League start men: what you need to know about match round 1

AMSTERDAM - HURLEY
Saturday, September 13, 16:30

Head-to-head in Hoofdklasse
33 matches
27 wins Amsterdam
3 wins Hurley
3 draws

What the stats say

• Amsterdam won its last 15 matches against Hurley since a 1-1 at Wagener Stadium on 14 March 2012.
   
• Amsterdam remained unbeaten against Hurley (W23 D2) for 25 matches in a row since a 0-1 defeat on 22 April 2001. The winning goal that day came from Alexander Ket.
   
• Amsterdam scored 18 goals in its last three matches with Hurley.
   
• Hurley scored in 15 of its 16 away matches with Amsterdam (26 goals). It only failed to do so on 24 October 1999 (3-0 defeat).
   
• Hurley won its opening game of the season last season: against fellow promoter it finished 2-0. That was only the second time Hurley won an opening game of the season, after a 3-6 at Kampong in 2011.

BLOEMENDAAL - HDM
Sunday 14 September, 15:00

Head-to-head in Hoofdklasse
54 matches
42 wins Bloemendaal
4 wins HDM
8 draws

What the stats say

• Bloemendaal won its last 19 league matches with HDM since a 0-0 in The Hague on 21 September 1997.
   
• Bloemendaal is 24 league games in a row unbeaten against HDM (W23 D1) since a 1-2 defeat on home turf on 7 May 1995.
   
• Back then, Richard de Snaaijer and Martijn Groeneveld scored for HDM and Dave Smolenaars scored against on behalf of Bloemendaal.
   
• Bloemendaal was the most productive team in the regular league last season: The Mussen reached eighty goals in 22 matches, three goals more than Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
   
• HDM finished ninth last season, with 16 points from 22 matches. The team won only four times and suffered 14 defeats. Only Hurley (seventeen) and relegated Nijmegen (eighteen) lost more matches.

KLEIN ZWITSERLAND - SCHAERWEIJDE
Sunday 14 September, 15:00

Head-to-head in Hoofdklasse
20 matches
13 wins Klein Zwitserland
4 wins Schaerweijde
3 draws

What the stats say

• Klein Zwitserland has performed well against Schaerweijde in recent years. The team from The Hague remained unbeaten in 12 of the last 14 matches between them (W10 D2 L2).
   
• The last meeting dates from the penultimate round of the 2023-2024 season. KZ won 2-1 at home against Zeist.
   
• Schaerweijde last won a premier league game at KZ in 1975 (0-1). After that, the team remained winless in The Hague for eight games in a row (L L D L L L L).
   
• Schaerweijde won only one of its ten away games against KZ in the Hoofdklasse (D2 L7).
   
• Schaerweijde has been waiting for a win at the highest level for 11 games. Since the last win in the Hoofdklasse (0-1 visiting Rotterdam on 19 November 2023), the team suffered nine defeats and played a draw twice.

LAREN - KAMPONG
Sunday 14 September, 15:00

Head-to-head in Hoofdklasse
38 matches
8 wins Laren
25 wins Kampong
5 draws

What the stats say

• Laren lost its last seven matches with Kampong in the Hoofdklasse. Only between 1979 and 1984 did the team suffer even more defeats in a row against the Utrechters (eight).
   
• On 28 September 2011, Laren last took a point from a match with Kampong. In Laren it was 2-2, through goals by Melchior Looijen and Luke Doerner for the home team and by Constantijn Jonker and Martijn Havenga for Kampong.
   
• Laren's last win over Kampong was on 1 May 2011, when the team triumphed 2-3 in Utrecht. This was followed by eight matches in a row without a win (D L L L L L).
   
• Kampong won its last three away matches with Laren, scoring 19 goals: 2-6, 3-6 and 2-7.
   
• Laren crowned themselves champions of the Promotieklasse last season and is embarking on its 22nd season at the highest level.

ORANJE-ROOD - DEN BOSCH
Sunday, September 14, 15:00

Head-to-head in Hoofdklasse
18 games
7 wins Oranje-Rood
3 wins for Den Bosch
8 draws

What the stats say

• Den Bosch has failed to win against provincial rival Oranje-Rood for years. The Black and Yellow have been winless for 10 games in a row (D6 L4).
   
• Den Bosch's last win over Oranje-Rood dates back to 8 December 2019: 3-2 at Oosterplas through goals by Daniel Aarts and Sebastien Dockier (two). Thibeau Stockbroekx and Benjamin Stanzl scored against on behalf of the Eindhoven side.
   
• The last two matches between the two teams ended in a draw with a total of 12 goals: 2-2 and 4-4.
   
• Oranje-Rood scored 57 goals in 22 matches last season, the second highest number in club history. Only in 2020-2021 was the number of goals against higher (63).
   
• Den Bosch has been extremely difficult to beat in the Hoofdklasse for months. Coach Nanco Jansonius' team lost only two of its last 11 regular league matches (W7 D2).

PINOKÉ - ROTTERDAM
Sunday 14 September, 15:00

Head-to-head in Hoofdklasse
43 matches
10 wins Pinoké
27 wins Rotterdam
6 draws

What the stats say

• Of the last five meetings between them, Pinoké won two and Rotterdam three.
   
• Going back a little further, the balance is completely balanced: of the last 14 matches, Pinoké won six, against six wins for Rotterdam. Twice they drew in that series.
   
• The most goal-rich edition of Pinoké-Rotterdam was the 5-5 of 19 April 2009. A season later, it was 4-4 on the pitch of the Steekneuzen, the second-most goal-rich edition.
   
• Pinoké finished last season's regular league strongly, with six wins in the last eight matches (L2). Before that, however, the Steekneuzen experienced a poor phase, with six defeats in seven matches (W1).
   
• Rotterdam will have to do without the contribution of Jeroen Hertzberger in the Hoofdklasse for the first time in twenty seasons, the top scorer of all time in the Dutch league with 383 goals.