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What you need to know about men's match round 20
The Tulp Hoofdklasse Men is up to match round 20, with Oranje-Rood chasing several club records and Amsterdam looking to end a dismal run of games against Bloemendaal. Read the facts and figures here.
KLEIN ZWITSERLAND - PINOKÉ
Saturday 25 April, 16:30
Head-to-head record
50 matches
23 wins Klein Zwitserland
14 wins Pinoké
13 draws
What the stats say
- Pinoké won its last five matches against KZ and is already eight matches in a row unbeaten against the team from The Hague (D D D W W W W).
- Pinoké remained unbeaten on its last three visits to KZ (D W W) and has lost only one of its last eight away matches with its Hague opponent (W5 D2): the 3-1 of 3 October 2021.
- KZ always scored in its last 15 home games against Pinoké, scoring 40 goals in the series. Pinoké scored in fourteen of the fifteen matches in that series.
- Coach Laurence Docherty's team is hard to beat at home, witnessing only two defeats in nine matches (W5 D2).
- In Pinoké's last four away games, a total of 35 (!) goals fell, almost nine goals on average: 4-5 Rotterdam, 1-8 Hurley, 6-3 Den Bosch and 3-5 Laren.
LAREN - ROTTERDAM
Sunday 26 April, 15:00
Head-to-head record
19 matches
1 win Laren
14 wins Rotterdam
4 draws
What the stats say
- Laren won only one of 19 matches with Rotterdam in the Hoofdklasse (D4 L14): that was on 11 September 2011, 2-0 on their own pitch.
- Since that defeat, Rotterdam won all eight subsequent underdogs, often by a wide margin. Rotterdam produced 33 goals in that series, an average of four goals per match.
- Rotterdam scored 16 goals in its last three away duels with Laren: 1-3, 2-6 and 3-7.
- Laren - ranked number 11 with five points - is battling with straggler Hurley (four points) against direct relegation from the Hoofdklasse. The team lost its last eight matches in the Hoofdklasse and has been waiting for a win for 11 matches (D1 L10).
- Rotterdam is the most prolific team in the Hoofdklasse with 74 goals from 19 matches. The team needs nine more goals in the last three games of the regular league to improve a club record from season 2016-2017. Back then, the team scored 82 goals in 22 games.
ORANJE-ROOD - SCHAERWEIJDE
Sunday 26 April, 15:00
Head-to-head record
5 matches
4 wins Oranje-Rood
1 draw
What the stats say
- Oranje-Rood and Schaerweijde have only faced each other five times in the Hoofdklasse. The Eindhoveners remained unbeaten each time: W D W W W.
- Oranje-Rood is the team to beat in the Hoofdklasse. After nineteen match rounds, coach Ageeth Boomgaardt's team is still unbeaten (W14 D5).
- If Oranje-Rood wins at home against Schaerweijde, the team will equal a club record. The Eindhoveners managed to win six consecutive home games twice before in the Hoofdklasse: in April-October 2022 and in November 2024-April 2025.
- Oranje-Rood scored 68 goals in 19 games this season. The team needs two more goals for a new goal record: in the 2017-2018 season, Orange-Rood reached 69 goals in 22 games.
- Schaerweijde lost its last two matches: 3-0 at Kampong and 1-8 against Den Bosch. Before that, the team picked up seven points from seven matches (W1 D4 L2).
HDM - KAMPONG
Sunday 26 April, 15:00
Head-to-head record
53 matches
15 wins HDM
31 wins Kampong
7 draws
What the stats say
- Kampong won their last three matches with HDM since a 2-2 draw in The Hague on 7 April 2024.
- Kampong has been unbeaten against HDM (W9 D1) for 10 matches in a row since a 2-1 defeat in The Hague on 31 October 2010.
- HDM lost three in a row since the 1-1 draw with Schaerweijde on 22 March and could only convert one of its last 12 matches into a win (D2 L9): it managed to do so on visit to Laren on 7 March (2-3).
- Kampong won its last two matches (against Schaerweijde 3-0 and Hurley 1-4) after the team was deprived of a win five times in a row before that (L L D L L).
- Kampong attacker Duco Telgenkamp stands at 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.
AMSTERDAM - BLOEMENDAAL
Sunday 26 April, 15:00
Head-to-head record
96 matches
37 wins Amsterdam
42 wins Bloemendaal
17 draws
What the stats say
- In the 97th edition of De Klassieker, Amsterdam will hunt for its first regular league victory over Bloemendaal since 9 April 2017 (3-2), more than nine years ago.
- The Amsterdammers could not win the last 16 matches against Bloemendaal (D1 L15) and lost the last 13 meetings with The Mussen.
- Amsterdam has been without a win over Bloemendaal (L D L L L L L L L) since eight home games.
- Amsterdam lost last week at neighbouring Pinoké (2-1), a result that ended a run of eight games without a loss (W6 D2).
- Bloemendaal won only one of its four top matches on foreign soil this season: 4-2 Rotterdam, 1-1 Den Bosch, 3-5 Kampong and 4-1 Oranje-Rood.
DEN BOSCH - HURLEY
Sunday 26 April, 15:00
Head-to-head record
34 matches
23 wins by Den Bosch
5 wins Hurley
6 draws
What the stats say
- Den Bosch won its last 10 matches between them against Hurley. The last points loss dates from 18 March 2016 (0-1 to Hurley at Oosterplas).
- The previous edition of Den Bosch-Hurley ended in an 8-1 home victory for the Boschians, thanks in part to five goals from Timo Boers.
- Den Bosch is the brand new cup winner, after winning the Gold Cup in the final against Oranje-Rood last Thursday (3-2). It is the third time after 2023 and 2025 that the team has won the cup tournament.
- Den Bosch lost three of its last four home games in the Hoofdklasse: 1-2 Oranje-Rood, 1-2 Amsterdam, 6-3 Pinoké and 1-3 Rotterdam. Before that series, Den Bosch had remained unbeaten 19 home games in a row (W13 D6).
- Hurley lost seven of its last eight games and won only at HDM (1-2) in between.