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What you need to know about men's match round 17
The Tulp Hoofdklasse Men is ready for match round 17. Rotterdam is set to face Kampong in a bid to set a new home-game scoring record, while Den Bosch is looking to secure its first win at Bloemendaal in nineteen years. Read the facts and figures here.
PINOKÉ - ORANJe-ROOD
Saturday 28 March, 16:30
Head-to-head record
18 matches
7 wins Pinoké
8 wins Oranje-Rood
3 draws
What the stats say
- Oranje-Rood is unbeaten against Pinoké since four games: W D W D.
- On 21 October 2023, Pinoké last won against Oranje-Rood: in Eindhoven it finished 1-2, through goals by Marlon Landbrug and Danilo Trieling. Gijs van Merriënboer scored against on behalf of the home team.
- Pinoké won only two of its eight home matches against Oranje-Rood (L L L W W L D).
- Pinoké lost 6-3 at Den Bosch last Saturday, but remained unbeaten each time in its last seven matches before that: W W D W W W W D V.
- On its own field, Pinoké is already 12 matches in a row unbeaten (W9 D3) since a 2-4 defeat against Den Bosch on 24 November 2024.
- Oranje-Rood is the team to beat in the Hoofdklasse: after sixteen matches, coach Ageeth Boomgaardt's formation is the only one still unbeaten (W11 D5).
BLOEMENDAAL - DEN BOSCH
Sunday 29 March, 15:00
Head-to-head record
66 matches
45 wins Bloemendaal
11 wins Den Bosch
10 draws
What the stats say
- Bloemendaal remained unbeaten in its last nine matches with Den Bosch (W4 D5) since a 1-0 defeat at Oosterplas on 14 March 2021.
- Bloemendaal lost only one of its last 26 league matches with Den Bosch (W19 D6).
- Bloemendaal is unbeaten for 18 home games in a row against Den Bosch (W15 D3) since a 1-4 defeat on 25 March 2007, nineteen years ago.
- Den Bosch won eight of its last 11 league matches (D1 L2).
- Den Bosch scored eighteen goals in its last four league matches: 0-6 at Laren, 1-2 at home against Amsterdam, 2-4 at KZ and 6-3 against Pinoké.
KLEIN ZWITSERLAND - LAREN
Sunday 29 March, 15:00
Head-to-head record
31 matches
22 wins KZ
1 win Laren
8 draws
What the stats say
- Klein Zwitserland lost only one of its 31 matches against Laren at the highest level (W22 D3): it happened on 21 October 2023 (1-2 in The Hague).
- KZ could not win its last three home matches against Laren (D D L). Before that, the Hague team won 11 home matches in a row against the team from 't Gooi.
- KZ lost its last two matches: 2-4 against Den Bosch and 1-0 at Oranje-Rood. Before that, the team recorded two wins in a row.
- Laren remained winless in its last eight matches (D1 L7) and won only one of its last 17 matches at the highest level (D2 L14).
- Laren has been waiting for a win for 24 away matches in a row (D3 L21). The last time it succeeded against... Klein Zwitserland! On 21 October 2023, it was 1-2 through goals by Jordi Schramel and Facundo Zarate. Daan Smits scored against on behalf of KZ.
AMSTERDAM - HDM
Sunday 29 March, 15:00
Head-to-head record
53 matches
33 wins Amsterdam
10 wins HDM
10 draws
What the stats say
- Amsterdam won its last four matches with HDM and is already 13 matches in a row unbeaten against the Hague formation (W11 D2).
- Amsterdam lost only one of its last 18 games against HDM (W15 D2).
- HDM won only two of its 26 away games against Amsterdam and suffered 19 defeats at the Wagener Stadium.
- Amsterdam won four of its last five matches and is unbeaten since five matches (D W W D W). On 2 November last year, Amsterdam suffered its provisional last defeat: 0-3 against Rotterdam.
- HDM conceded seventeen goals in its last four matches on foreign soil: 6 - 4 - 5 - 2.
SCHAERWEIJDE - HURLEY
Sunday 29 March, 15:00
Head-to-head record
9 matches
6 wins Schaerweijde
3 wins Hurley
What the stats say
- Hurley won three of the last five mutual matches against Schaerweijde at the highest level, but lost the last two matches: W W L L.
- A match between Hurley and Schaerweijde has never ended in a draw: three wins for Hurley and six for Schaerweijde.
- In the last six matches between them, the differences were extremely small: the winning team won each time by the smallest possible difference.
- Schaerweijde has not won six matches in a row, but suffered only two defeats in that series (D4).
- Hurley has been waiting for a win in the Hoofdklasse for 26 matches (D3 L23). It last succeeded on 23 November 2024: 2-3 at SCHC.
ROTTERDAM - KAMPONG
Sunday 29 March, 15:00
Head-to-head record
42 matches
15 wins Rotterdam
18 wins Kampong
9 draws
What the stats say
- Rotterdam has struggled to win against Kampong in recent years, as evidenced by one win in the last 11 matches between them (D3 L7).
- Rotterdam won its previous home match against Kampong 2-1. That win ended a run of four home matches in a row without a win: 2-2, 2-2, 2-3 and 1-2.
- Kampong failed to get a win in its last four matches: L L D L. The last win was the 7-0 over Laren just before the winter break.
- Rotterdam won its last four league matches, winning seven of its last nine and losing the other two in that series (3-2 at Kampong and 4-5 against Pinoké).
- Kampong attacker Duco Telgenkamp is two goals away from scoring his 50th goal for Kampong in the Hoofdklasse.
- Rotterdam scored 45 goals in its eight home games this season. The club record in terms of highest number of home goals stands at 47 in 11 games and dates from season 2011-2012.