Hoofdklasse: Kampong in hunt for crucial home win over Amsterdam

SCHC – HGC
Sunday, 12:00pm

• SCHC remained unbeaten in its last 14 matches against HGC (W11 D3).
   
• HGC only managed to win twice in Bilthoven. It last happened on 17 October 2004: 0-2.
   
• SCHC is unbeaten in the Hoofdklasse eleven games in a row: D W W W W W W W W W D W W.
   
• HGC is performing better in away games this season (thirteen points from nine matches) than on home fields (nine points in ten matches).
   
• SCHC won nine of its last 10 home games (L1, 0-2 Den Bosch) and remained unbeaten in 17 of its last 18 home games (W16 D1).

HDM – ROTTERDAM
Sunday, 12:45pm

• In the last six matches between them, the balance between the two teams is neatly balanced: three wins for HDM and three for Rotterdam.
   
• Rotterdam won its last two away matches with HDM (twice 0-1) and won four of the last five away matches with the Hague team (D1). 
   
• HDM ended a run of nine defeats in a row in the previous round of play with the 1-2 win at Huizen.
   
• HDM failed to score in three of its last five home games and scored only three goals in that series: through Belén van den Broek (two penalty strokes) and Imme van Es (from a penalty corner).
   
• Rotterdam lost its last seven away matches in the Hoofdklasse, conceding 27 goals.

KAMPONG – AMSTERDAM
Sunday, 12:45pm

• This is a matches between the numbers five and four of the league table. The gap between Kampong (33 points) and Amsterdam (38) is five points, in Amsterdam’s favour.
   
• Amsterdam could not win in its last three matches against Kampong: 0-0, 3-4 and 3-3.
   
• Amsterdam did not lose much to the Utrechters in recent years either: one defeat in the last 11 encounters (W7 D3).
   
• Kampong failed to score in five of its last seven home duels with Amsterdam, scoring only two goals in that series: only Pilar Romang (in 2021) and Tess Zweers (in 2023) managed a goal.
   
• Kampong scored 13 goals in its last three home games: 5-1 HDM, 1-1 Pinoké and 7-0 Tilburg.
   
• Kampong scored 53 goals in nineteen games this season. With that, coach Kai de Jager’s team can still match or even improve a club record. In the 2000-2001 season, Kampong scored 63 goals in 22 matches. That has been the club record ever since.

PINOKÉ – DEN BOSCH
Sunday, 12:45pm

• Matches between Den Bosch and Pinoké are the most one-sided fixture in the Hoofdklasse Women. Den Bosch won 46 of its 47 matches against Pinoké and played the other match in a draw (0-0 in Amstelveen on 7 October 2007).
• Den Bosch won its last 32 (!) league games against Pinoké since that 0-0 of 7 October 2007.
• Pinoké lost its last 15 home matches with Den Bosch since that 0-0 on 7 October 2007.
• Pinoké won its last four home matches since a 1-1 against Amsterdam on 3 November 2024. Four home wins in a row for Pinoké equals a club record from 2023 and 2021.
• Pinoké has long struggled to win top matches in the Hoofdklasse. Of the last 25 matches with Den Bosch, Amsterdam, SCHC and Kampong, the team did not win one (G6 V19, goal figures 25-68).
• Pinoké’s last win against a top team came on 10 October 2021, when the team won 5-3 at home against Amsterdam.

ORANJE-ROOD – HURLEY
Sunday, 14:00

• Oranje-Rood won its last two matches with Hurley, while before that the team had failed to win five in a row against the Forest Owls (L L D D L).
   
• Oranje-Rood lost 10 of its last 14 matches in the Hoofdklasse (W3 D1).
   
• Hurley has been winning few matches in recent weeks, but also losing few matches. Of the last seven matches, five ended in a draw (W1 L1).
   
• Five of Hurley’s last eight goals came courtesy of Sophie Schelfhout. The other three goals came off the stick of Laurien Leurink, Fleur Loomans and Michelle van der Drift.
   
• Only Huizen (five) has fewer unique goal scorers than Oranje-Rood (seven) this season.

HOUSES – TILBURG
Sunday, 5:30pm

• Tilburg won the outward match from the first half of the competition – the only premier league match between the two teams – 2-0 through goals by Hannah Salden and Carmen Victoria.
   
• In case of a defeat against Tilburg and a draw or win by Rotterdam against HDM, relegation from the Hoofdklasse is a fact for straggler Huizen.
   
• Huizen is the only team yet to win a home game this season (D1 L8). 
   
• Huizen scored the fewest goals (nine) and conceded the most goals (60) of any team this season. The team also won the fewest games (one) and suffered the most defeats (16).
   
• Tilburg is on a weak streak, with four defeats in a row. The team lost to SCHC (1-0), Oranje-Rood (2-3), Kampong (7-0) and Pinoké (2-3).