Klassieker will be all about leading position and EHL ticket

AMSTERDAM - BLOEMENDAAL
Saturday, 16:30

• This is a direct battle for the lead in the Hoofdklasse. A win over Amsterdam secures Bloemendaal first place in the regular league and thus a ticket to the 2025-2026 EHL season. 
   
• Bloemendaal won the last 11 Klassiekers against Amsterdam in the regular league since a 2-2 draw at Wagener Stadium on 30 September 2018, with goals from Justin Reid-Ross and Mirco Pruyser for Amsterdam, and Tim Swaen (two) on behalf of Bloemendaal.
   
• Bloemendaal won the last five away matches with Amsterdam. Only once did The Mussen win more away duels in a row with Amsterdam: six in the period 1987-1991.
   
• Amsterdam is unbeaten eight games in a row, the longest run without defeat of any team.
   
• The Amsterdam-Bloemendaal match is a match between the two most productive teams this season. Amsterdam scored 76 goals in 20 matches, Bloemendaal stands at 75 goals.
   
• Bloemendaal's next win will be The Mussen's 700th win in the Hoofdklasse. Of the 1,065 games so far, 699 have been won, 164 drawn and 202 lost.

SCHC - ROTTERDAM
Saturday, 4:30pm

• Rotterdam won its last seven matches against SCHC since a 1-1 draw on 15 November 2015.
  
• Rotterdam remained unbeaten against SCHC for thirteen matches in a row since a 1-2 defeat at home (on 27 February 2011).
  
• SCHC last won a home match against Rotterdam on 13 May 2010: it was 5-2 then, through goals by Pedro Ibarra, Rogier Hofman, Robbert van de Peppel, Jaap Bouwens and Minck Hermans. Willem Hertzberger and Jeroen Hertzberger scored against.
  
• On 3 October 2021, Rotterdam recorded its biggest away win over SCHC: it was 0-8 that day, also thanks to two goals by Jeroen Hertzberger and two by Joaquín Menini.
  
• Rotterdam striker Jeroen Hertzberger has already scored 34 goals this season: 24 in the Hoofdklasse and ten in the EHL. Only in the 2022-2023 (38), 2012-2013 (40) and 2017-2018 (42) seasons did he score more official goals in one season.

KLEIN ZWITSERLAND - HDM
Saturday, 4:30pm

• The last four matches between the two teams ended in a draw. Before that, HDM won 3-2 over Klein Zwitserland on 11 September 2022.
   
• HDM won only one of its last nine league duels with KZ (L L L L W D D D D).
   
• KZ's season is going out like a candle. The team lost five of its last six matches and, in between, won only from straggler Nijmegen (4-0).
   
• KZ's home matches have provided the least spectacle this season. Only 33 goals have been scored in ten matches: sixteen for KZ and seventeen from the opponent.
   
• HDM conceded 32 goals in its ten away matches this season, a number surpassed only by Hurley (46) and Nijmegen (49).

NIJMEGEN - KAMPONG
Saturday, 16:30

• Kampong won six of the nine matches between them with Nijmegen and played three draws. 
   
• Nijmegen lost its last nine matches in the Hoofdklasse since the 4-1 home win over Hurley on 17 November 2024.
   
• Nijmegen conceded 46 goals in those nine defeats, an average of over five goals per match. 
   
• Kampong remained winless in its last four away games: D L D D. Its last away win was the 1-2 at SCHC on 17 November 2024.
   
• Kampong is sure of participation in the playoffs with a win at Nijmegen. The last time the Utrechters participated in the playoffs as the number four of the regular league (2016-2017), they eventually became national champions.

PINOKÉ - HURLEY
Saturday, 4:30pm

• Pinoké won its last six matches with Hurley since a 4-4 on 27 November 2016 at home. 
   
• Pinoké remained unbeaten (W6 D3) in its last nine matches with Hurley since a 3-1 defeat at Hurley on 20 September 2015.
   
• Pinoké has yet to lose a single home game against Hurley in the Hoofdklasse (W7 D7).
   
• Hurley lost its six most recent matches and is already eight matches in a row without a win (L D L L L L L).
   
• Pinoké attacker Miles Bukkens (24 goals) needs two more goals to equal a club record set by Justin Reid-Ross. The South African scored 26 goals for Pinoké in the regular league in the 2011-2012 season, still an unmatched feat.

ORANJE-ROOD - DEN BOSCH
Saturday, 4:30pm

• Oranje-Rood is a true fear opponent of Den Bosch in the Hoofdklasse. The Boschians could only win three times in 17 matches against the Eindhoven team (D7 L7).
   
• Oranje-Rood remained unbeaten in its last nine matches with Den Bosch: D W D W D D W D.
   
• Den Bosch has yet to win a single match this season with a team from the current top-four of the league table: Kampong-home (2-2), Bloemendaal-home (2-2), Amsterdam-out 2-1, Kampong-out 3-1 and Bloemendaal-out 2-1.
   
• Oranje-Rood won its last six home matches since a 2-3 defeat against Bloemendaal on 27 October 2024. If the Eindhoven team also win against Den Bosch, they will set a new club record with seven home wins in a row.
   
• Jelle Galema has two more matches this season to reach the milestone of 100 goals in the Hoofdklasse. The counter for the striker of Oranje-Rood has stood at 99 for some time now. He made 29 for Oranje Zwart, 24 on behalf of Den Bosch and 46 at Oranje-Rood.