What you need to know about men's match round 7

BLOEMENDAAL - ORANJE-ROOD
Saturday, October 18, 6:45pm

Head-to-head record
17 matches
11 wins Bloemendaal
1 win Oranje-Rood
5 draws

What the stats say

• Bloemendaal lost only one of its 17 games against Oranje-Rood in the league (on 26 March 2017 in Eindhoven, 5-4).
   
• Bloemendaal remained unbeaten in its last fifteen league matches against Oranje-Rood (W10 D5).
   
• Bloemendaal has never lost at home to Oranje-Rood (W7 D1). 
   
• Bloemendaal won its last six home matches and is unbeaten since nine home matches (W8 D1).
   
• Oranje-Rood is one of five teams still unbeaten this season (W3 D3), but the Eindhoveners did lose two points each in their last three matches: 4-4 Amsterdam, 1-1 KZ and 2-2 Pinoké.

KLEIN ZWITSERLAND - AMSTERDAM
Sunday 19 October, 15:00

Head-to-head record
80 matches
27 wins KZ
31 wins Amsterdam
22 draws

What the stats say

• Klein Zwitserland won only one of its last seven league matches with Amsterdam (D2 L4). That was the 1-4 at Wagener Stadium on 19 October 2023.
   
• KZ lost its last four home matches with Amsterdam since a 1-1 on 13 September 2020.
   
• KZ and Amsterdam are among the group of five teams still unbeaten this season. KZ won twice and then drew four times. Amsterdam lost points twice: W D W D W.
   
• Amsterdam is the most productive team after six match rounds with 30 goals. Rotterdam follows with 26 goals, but that team played one less game.
   
• Since the 2022-2023 season, only Jip Janssen (76) and Timo Boers (49) scored more goals from a penalty corner than KZ player Aki Käppeler (38).

SCHAERWEIJDE - KAMPONG
Sunday 19 October, 15:00

Head-to-head record
30 matches
1 win Schaerweijde
27 wins Kampong
2 draws

What the stats say

• Schaerweijde kept only two points from 30 premier league matches with Kampong: in 1975 (2-2 in Zeist) and in 2014 (2-2 in Utrecht).
   
• Schaerweijde lost its last six games against Kampong, failing to score three times and conceding 19 goals in that series.
   
• Since the 2-2 draw in Zeist in 1975, Schaerweijde suffered eleven home defeats in a row against Kampong with goal figures of 12-43.
   
• Schaerweijde recorded its first win of this season last weekend (2-3 at Hurley), ending a run of sixteen matches without a win (D2 L14).
   
• Kampong only scored eight goals in five games this season, the lowest number after that since season 2000-2001. Back then, the tally stood at four goals.

PINOKÉ - LAREN
Sunday, October 19, 15:00

Head-to-head record
22 matches
11 wins Pinoké
9 wins Laren
2 draws

What the stats say

• Pinoké remained unbeaten in its last four matches with Laren: W D W W.
   
• The last time Laren won against Pinoké in the Hoofdklasse was on 28 April 2013: 1-3 in Amstelveen through goals by Simon Orchard, Eli Matheson and Roderik Huber. Justin Reid-Ross scored against on behalf of Pinoké.
   
• Pinoké is unbeaten on its own pitch for seven matches (W5 D2) since a 2-4 defeat against Den Bosch on 24 November 2024.
   
• Laren, along with bottom-placed Hurley, are still without a win this season. The team picked up one point in its first six matches (last weekend against KZ, 2-2).
   
• Laren is 11 away games in a row without a win (D2 L9) since a 1-2 at Klein Zwitserland on 21 October 2023.
   
• Texas Bukkens has already prepared three goals for teammates this season, making him Pinoké's assist king for the time being.

HURLEY - HDM
Sunday, October 19, 15:00

Head-to-head record
12 matches
4 wins Hurley
4 wins HDM
4 draws

What the stats say

• Hurley remained winless in its last three matches with HDM (L L D) and won only one of its last five matches with the Hague side (D1 L3).
   
• The overall balance in 12 matches between them is neatly balanced: four wins for Hurley and four for HDM (with four draws). 
   
• Hurley is the only team yet to pick up a point this season. With zero from six, the team from Amstelveen is at the bottom of the league table.
   
• HDM won two of its last three matches, but lost 10 of its last 14 (W4).
   
• Hurley is waiting sixteen games in the Hoofdklasse for a win (D2 L14). It last managed to do so on 23 November 2024 (2-3 on visit to SCHC).
   
• Hurley has only two goal scorers this season, the lowest number of any club. Only Fred Newbold and Hjalmar Voskuil managed to score (twice each).

ROTTERDAM - DEN BOSCH
Sunday, October 19, 15:00

Head-to-head record
44 matches
23 wins Rotterdam
17 wins Den Bosch
4 draws

What the stats say

• The last six matches between Rotterdam and Den Bosch between them have accounted for 42 goals, an average of about seven goals per match.
   
• Rotterdam won only two of its last eight home duels with Den Bosch and suffered five defeats (D1) in that series.
   
• In 22 matches between them in Rotterdam, both teams recorded as many wins (ten). Only twice did matches end in a draw. So it is often all or nothing at the Hazelaarweg.
   
• Rotterdam won its last five home matches since a 3-3 against Amsterdam on 6 April this year and is now unbeaten eleven home matches in a row (W9 D1) since a 3-4 defeat against Den Bosch on 12 October 2024. A win or draw against Den Bosch will see Rotterdam set a new club record of 12 home games in a row without a loss.
   
• Den Bosch could not convert any of its last six away matches into a win: L L D L L D. The last away win was the 1-2 at HDM on 23 March this year.