What you need to know about Match Round 4 (men)

HDM v BLOEMENDAAL
Sunday 18 October, 3.00 pm

Head-to-head record
56 matches
4 wins for HDM
44 wins for Bloemendaal
8 draws
Goals scored: 69–193

What the stats say

• HDM have gone 26 Hoofdklasse matches without a win against Bloemendaal (5 draws, 21 defeats). Their last victory came on 7 May 1995: Bloemendaal–HDM 1–2.
   
• Bloemendaal have won the last 21 meetings between the two sides. The last draw was on 21 September 1997: HDM–Bloemendaal 0–0.
   
• At home, HDM have gone eighteen matches in a row without a win against Bloemendaal since their 3–2 victory on 19 November 1989.
   
• HDM have won just one of their last ten matches in the Hoofdklasse (3 draws, 6 defeats): a 4–3 victory over Schaerweijde on the first round of this season.
   
• After four match rounds, ten different Bloemendaal players have already scored at least once, the most of any team.

ORANJE-ROOD v KLEIN ZWITSERLAND
Sunday 18 October, 3.00 pm

Head-to-head record
15 matches
10 wins for Oranje-Rood
2 wins for Klein Zwitserland
3 draws
Goals scored: 45–24

What the stats say

• Oranje-Rood remained unbeaten in thirteen of their fifteen matches against Klein Zwitserland (W10 D3 L2).
   
• Oranje-Rood remained unbeaten in all eight previous home matches against KZ (W7 D1).
   
• Oranje-Rood have won the last three home matches in this fixture. The last draw in Eindhoven was on 25 March 2023: 4–4.
   
• KZ have failed to win nine of their last eleven away matches (D4 L5). During that run, the Hague-based side’s only victories came against Kampong (1–3) and Schaerweijde (1–2).
   
• Struan Walker has scored 28 league goals for Oranje-Rood to date (26 last season, two this season). No fewer than nineteen of those goals were scored by the Scot in away matches.

PINOKÉ v DEN BOSCH
Sunday 18 October, 3.00 pm

Head-to-head record
61 matches
16 wins for Pinoké
31 wins for Den Bosch
14 draws
Goals scored: 145–171

What the stats say

• Den Bosch have remained unbeaten in their last seven league matches against Pinoké (W5 D2). Pinoké’s last victory came on 11 September 2022: 4–3.
   
• Pinoké are waiting for a win against Den Bosch in three home matches (1 draw, 2 defeats).
   
• After three match rounds, Pinoké are still waiting for their first win (D2 L1), whilst Den Bosch are unbeaten (W2 D1) and have conceded just three goals.
   
• Pinoké have scored in 37 consecutive home matches in the Hoofdklasse. Their last home match without a goal was on 12 March 2023 against Rotterdam (0–1).
   
• Den Bosch defender Timo Boers is nine goals away from his 100th goal in the Hoofdklasse.

ROTTERDAM v SCHC
Sunday 18 October, 3.00 pm

Head-to-head record
30 matches
16 wins for Rotterdam
6 wins for SCHC
8 draws
Goals scored: 95–64

What the stats say

• Rotterdam have won their last eight league matches against SCHC. The most recent match in this run was a 2–1 victory at SCHC on 3 May 2025.
   
• Rotterdam have remained unbeaten in fourteen consecutive head-to-head matches since their 1-2 home defeat on 27 February 2011
   
• Reigning national champions Rotterdam lost their first three matches of this season. This has never happened before to a title-holder in the Hoofdklasse.
   
• For Rotterdam themselves, zero points from three is not the worst start to a season ever: in 2002–2003, the team lost their first five matches. Their first point came in their sixth match, a 4–4 draw against Pinoké.
   
• SCHC have lost seven of their last nine away matches in the Hoofdklasse (W2).

SCHAERWEIJDE v AMSTERDAM
Sunday 18 October, 3.00 pm

Head-to-head record
34 matches
5 wins for Schaerweijde
20 wins for Amsterdam
9 draws
Goals scored: 49–102

What the stats say

• Amsterdam have remained unbeaten in their last nine league matches against Schaerweijde (W7 D2). 
   
• Amsterdam’s last defeat came on 12 October 2014: Schaerweijde 3–2 Amsterdam.
   
• Schaerweijde started the season with three defeats and conceded fifteen goals, the most of any team.
   
• Schaerweijde lost their last four league matches and won only one of their last eight matches in the Hoofdklasse (V7): that was on 3 May, a 4–3 victory over Laren.
   
• Amsterdam won four of their last five away matches in the regular league season (V1).

TILBURG v KAMPONG
Sunday 18 October, 3.00 pm

Head-to-head record
73 matches
15 wins for Tilburg
46 wins for Kampong
12 draws
Goals scored: 105–213

What the stats say

• Tilburg have been waiting eighteen Hoofdklasse matches for a win against Kampong (G4 V14). 
   
• Tilburg’s last win came on 13 September 2009: Tilburg 2–0 Kampong, with goals from Lucas Villa and Wouter Hermkens.
   
• Kampong have remained unbeaten in their last eight away matches at Tilburg (W5 D3).
   
• After three match rounds, Tilburg are still without a point and without a goal: 0–5 away at Amsterdam, 0–3 against Den Bosch and 0–1 away at SCHC.
   
• Kampong have played only two matches this season and have yet to concede a goal: 0–0 away at Den Bosch and 3–0 against SCHC. 
   
• The Utrecht side have managed two clean sheets from the start of the league season on four previous occasions. The club record stands at three clean sheets from the start of the league season, achieved in 1975–76 and 2017–18.