What you need to know about the Amsterdam-Den Bosch final

AMSTERDAM - DEN BOSCH
Saturday, 23 May, 12:45 pm

Head-to-head record in regular league of the Hoofdklasse
72 matches
25 wins by Amsterdam
31 wins Den Bosch
16 ties

Head-to-head record on field Amsterdam
36 matches
11 wins by Amsterdam
17 wins for Den Bosch
8 ties

Head-to-head record on field Den Bosch
36 matches
14 wins by Den Bosch
14 wins by Amsterdam
8 ties

Head-to-head record in play-offs (regular playing time)
47 games
29 wins by Den Bosch
10 wins by Amsterdam
8 draws

What the stats say

• Amsterdam and Den Bosch face each other for the 127th time in an official match. Den Bosch won 62 of the 126 previous editions, against 36 wins for Amsterdam and 28 draws after regular playing time.
   
• Den Bosch lost only one of its last nine matches with Amsterdam in all leagues (W6 D2): that was the 1-2 at the Oosterplas during the second match round in this premier league season.
   
• Amsterdam last won at home against Den Bosch on 18 September 2022, during the third match round of the 2022-2023 premier league season. It was 2-0 that day, through goals by Fiona Morgenstern and Michelle Fillet. This was followed by six home games in a row for Amsterdam without a win (L D D L L L).
   
• The last time the two teams faced each other in the play-offs was during last season. In the semi-finals, Den Bosch won the out-and-out match at Wagener Stadium 2-3, after which the team was also too strong at Oosterplas (3-0).
   
• The last time the two teams faced each other in a playoff final was in season 2020-2021. Den Bosch - then coached by Raoul Ehren - then won both matches by minimal difference: 0-1 and 1-0.

• Amsterdam is competing in the playoffs for the 28th time in club history, but only won the national title four times: in 2009, 2013, 2019 and 2023.
   
• Amsterdam won in regular playing time only two of its last 10 games in the play-offs (D W D D D L L L L W L).
   
• Since 1997-1998 (from the club's second play-off participation), Den Bosch captured the national title in 23 of 28 seasons. Three times it lost the final, each time at the expense of Amsterdam and once the team thus missed out on the final. In season 2019-2020, there were no play-offs because of the corona pandemic.
   
• Den Bosch remained unbeaten in regular playing time of its last nine matches in the playoffs (W W W W D D D W).
   
• Den Bosch lost in regular playing time only two of its last 21 games in the playoffs (W15 D4): that happened against SCHC (0-1 on 21 May 2022) and against Amsterdam (0-1 on 20 May 2023).
   
• Amsterdam lost three of its four top games on its own field this season: 2-3 against Kampong, 1-2 against Den Bosch, 0-1 by SCHC and 3-2 against SCHC (semi-final playoffs)
   
• Only SCHC scored more goals than Amsterdam in the regular league this season: 79 to 76.
   
• Den Bosch attacker Frédérique Matla has scored in her last eight official matches (six in the Hoofdklasse and two in the play-offs) each time for Den Bosch, scoring 13 goals in that series.
   
• Of all current Amsterdam players, Marijn Veen scored the most goals in the play-offs. After her two goals against SCHC in the semi-finals, the striker stands at seven goals in the nacompetition for the national title.