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What you need to know about men's match round 18
The Tulp Hoofdklasse Men is up to match round 18. Oranje-Rood wants to finally beat Bloemendaal again on their own field and Den Bosch hopes to hurt Rotterdam again. Read the facts and figures here.
KAMPONG - SCHAERWEIJDE
Saturday 11 April, 18:45
Head-to-head record
18 matches
7 wins Pinoké
8 wins ORANJE-ROOD
3 draws
What the stats say
- Kampong won its last three matches with Schaerweijde since a 2-1 defeat in Zeist on 19 March 2023.
- Kampong remained unbeaten in 30 of its 31 matches against Schaerweijde (W28 D2).
- Kampong has never lost to Schaerweijde at home in the Hoofdklasse: 14 wins and one draw in 15 home matches.
- Schaerweijde remained unbeaten in its last two matches (W1 D1) and lost only two of its last eight league matches (W2 D4).
- On foreign soil, Schaerweijde played its most recent away game a draw: 1-1 at HDM on 22 March. That draw ended a run of two away defeats in a row for Schaerweijde. Schaerweijde's last away win dates from 2 November 2025, at Laren (1-3).
ORANJE-ROOD - BLOEMENDAAL
Sunday 12 April, 15:00
Head-to-head record
66 matches
45 wins Bloemendaal
11 wins Den Bosch
10 draws
What the stats say
- Bloemendaal dominates this series historically: The Mussen remained unbeaten in 16 of the 18 matches between them (W11 D5).
- Oranje-Rood won the most recent mutual encounter, on 18 October 2025 in Bloemendaal (3-4) That was Oranje-Rood's first ever away win on the Bloemendaal pitch: in the eight previous away matches at 't Kopje, the team lost seven times and played one draw (3-3 in November 2023).
- On their own pitch, Oranje-Rood won only once in nine home matches with Bloemendaal. That was in the very first meeting between them in Eindhoven: 5-4 on 26 March 2017. After that, Oranje-Rood remained eight times in a row without a win in a home match with Bloemendaal (D4 L4).
- The last 14 goals in matches between Oranje-Rood and Bloemendaal were all field goals.
- Oranje-Rood is already twenty games in a row without defeat (W14 D6). The last loss was the 2-1 defeat against Bloemendaal (!) on 12 April last year.
LAREN - PINOKÉ
Sunday 12 April, 15:00
Head-to-head record
31 matches
22 wins KZ
1 win Laren
8 draws
What the stats say
- Pinoké won the last three matches between themselves and Laren, twice by a remarkably large margin: 4-0, 0-1 and 8-3.
- Pinoké's 8-3 win from the outward round was historic in several ways: with 11 goals, it was the most goal-rich mutual match ever, and the goal difference of five was the largest margin by which Pinoké ever won from Laren.
- Matches between the two teams in Laren never ended in a draw: Laren won six times and Pinoké won five times.
- Laren lost four of the last five home matches against Pinoké and won the other match (L L W L L).
- Laren's last nine matches did not produce a single win (D1 L8), with six consecutive defeats being the low point.
- Pinoké conceded 15 goals in its last three matches - an average of five per match.
AMSTERDAM - KLEIN ZWITSERLAND
Sunday 12 April, 15:00
Head-to-head record
53 matches
33 wins by Amsterdam
10 wins HDM
10 draws
What the stats say
- The most recent encounter, on 19 October 2025 in The Hague, resulted in a 4-3 victory for Klein Zwitserland. That result ended a mini series of three matches without a loss (W D W) against KZ for Amsterdam.
- Amsterdam has been waiting for a win against Klein Zwitserland for four home matches in a row. Successively it was 2-3, 1-1, 1-4 and 2-2.
- The Amsterdammers' last home victory against KZ dates back to 28 February 2021, when it was 4-2 at Wagener Stadium.
- Amsterdam is in fine form: the team remained unbeaten seven matches in a row (W5 D2) and is third in the Hoofdklasse. The last two games were won: 1-3 at Laren and 4-1 against HDM.
- KZ won only one of its last eight away games in the Hoofdklasse (D4 L3): visiting Kampong on 8 March (1-3).
DEN BOSCH - ROTTERDAM
Sunday 12 April, 15:00
Head-to-head record
9 matches
6 wins Schaerweijde
3 wins Hurley
What the stats say
- Den Bosch won its last three mutual matches with Rotterdam (W3): 3-4 away in October 2024, 4-1 at home on 30 March 2025 and 3-4 away in October 2025.
- Before Den Bosch's three consecutive wins, the Brabanders lost to Rotterdam just four times in a row.
- The last three editions of Den Bosch-Rotterdam produced 24 goals: it was 4-5, 3-7 and 4-1 respectively.
- Den Bosch won nine of its last 12 matches (D1 L2).
- Rotterdam won its last five games, currently the longest winning streak of any team.
- Rotterdam (seventy goals) and Den Bosch (62) are the two highest-scoring teams in the Hoofdklasse this season. Pinoké also stands at 62 goals after seventeen match rounds.
HDM - HURLEY
Sunday 12 April, 15:00
Head-to-head record
42 matches
15 wins Rotterdam
18 wins Kampong
9 draws
What the stats say
- HDM and Hurley only met thirteen times in the Hoofdklasse, six of them on HDM's pitch. The home balance is slightly in The Hague's favour: two wins, three draws and one defeat.
- HDM remained unbeaten in its last four matches with Hurley: W W D W.
- HDM's last defeat against Hurley dates from 16 September 2001, when it was 2-0 in Amstelveen.
- HDM last won on their own pitch on 28 September last year: 3-2 against Laren. This was followed by six home games without a win (L D L L L D).
- Hurley has been waiting for a win in the Hoofdklasse for 27 matches (D3 L24). It last succeeded on 23 November 2024: 2-3 at SCHC. That run of 27 matches without a win is a new negative club record for Hurley. The previous one stood at 26 matches without a win and dated from 2003-2009.