What you need to know about Match Round 3 (men)

SCHC v TILBURG
Sunday 11 October, 3.00 pm

Head-to-head record
42 matches
15 wins for SCHC
18 wins for Tilburg
9 draws
Goals scored: 92–90

What the stats say

• Tilburg have remained unbeaten against SCHC in their last six Hoofdklasse matches (W D D D W W).
  
• SCHC’s last victory over Tilburg came on 27 March 2011: 1–2.
  
• The overall record is fairly even: fifteen wins for SCHC, nine draws and eighteen wins for Tilburg.
  
• SCHC have gone five league matches without a win in the Hoofdklasse (D1 L4).
  
• Tilburg have failed to win in fourteen of their last fifteen league matches (W2 L12). The only exception is that 2–1 victory over SCHC on 1 May 2022.

DEN BOSCH v ROTTERDAM
Sunday 11 October, 15:00

Head-to-head record
46 matches
18 wins for Den Bosch
24 wins for Rotterdam
4 draws
Goals scored: 115–122

What the stats say

• Historically, Rotterdam has the upper hand: 24 wins to Den Bosch’s 18, with four draws.
   
• The last eight head-to-head matches have ended in three wins for Den Bosch and five for Rotterdam.
   
• The last five encounters were high-scoring affairs: a total of 33 goals were scored. Den Bosch won three of those five matches, whilst Rotterdam won two.
   
• Den Bosch started with four points from two matches and have yet to concede a goal. Never before has Den Bosch started a Hoofdklasse season with three clean sheets in a row.
   
• Rotterdam, as reigning national champions, started with two defeats. Only Amsterdam in 2012–13 had previously experienced such a start as title holders. Never before has a reigning national champion started a Hoofdklasse Men season with three consecutive defeats.

BLOEMENDAAL v SCHAERWEIJDE
Sunday 11 October, 3.00 pm

Head-to-head record
26 matches
19 wins for Bloemendaal
3 wins for Schaerweijde
4 draws
Goals scored: 95–32

What the stats say

• Bloemendaal are unbeaten in 22 consecutive Hoofdklasse matches against Schaerweijde.
   
• Schaerweijde’s last victory over Bloemendaal came on 9 April 1978: 4–2.
   
• At ‘t Kopje, Bloemendaal have won ten of the thirteen matches. Schaerweijde last won there on 22 May 1977 (1–3).
   
• Schaerweijde have lost their last four away matches and have gone seven away matches without a win (D1 L6). The team’s last away win was a 2–3 victory over Hurley on 12 October 2025
   
• Bloemendaal are unbeaten in six consecutive league matches (W3 D3) since a 4-1 defeat at Oranje-Rood on 12 April 2026.

AMSTERDAM v PINOKÉ
Sunday 11 October, 15:00

Head-to-head record
72 matches
47 wins for Amsterdam
13 wins for Pinoké
12 draws
Goals: 230–121

What the stats say

• Of the last eight head-to-head matches, both teams have won four each.
   
• At the Wagener Stadium, Amsterdam have won 26 of their 37 matches against Pinoké (W5 D6).
   
• Amsterdam have won their last four league matches and are unbeaten in five consecutive matches (W4 D1).
   
• Pinoké are unbeaten in seven league matches (W4 D3), but have drawn their last three matches.
   
• Pinoké is one of Amsterdam striker Duco Telgenkamp’s four favourite opponents. He has scored six goals against the Steekneuzen in the Hoofdklasse, the same number as against HDM, Rotterdam and Schaerweijde.

KLEIN ZWITSERLAND v HDM
Sunday 11 October, 3.00 pm

Head-to-head record
50 matches
26 wins for Klein Zwitserland
13 wins for HDM
11 draws
Goals scored: 105–78

What the stats say

• KZ have remained unbeaten in their last seven head-to-head matches (W2 D5).
  
• HDM last beat KZ on 11 September 2022 (3–2 at home).
  
• HDM last won at KZ on 21 February 1999: 1–4. Since then, the team has failed to win at KZ on seven consecutive occasions: D W L W D W L L.
  
• KZ are waiting for a win in their last three league matches at home (W1 D2). Their last home win came on 16 March 2025 against… HDM (3–2).
  
• HDM scored seven goals in the first two match rounds, but also conceded seven.

ORANJE-ROOD - KAMPONG
Postponed due to Oranje-Rood's EHL commitments this weekend