What you need to know about men's match round 22

AMSTERDAM - SCHAERWEIJDE
Saturday 9 May, 16:30

Head-to-head record 
33 matches
19 wins by Amsterdam
5 wins Schaerweijde
9 draws

What the stats say

• Amsterdam remained unbeaten (W6 D2) in its last eight matches with Schaerweijde since a 3-2 defeat in Zeist on 12 October 2014.
   
• Amsterdam won its last five home games against Schaerweijde since a spectacular 4-4 at Wagener Stadium on 28 October 2012.
   
• Amsterdam has the best papers to secure the fourth and final ticket for the playoffs. The reigning national champion has 41 points from 21 matches, two points more than number five Den Bosch.
   
• Amsterdam has been hard to beat for a while now. The team lost only one of its last 11 games, with further seven wins and three draws.
   
• Schaerweijde only scored ten goals in ten away games this season. Only straggler Hurley was less productive on foreign soil (eight goals).

DEN BOSCH - HDM
Saturday 9 May, 16:30

Head-to-head record 
31 matches
19 wins by Den Bosch
8 wins HDM
4 draws

What the stats say

• Den Bosch won its last six league matches with HDM and won 13 of the last 15 games against the Hague team.
   
• The last Bosch defeat against HDM dates back to 6 November 2022, when it was 3-1 in The Hague.
   
• On its own pitch, Den Bosch is already twelve matches in a row unbeaten against HDM (W9 D3) since a 2-4 defeat at the Oosterplas on 23 April 1995.
   
• Den Bosch has scored 81 goals in 21 matches this season, a new club record. The previous club record stood at 74 goals and dated from the 2001-2002 season.
   
• HDM needs a win against Den Bosch to have any chance of leaving the danger zone on the last round of the season. The team occupies tenth place with 14 points, two points less than Schaerweijde, which is eighth.
   
• HDM is on a weak run. The Hague team lost its last five matches and has been without a much-needed win for six games (D1 L5).

LITTLE SWITZERLAND - ROTTERDAM
Saturday 9 May, 16:30

Head-to-head record 
24 matches
5 wins Little Switzerland
13 wins for Rotterdam
6 draws

What the stats say

• Rotterdam won its last four matches with Klein Zwitserland since a 1-1 in The Hague on 11 November 2023.
   
• Rotterdam kept the zero in three of its last four matches with KZ and only conceded two goals in that series: 1-0, 0-4, 5-0 and 7-2.
   
• Rotterdam has not lost to KZ (W11 D4) for 15 games in a row. The last time it did so was on 4 March 2009, when it finished 4-3 in The Hague.
   
• The season has been over for some time for KZ, which has been sure of maintaining its title for weeks. The team won four of the last nine matches and lost the other five.
   
• Rotterdam is the most prolific team this season with 83 goals (a new club record).

PINOKÉ - BLOEMENDAAL
Saturday 9 May, 16:30

Head-to-head record 
71 matches
11 wins Pinoké
52 wins Bloemendaal
8 draws

What the stats say

• Pinoké have been waiting four matches for a win against Bloemendaal: L L D.
   
• Pinoké's last win against The Mussen was on 10 November 2023: 2-1 in Amstelveen with goals by Joep Troost and Sebastien Dockier for the home team and by Jorrit Croon for Bloemendaal.
   
• On its own field, Pinoké has struggled to win against Bloemendaal in recent years, witnessing one win in its last 13 matches (D1 L11).
   
• This is the first time since the 2015-2016 season that Bloemendaal has finished outside the top-four. In that vintage, the team finished fifth.
   
• Pinoké attacker Joep Troost is having his most productive season ever in the Hoofdklasse with 23 goals. Remarkably, he scored only six of those goals in home games. Only Oranje-Rood striker Struan Walker scored even more often on foreign soil (seventeen times).

ORANGE-RED - KAMPONG
Saturday 9 May, 16:30

Head-to-head record
18 matches
5 wins Oranje-Rood
9 wins Kampong
4 draws

What the stats say

• Oranje-Rood won three of the last four league matches with Kampong and lost the other.
  
• Oranje-Rood won the outward match from the first half of the competition 2-4, thanks to four goals from club top scorer Struan Walker. With that performance, the Scot became the first player ever in Hoofdklasse history to manage to score four goals in an away match at Kampong.
  
• Oranje-Rood can set a new club record this season in terms of number of wins. That stands at 16 wins and dates back to 2023-2024. The counter also stands at sixteen this season, with thus only the match with Kampong still to come.
  
• Oranje-Rood can end a regular season without defeat for the first time in club history. Predecessor Oranje Zwart also never managed to end a season without a loss.
  
• Kampong attacker Duco Telgenkamp needs one more goal for a new personal goal record in one season. Like this season, he reached 15 goals in Utrecht service earlier in 2022-2023.

LAREN - HURLEY
Saturday 9 May, 16:30

Head-to-head record 
9 matches
4 wins Laren
2 wins Hurley
3 draws

Read the detailed preview of this relegation match here.