What you need to know about men's match round 14

HDM - ROTTERDAM
Saturday 7 March, 18:45

Head-to-head record
13 matches
2 wins HDM
7 wins for Rotterdam
4 draws

What the stats say

• HDM has been waiting for a win over Rotterdam (D3 V7) for 10 games in the Hoofdklasse.
   
• HDM's last win over Rotterdam was from 17 October 2010, when it finished 5-4 in The Hague. Robin de Munck scored the winning goal for HDM from a penalty stroke in the final minute that day.
   
• The outward match of the first half of the competition ended in a 7-2 home victory for Rotterdam. Six of the nine goals then fell in the last nineteen minutes of the match.
   
• HDM lost its last five league games and has been waiting for a win for six games in a row (D1 L5).
   
• With 53 goals after thirteen match rounds, Rotterdam is the most productive team in this premier league season.

ORANGE-ROOD - LAREN
Sunday 8 March, 15:00

Head-to-head record
3 matches
2 wins Oranje-Rood
No wins Laren
1 draw

What the stats say

• Both teams only played each other three times at the highest level. Oranje-Rood won twice and once a match ended in a draw.
   
• Oranje-Rood is on a strong run. The team has been unbeaten in league play for 16 games in a row (W11 D5), a streak that dates back to the end of last season.
   
• Orange-Rood won its last five matches since a 0-0 at home against Rotterdam on 26 October last year. Five wins in a row is an equalling of a club record: the team managed that four times before.
   
• With six consecutive wins, winning against Laren will set a new Hoofdklasse club record.
   
• Laren remained winless in its last five matches (D1 L4) and won only one of its last 14 matches at the highest level (D2 L11).

KAMPONG - KLEIN ZWITSERLAND
Sunday 8 March, 15:00

Head-to-head record
77 matches
26 wins Kampong
36 wins Little Switzerland
15 draws

What the stats say

• Three of the last four matches between them ended in a draw, with wins for Kampong (4-1) in between.
   
• Kampong remained unbeaten in seven of its last eight matches with Klein Zwitserland, but did lose 10 points in that series through five draws (W2).
   
• On their own pitch, the figures are better for Kampong: the Utrechters won seven of their last ten home matches with KZ (D2 L1).
   
• KZ drew the most often of all teams this season (six times).
   
• On foreign soil, KZ is on a weak run: the last six away games did not yield a win (D4 L2) and of the last 12 away games, the Hague team won only one (D4 L7): 1-2 visiting Hurley on 18 September last year.

HURLEY - PINOKÉ
Sunday 8 March, 15:00

Head-to-head record
30 matches
6 wins Hurley
15 wins Pinoké
9 draws

What the stats say

• Pinoké won its last eight matches with Hurley in the Hoofdklasse since a 4-4 on home turf on 27 November 2016.
   
• Pinoké has been unbeaten against Hurley (W8 D3) for 11 games in a row since a 3-1 away defeat on 20 September 2015.
   
• Striker Hurley are the only team yet to win a match this season (D1 L12).
   
• Hurley has been waiting for a win in the Hoofdklasse for 23 games (D3 L20). They last managed to do so on 23 November 2024: 2-3 at SCHC.
   
• Pinoké lost only once this season and is stable in second place after thirteen match rounds.
   
• Pinoké attacker Joep Troost is only two goals away from his fiftieth goal in the Hoofdklasse. He scored three goals on behalf of Almere and now stands at 45 goals in Pinoké's service.

SCHAERWEIJDE - BLOEMENDAAL
Sunday 8 March, 15:00

Head-to-head record
25 matches
3 wins Schaerweijde
19 wins Bloemendaal
3 draws

What the stats say

• Bloemendaal has not lost 21 matches in a row to Schaerweijde (W19 D2) since a 4-2 defeat in Zeist on 9 April 1978.
   
• Bloemendaal won the last three and won 18 of the last 19 league matches with Schaerweijde (D1).
   
• Schaerweijde has already scored fifty goals in thirteen matches this season. Only Hurley (54) and Laren (58) are more vulnerable defensively.
   
• Schaerweijde and Hurley are the only sides that have yet to win a home match this season.
   
• Bloemendaal only scored eight goals in six away matches, the fewest of all teams together with Rotterdam.

DEN BOSCH - AMSTERDAM
Sunday 8 March, 15:00

Head-to-head record
66 matches
13 wins by Den Bosch
41 wins Amsterdam
12 ties

What the stats say

• The outward match of the first half of the competition ended in a spectacular 8-6 win for Amsterdam, the most goal-rich edition ever of Amsterdam-Den Bosch.
   
• In the overall balance, Amsterdam has often beaten Den Bosch, but in the last 13 meetings, Den Bosch has the best records: eight wins, three draws and only two defeats.
   
• Den Bosch remained unbeaten against Amsterdam (W W D W D W) on their own pitch for six league matches in a row. Before that, the Bosch team suffered ten home defeats in a row against the team from the capital.
   
• Den Bosch won six of its last eight league matches (D1 L1).
   
• Amsterdam failed to win in three of its four most recent away games: 4-3 at KZ, 5-3 at Bloemendaal, 1-1 against Schaerweijde and 0-3 at Hurley.
   
• Amsterdam is Thierry Brinkman's favourite opponent in the Hoofdklasse. Den Bosch's striker scored 16 of his 135 league goals against the team from the capital.