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What you need to know about men's match round 19
The Tulp Hoofdklasse Men is up to match round 19. Leaders Oranje-Rood play the top match in and against Rotterdam and Pinoké want to hurt neighbouring Amsterdam. Read the facts and figures here.
BLOEMENDAAL - LAREN
Saturday 18 April, 16:30
Head-to-head record
39 matches
27 wins Bloemendaal
6 wins Laren
6 draws
What the stats say
- Bloemendaal won two and lost two of the last four matches between them with Laren.
- The most recent encounter - on 26 October last year - was surprisingly won by Laren 3-2. Berend van Langeveld, Teun van Uunen and Diederick van Berckel scored for the home team, Jorrit Croon and Teun Beins for the visitors.
- Bloemendaal lost three of its last six home games and recorded only two wins (D1) in that series: against Amsterdam 5-3 and Hurley 1-0.
- Laren has been waiting for ten matches in a row in the Hoofdklasse for a win (D1 L9). It last succeeded on 26 October 2025 against... Bloemendaal (3-2).
- Laren has been waiting for a win on foreign soil for seventeen games in a row (D3 L14). The last away win was a 1-2 at Klein Zwitserland on 21 October 2023.
PINOKÉ - AMSTERDAM
Sunday 19 April, 15:00
Head-to-head record
71 matches
47 wins by Amsterdam
12 wins Pinoké
12 draws
What the stats say
- Pinoké lost its last three matches with Amsterdam since a 2-0 win on their own pitch on 15 March 2024. Joep Troost then scored both goals for the Stekneuzen.
- None of the last seven matches ended in a draw. Amsterdam won four times, Pinoké took the spoils three times.
- In Pinoké's last five matches, an average of almost eight goals per game was scored: 39 in total (twenty for Pinoké and nineteen from the opponents).
- Amsterdam is still unbeaten in away games this season in top matches (D D W). Coach Rick Mathijssen's team played a draw against Kampong (2-2) and Oranje-Rood (4-4) and won at Den Bosch (1-2).
- Pinoké attacker Joep Troost can reach the twenty-goal mark in one season for the first time in his career. He is currently the Steekneuzen's club top scorer with 19 goals.
KLEIN ZWITSERLAND - HDM
Sunday 19 April, 15:00
Head-to-head record
49 matches
24 wins Klein Zwitserland
11 wins HDM
14 draws
What the stats say
- KZ remained unbeaten in its last six matches with HDM, but recorded only one win in that series: D D D D D W D. That win came on 3 May last year: 3-2 on home turf.
- KZ lost only one of its last 11 games against HDM (W5 D5).
- On its own field, KZ remained unbeaten in its last six meetings with HDM: D W W D D W. The last home defeat came on 21 February 1999, when it went 1-4.
- KZ has been performing erratically in recent weeks. The team won three of its last six matches and also lost three times.
- HDM is in a weak phase with eight defeats in its last 10 matches (W1 D1).
HURLEY - KAMPONG
Sunday 19 April, 15:00
Head-to-head record
35 matches
23 wins Kampong
6 wins Hurley
6 draws
What the stats say
- Kampong won its last 10 matches with Hurley in the Hoofdklasse since a 1-1 draw in Amstelveen on 30 October 2016.
- Kampong remained unbeaten in its last 12 matches with Hurley (W11 D1) since a 3-1 defeat in Amstelveen on 30 October 2015.
- Striker Hurley won from HDM (1-2) last week, ending a run of 27 (!) matches without a win (D3 L24). That series was a negative club record for the Forest Owls.
- On its own pitch, Hurley has been waiting for a win in the Hoofdklasse for 19 games (D2 L17). The last home win was the 2-0 at SCHC on 15 September 2024.
- Kampong attacker Duco Telgenkamp is on 14 goals and needs two more goals for a new personal goal record. In the 2022-2023 season, the striker reached 15 goals on behalf of the Utrechters.
SCHAERWEIJDE - DEN BOSCH
Sunday 19 April, 15:00
Head-to-head record
15 matches
12 wins for Den Bosch
2 wins Schaerweijde
1 draw
What the stats say
- Den Bosch won its last nine matches against Schaerweijde since a 4-2 defeat in Zeist on 9 March 2014.
- Schaerweijde won only two of its 15 league duels with Den Bosch and netted 12 times (D1).
- Den Bosch produced as many as 18 goals in its last three matches with Schaerweijde: 5-0, 3-4 and 9-0.
- Schaerweijde recorded only one win in its last eight matches, but also suffered only three defeats (W1 D4 L3).
- Den Bosch won its last six away games in the Hoofdklasse (a tightening of a club record from 1997, 1999 and 2005-2006, four away wins in a row) and is unbeaten on foreign soil since seven games (W6 D1).
ROTTERDAM - ORANJE-ROOD
Sunday 19 April, 15:00
Head-to-head record
18 matches
6 wins for Rotterdam
8 wins Oranje-Rood
4 draws
What the stats say
- Rotterdam remained unbeaten (D W D) in its last three matches with Oranje-Rood since a 6-3 defeat in Eindhoven on 29 October 2023.
- Rotterdam won its last two home matches against Oranje-Rood (2-1 and 4-1) and before that suffered two home defeats in a row against the Eindhoven side (3-4 and 0-1).
- The last meeting between them ended in a scoreless draw, the first in mutual history between the two clubs.
- Rotterdam won its last six matches since a 4-5 home defeat against Pinoké on 16 November last year. The run of six wins in a row is the third longest in club history for Rotterdam. The team once won seven in a row in season 2012-2013 and even eight in a row in 2013-2014.
- Oranje-Rood is the team to beat in the Hoofdklasse. After eighteen match rounds, coach Ageeth Boomgaardt's team is still unbeaten (W13 D5). Further back than this season, Oranje-Rood has now been unbeatable for 21 games in a row (W15 D6).
- Oranje-Rood is already ten away games in a row without a loss (W8 D2). The last away defeat was the 2-1 at Bloemendaal on 12 April last year.