Hoofdklasse: What you need to know about men’s match round 8

HDM – KLEIN ZWITSERLAND
Saturday 25 October, 16:30

Head-to-head record
48 matches
11 wins HDM
24 wins Little Switzerland 
13 draws

What the stats say

• Klein Zwitserland remained unbeaten in its last five matches against HDM, but did lose eight points against the Hague side in that series: D D D D W.
   
• KZ’s last defeat against HDM was on 11 September 2022: 3-2 on HDM’s pitch.
   
• HDM won three of its last four league matches, losing only to Amsterdam (1-2) in that series.
   
• HDM has not had a draw in the Hoofdklasse (W5 L10) for 15 matches in a row. The last draw was the 1-1 at home against Hurley on 9 March 2025.
   
• Together with Pinoké and Oranje-Rood, Klein Zwitserland is the only team still unbeaten after seven matches. KZ did lose eight points in those seven matches: W3 D4.

KAMPONG – HURLEY
Sunday, October 26, 15:00

Head-to-head record
34 matches
22 wins Kampong
6 wins Hurley
6 draws

What the stats say

• Kampong won its last nine matches with Hurley in the Hoofdklasse since a 1-1 in Amstelveen on 30 October 2016.
   
• Kampong remained unbeaten in its last 11 matches against Hurley (W10 D1) since a 3-1 defeat in Amstelveen on 30 October 2015, including two goals by Niek Collot d’Escury.
   
• Hurley lost its last eight home matches with Kampong since a spectacular 3-6 win at the Klapperboom on 11 September 2011.
   
• Kampong has only played two home games this season, but has yet to win: 2-2 against Amsterdam and 0-3 against Pinoké.
   
• Hurley is the only team that has yet to pick up a point this season. With zero out of seven, the team from Amstelveen is bottom of the league table.
   
• Jip Janssen is one goal away from his 200th official goal in the service of Kampong. The counter now stands at 199 goals: 153 in the Hoofdklasse, 18 in the play-offs, 18 in the EHL and ten in the battle for the Gold Cup.

AMSTERDAM – PINOKÉ
Sunday 26 October, 14:45

Head-to-head record
70 matches
46 wins by Amsterdam
12 wins Pinoké
12 draws

What the stats say

• Of the last six matches between them, both teams won three.
   
• Amsterdam lost only four of the last 22 underdogs with Pinoké (W13 D5).
   
• At least four goals were always scored in each of the last 14 matches at the Wagener, 87 goals in total (an average of over six goals per match).
   
• Amsterdam and Pinoké are the Hoofdklasse’s two most productive teams this season. Amsterdam scored 33 goals in seven matches, for Pinoké the tally stands at 29 goals.
   
• Amsterdam is the only team not to have lost a point on their own pitch this season (W3).
   
• Pinoké thus scored 29 goals in its first seven games of the season. The team never managed that before in its premier league history. The previous club record after seven games stood at 26 goals and dated from season 2010-2011.

ORANJE-ROOD – ROTTERDAM
Sunday, October 26, 15:00

Head-to-head record
17 games
8 wins Oranje-Rood
6 wins for Rotterdam
3 draws

What the stats say

• In recent years, Oranje-Rood has the best papers in mutual matches with Rotterdam. The team won five of the last eight games against the Rotterdammers (D1 L2).
   
• The last three matches between them totalled 24 goals, eight on average per game.
   
• Rotterdam could only win once in Eindhoven, on a total of eight attempts (W1 D2 L5). That happened on 6 September 2020, when it went 1-4 through goals by Thijs van Dam (two) and Jeroen Hertzberger (two).
   
• This will be Oranje-Rood’s 100th home game in the Hoofdklasse. Of the 99 home matches so far, the Eindhoven side won 58, against 20 ties and 21 defeats. The goal figures are 294-209.
   
• Oranje-Rood is Thijs van Dam’s favourite opponent in the Hoofdklasse. Rotterdam’s striker scored seven of his 57 goals against the team from Eindhoven, more than against any other club.

LAREN – BLOEMENDAAL
Sunday, October 26, 15:00

Head-to-head record
38 matches
5 wins Laren
27 wins Bloemendaal
6 draws

What the stats say

• Bloemendaal won its last two matches with Laren and won nine of its last 10 matches against that team (L1).
   
• Laren won only three of its last 20 league matches with Bloemendaal (D1 L16).
   
• Pinoké is unbeaten on its own pitch for seven games (W5 D2) since a 2-4 defeat against Den Bosch on 24 November 2024.
   
• Bloemendaal lost only one of its last 15 away matches with Laren (W12 D2).
   
• Like bottom club Hurley (L7), Laren is the only team still without a win this season (D1 L6).
   
• At Bloemendaal, twelve different players have already scored a goal this season, the highest number of unique goal scorers of all clubs.

DEN BOSCH – SCHAERWEIJDE
Sunday 26 October, 15:00

Head-to-head record
14 matches
11 wins by Den Bosch
2 wins Schaerweijde
1 draw

What the stats say

• Den Bosch won the last eight matches with Schaerweijde since a 4-2 defeat in Zeist on 9 March 2014. 
   
• In total, Den Bosch lost only two of its 14 matches with Schaerweijde (W10 D2).
   
• Schaerweijde only scored five goals in seven away duels against Den Bosch and stayed dry three times, including the last two times (1-0 and 5-0).
   
• Den Bosch has not lost 15 matches in a row on its own field (W10 D5). The club record stands at twenty home games without a loss (W16 G4) and dates from 1998-2000.
   
• Schaerweijde can reach a milestone against Den Bosch. The team from Zeist has scored 499 times in the Hoofdklasse. It took Schaerweijde 355 games to do so.