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What you need to know about men's match round 11
The Tulp Hoofdklasse Men is up to its 11th match round, with two top matches and a crucial game at the bottom. Read all the facts and figures from the six matches here.
HURLEY - LAREN
Saturday, November 8, 4:30pm
Head-to-head record
8 games
2 wins Hurley
4 wins Laren
2 draws
What the stats say
- Striker Hurley and Laren (11th) face each other in the Hoofdklasse for the first time since the 2013-14 season.
- Both teams only played each other eight times at the highest level in the past. Laren won four times, Hurley twice. Twice they drew.
- Hurley is the only team without a point this season. With zero out of ten, the team from Amstelveen has been bottom of the league table for six match rounds.
- Laren suffered nine defeats in its last eleven matches at the highest level (W1 D1).
- Hjalmar Voskuil (three goals) single-handedly accounted for more than half of Hurley's total production (seven goals).
KAMPONG - ORANGE-ROOD
Sunday, November 9, 15:00
Head-to-head record
17 matches
9 wins Kampong
4 wins Oranje-Rood
4 draws
What the stats say
- The balance in the last six matches between them is neatly balanced: three wins for Kampong and three for Oranje-Rood.
- Kampong remained unbeaten in seven of the nine home duels with Oranje-Rood (W6 D1).
- Kampong won three and lost three of its last six league matches.
- Leaders Oranje-Rood are the only team after ten match rounds not to have lost a match yet (W6 D4).
- Oranje-Rood scored 24 goals in its last six away games (W5 D1), an average of four goals per away game.
ROTTERDAM - KLEIN ZWITSERLAND
Sunday 9 November, 15:00
Head-to-head record
23 matches
12 wins Rotterdam
5 wins for KZ
6 draws
What the stats say
- Rotterdam won its last three matches with KZ and is 14 matches in a row unbeaten against the team from The Hague (W10 D4).
- Rotterdam's last defeat against KZ was on 4 March 2009: 4-3 in The Hague, including goals by South Koreans Jang Jong-Hyun and Seo Jong-Ho for the home team.
- Rotterdam kept its goal clean in the last three matches with KZ: 1-0, 0-4 and 5-0.
- Rotterdam is the most productive team in the Hoofdklasse this season with 38 goals in nine matches. No fewer than 29 of those 38 goals came in the five home games.
- KZ was unbeaten in its first eight games (W3 D5), but lost its last two games: 2-1 Pinoké and 0-2 Bloemendaal.
SCHAERWEIJDE - AMSTERDAM
Sunday 9 November, 15:00
Head-to-head record
32 matches
5 wins Schaerweijde
19 wins by Amsterdam
8 draws
What the stats say
- Schaerweijde lost its last five matches with Amsterdam in the Hoofdklasse and is winless since seven matches (L D L L L L L).
- Schaerweijde's last win over Amsterdam dates from 12 October 2014: 3-2 in Zeist, with goals for the home team from Leon Hemminga, Paul Mackinnon and Casper Horn. Billy Bakker and Klaas Vermeulen scored against on behalf of Amsterdam.
- Schaerweijde lost 12 of its last 14 matches at the highest level (W2).
- Amsterdam lost three of its last four matches in the Hoofdklasse (W1).
- Amsterdam lost its last two away matches: 4-3 at Klein Zwitserland and 5-3 at Bloemendaal.
BLOEMENDAAL - PINOKÉ
Sunday 9 November, 15:00
Head-to-head record
70 matches
52 wins Bloemendaal
11 wins Pinoké
7 draws
What the stats say
- Bloemendaal won its last three matches with Pinoké since a 2-1 defeat in Amstelveen on 10 November 2023. Those three wins had the same result each time: 3-2.
- In each of the last 13 matches between them, both teams scored: 58 goals in total, 33 by Bloemendaal and 25 by Pinoké.
- Pinoké was only able to win two of its last 24 matches with Bloemendaal in the regular league (D6 L16).
- Bloemendaal lost points in only three of its last 21 home matches: 3-4 SCHC, 4-4 Kampong and 3-4 Oranje-Rood.
- Pinoké, the runner-up, remained unbeaten in nine of its 10 league games (W6 D3) and lost only to Amsterdam (1-0) this season.
HDM - DEN BOSCH
Sunday 9 November, 15:00
Head-to-head record
30 matches
8 wins HDM
18 wins for Den Bosch
4 draws
What the stats say
- Den Bosch won its last five matches with HDM since a 3-1 defeat in The Hague on 6 November 2022.
- On 26 February 2000, a match between HDM and Den Bosch last ended in a draw (2-2 at the Oosterplas). This was followed by 14 matches between them without a draw (12 wins by Den Bosch, two wins by HDM).
- HDM lost its last two matches, conceding ten goals (6-1 Kampong and 3-0 Pinoké).
- HDM conceded at least one goal in 73 (!) consecutive home games (228 in total). The last clean sheet on home turf dates from 25 March 2001 (1-0 against Rotterdam).
- Den Bosch is the only team not to have lost a single point in its last four matches in the Hoofdklasse.