The stats of the weekend: Hurley in rare form, Pinoké sets club record
Hurley’s women’s team have enjoyed a rare flying start to the season, whilst Pinoké’s men’s team set a new club record for home matches. Here are the stats from the second match round in the Staatsloterij Hoofdklasse.
Staatsloterij Hoofdklasse Women
2 – Hurley are enjoying one of the best starts to a season in the club’s history. The Bosuilen have won their first two Hoofdklasse matches of a season for only the second time. This had previously only happened in the 2021–22 season.
3 - Oranje-Roodscored three goals in the first two match rounds, all of which were scored by Charlotte Schrijvers.
3 - SCHC midfielder Yibbi Jansen is now just three goals away from her 150th penalty corner goal in the Hoofdklasse, following her successful penalty corner against Rotterdam. She has converted 28 corners for Oranje-Rood and 119 whilst playing for SCHC.
4 – Aftertwo match rounds, four teams remain without any points: HGC, Bloemendaal, Victoria and HDM
9 – SCHC striker Jip Dicke scored her ninth goal ever against Rotterdam. That team is now her favourite opponent in the Hoofdklasse.
12 – DenBosch have already scored twelve goals in their first two matches of the season: that is an improvement on the club record set in the 2003–2004 and 2008–2009 seasons (when they scored eleven goals).
19 – HDMhave conceded a goal in the Hoofdklasse for the nineteenth match in a row. They are now just one match away from equalling the club’s negative record.
20 – Den Bosch have scored no fewer than twenty goals in their last four league matches against HGC: 6 – 4 – 5 – 5.
27 – Notably, Yibbi Jansen did not play against Rotterdam wearing her usual number 8, but wore a shirt with the number 27 on the back, on which her name was missing.
50 – Jip Dicke’s goal against Rotterdam was her fiftieth field goal in the Hoofdklasse. In total, the striker has now scored 69 times for HDM and SCHC.
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Staatsloterij Hoofdklasse Men
0 – Newly promoted Tilburg are the only sideyet to score this season.
0 – Two teams have yet to concede a goal after two matches: Kampong and Den Bosch.
3 – Rotterdamlost the top match against Amsterdam 3–4, suffering their third consecutive home defeat. The last time they had such a poor run was in the 2018–2018 season.
4 – Aftertwo match rounds, HDM forward Fabian Verzuu is the surprise top scorer in the Hoofdklasse with four goals.
5 - Verzuufound the net in the away match against Oranje-Rood (a 4-3 defeat). With five goalsconceded, the Eindhoven side are now his favourite opponents in the Hoofdklasse.
6 - Thetop match between Rotterdam and Amsterdam thus ended with seven goals. The last ten matches between the two sides have produced no fewer than sixty goals, an average of six goals per match.
6 - Aftertwo match rounds, Amsterdam are the only team with a perfect record (six points).
9 – Den Boschdefender Timo Boers scored his first three goals of the season in the away match against Tilburg (0–3). For the penalty corner specialist, it was the ninth hat-trick of his Hoofdklasse career.
22 – Timo Boers stands alone at the top of this calendar year’s top scorers’ list. The Den Bosch defender has already scored 22 league goals in 2026.
37 – Pinokéscored in a home match for the 37th consecutive time. This equals the club record set between November 2007 and March 2011.
