassenaar on 25 April 2004.
   
• Den Bosch has been unbeaten against HGC (W23 D2) for 25 matches in a row since a 1-2 defeat at Oosterplas on 18 March 2001. The HGC goals then came from Valeria Cnossen and Ellis Verbakel. 
   
• Den Bosch won the last nine away games against HGC with the combined goal figures 42-4.
   
• HGC last won at home against Den Bosch on 4 October 1997 (2-1). A month earlier, the domain name was registered for the web search engine Google.
   
• Den Bosch scored 30 goals in its last six away games against HGC. Nine of those came off the stick of Frédérique Matla.

BLOEMENDAAL – HURLEY
Thursday 25 September, 20:30

Head-to-head record
23 matches
3 wins Bloemendaal
14 wins Hurley
6 draws

What the stats say

• Bloemendaal could win once in the last 13 matches with Hurley in the Hoofdklasse (D5 L7).
   
• That win came on 6 February 2021: 2-1 at ‘t Kopje. After that, Bloemendaal remained winless seven times in a row against the Forest Owls (D2 L5).
   
• Bloemendaal remained unbeaten for the first time since season 2019-2020 (W2) in its first two matches from the league start (W1 D1).
   
• Hurley won 3-1 over HGC last weekend, its first win in the Hoofdklasse since 23 March this year (0-4 at HDM). This ended a run of seven matches without a win (D3 L4).
   
• Bloemendaal’s penalty corner specialist Demi Hilterman stands at 48 goals in the Hoofdklasse and is thus two more goals away from her 50th league goal at the highest level.