What you need to know about Match Round 5 (men)

SCHC v PINOKÉ
Thursday 22 October, 8.30 pm

Head-to-head record
46 matches
14 wins for SCHC
14 wins for Pinoké
18 draws
Goals scored: 89–101

What the stats say

• The head-to-head record is perfectly balanced: both clubs have won fourteen times and eighteen matches have ended in a draw.
  
• Pinoké have remained unbeaten in their last seven encounters with SCHC: W D W W W D W.
  
• Pinoké have also built up a strong run of form in Bilthoven: their last five visits to SCHC have yielded four wins and one draw, with an aggregate score of 18–9.
  
• SCHC have picked up four points from their first four matches (W1 D1 L2).
  
• After four match rounds, Pinoké are still waiting for their first win (D2 L2). Never before have the ‘Steekneuzen’ had to wait so long for their first win from the start of the league season.

DEN BOSCH - SCHAERWEIJDE
Thursday 22 October, 8.30 pm

Head-to-head record
16 matches
13 wins for Den Bosch
2 wins for Schaerweijde
1 draw
Goals scored: 60–22

What the stats say

• Den Bosch have won their last ten Hoofdklasse matches against Schaerweijde since a 4-2 defeat in Zeist on 9 March 2024.
  
• Den Bosch have kept a clean sheet in five of their last seven matches against Schaerweijde, conceding just four goals in that run.
  
• Schaerweijde have never won away at Den Bosch. Following the 2–2 draw on 22 March 2013, Den Bosch have won their last six consecutive home matches, with a goal difference of 26–2.
  
• Schaerweijde started this season with four defeats and have already conceded 23 goals. Only EMHC in 2003–2004 (25) and Laren in 2010–2011 (24) have ever conceded more goals after four match rounds.
  
• Last season, Den Bosch scored eighteen goals in their two matches against Schaerweijde, who conceded seventeen (!) goals: 9–0 at the Oosterplas and 1–8 in Zeist. Eight of those came from Timo Boers’ stick.

BLOEMENDAAL – KLEIN ZWITSERLAND
Thursday 22 October, 8.30 pm

Head-to-head record
77 matches
44 wins for Bloemendaal
19 wins for Klein Zwitserland
14 draws
Goals scored: 214–150

What the stats say

• Bloemendaal won the last two matches against Klein Zwitserland, keeping a clean sheet on both occasions.
  
• Klein Zwitserland last beat Bloemendaal on 9 March 2025: 3–2 in The Hague.
  
• Klein Zwitserland last won at ’t Kopje on 11 May 1997 (2–3). Since then, Bloemendaal have remained unbeaten in eighteen consecutive home matches against KZ (W17 D1).
  
• Bloemendaal are unbeaten in eight league matches in a row and started this season with ten points from four matches (W3 D1). The team have conceded just four goals.
  
• Klein Zwitserland picked up four points from their first four matches (W1 D2 L1) and have conceded at least one goal in each of their last seven league matches.

AMSTERDAM - HDM
Thursday 22 October, 8.30 pm

Head-to-head record
54 matches
35 wins for Amsterdam
10 wins for HDM
9 draws
Goals scored: 180–87

What the stats say

• Amsterdam have remained unbeaten in their last fourteen league matches against HDM (W12 D2).
  
• The Amsterdam side have won all of the last five encounters. Amsterdam last dropped points against HDM on 12 November 2023 (1–1 in The Hague).
  
• HDM have lost their last seven away matches against Amsterdam since a 2-2 draw on 22 October 2000.
  
• After four match rounds, Amsterdam remain unbeaten (W4) and, with nineteen goals, boast the league’s most prolific attack.
  
• HDM picked up four points from their first four matches (W1 D1 L2). The team from The Hague have been waiting for a win for five away matches now (D2 L3).

TILBURG – ORANJE-ROOD
Thursday 22 October, 8.30 pm

Head-to-head record
12 matches
1 win for Tilburg
11 wins for Oranje-Rood
0 draws
Goals: 19–41

What the stats say

• Oranje-Rood won eleven of the twelve Head Class matches between the two sides. Tilburg recorded their only win on 14 March 2021: a 4-3 victory at home.
  
• Oranje-Rood won five of their six previous away matches at Tilburg. In all six matches, the Eindhoven side scored at least three goals: a total of twenty goals, averaging 3.33 per match.
  
• Tilburg’s only victory over Oranje-Rood was the 4–3 win on 14 March 2021.
  
• Tilburg lost their first four league matches and, along with Schaerweijde, are the only teams still without any points.
  
• Oranje-Rood are now unbeaten in 28 consecutive Hoofdklasse matches (W21 D7), the sixth-longest unbeaten run in the entire history of the Hoofdklasse.

KAMPONG - ROTTERDAM
Thursday 22 October, 8.30 pm

Head-to-head record
43 matches
17 wins for Kampong
16 wins for Rotterdam
10 draws
Goals: 110–110

What the stats say

• The head-to-head record is virtually even: Kampong have won eighteen times, Rotterdam sixteen times, and nine matches have ended in a draw.
  
• Both teams have scored the same number of goals – 110 – in their 43 head-to-head matches.
  
• Rotterdam have won two of their last three head-to-head matches, but prior to that they failed to beat the Utrecht side on nine consecutive occasions (3 draws, 6 defeats).
  
• Rotterdam last won away at Kampong on 23 September 2018 (1–2). Since then, Kampong have remained unbeaten in six consecutive home matches against Rotterdam (5 wins, 1 draw), with an aggregate score of 18–11.
  
• Kampong remain unbeaten after three matches (W2 D1) and have conceded just one goal. That came last Sunday in their away match against Tilburg (a 1–6 victory).