What you need to know about Match Round 9 (women)

HURLEY v HGC
Thursday 12 November, 8.30 pm

Head-to-head record
28 matches
8 wins for Hurley
14 wins for HGC
6 draws
Goals: 38–59

What the stats say

• Hurley are unbeaten in seven consecutive league matches against HGC (W4 D3). 
   
• HGC’s last victory came on 30 October 2022: a 2-0 win in Wassenaar.
   
• Hurley has also built up a strong run of form at the Amsterdamse Bos. The team is unbeaten in eight head-to-head matches against HGC there (W5 D3).
   
• Hurley won their last two league matches and kept a clean sheet in both: 0–2 away at Oranje-Rood and 3–0 against Kampong. The club record stands at three consecutive clean sheets (2015–2016 season).
   
• Away from home, HGC have lost their last five matches, four of which were this season. Along with Bloemendaal and Victoria, HGC are yet to pick up a point in an away match this season.

KAMPONG v PINOKÉ
Thursday 12 November, 8.30 pm

Head-to-head record
52 matches
30 wins for Kampong
8 wins for Pinoké
14 draws
Goals scored: 112–67

What the stats say

• Kampong are unbeaten in nine consecutive league matches against Pinoké (W4 D5). Pinoké’s last victory came on 19 September 2021: a 2-0 win in Amsterdam.
   
• Kampong also has a strong record in Utrecht. The team is unbeaten in six consecutive head-to-head matches against Pinoké there (W4 D2).
   
• Pinoké’s last win at Kampong came on 8 March 2020: 2–3.
   
• Kampong, plagued by injuries, has been alternating between good and poor results. Their last four league matches have yielded a defeat, a draw, a win and another defeat.
   
• Pinoké have gone three league matches without a win (2 draws, 1 win). Their last victory came on 18 October: a 0–5 win away at Victoria.

Oranje-ROOD v DEN BOSCH
Thursday 12 November, 8.30 pm

Head-to-head record
17 matches
1 win for Oranje-Rood
15 wins for Den Bosch
1 draw
Goals: 8–54

What the stats say

• Oranje-Rood have now gone twelve league matches without a win against Den Bosch (D1 W11). ORANJE-ROOD’s last victory dates back to 9 September 2018, when they won 0-1 away at Den Bosch.
   
• Following the 1-1 draw in Eindhoven on 11 November 2018, Den Bosch have won the last eleven head-to-head matches in a row.
   
• Oranje-Rood have never managed to beat Den Bosch at home in the Hoofdklasse. The eight meetings in Eindhoven have resulted in one draw and seven defeats, with the telling goal tally standing at 4–32.
   
• Oranje-Rood have won just one of their last six league matches (4 draws, 1 win): the 2–1 home victory against HGC on 18 October. On the other hand, ORANJE-ROOD have also lost only once in that same run.
   
• Den Bosch have won their last fourteen league matches. Their last defeat came on 22 March: a 0–4 home defeat against SCHC.
   
• Frédérique Matla has already scored twenty goals after eight match rounds. She has also found the net in each of her last fourteen match rounds. Her personal record stands at eighteen consecutive match rounds.

ROTTERDAM v HDM
Thursday 12 November, 8.30 pm

Head-to-head record
44 matches
19 wins for Rotterdam
13 wins for HDM
12 draws
Goals: 80–72

What the stats say

• Rotterdam are unbeaten in three consecutive league matches against HDM (W2 D1).
   
• HDM’s last victory dates back to 27 October 2024, when the Hague-based side won 1–2 in Rotterdam.
   
• Rotterdam lost 4-0 to Den Bosch last Sunday. This brought an end to a run of five league matches without defeat (W3 D2).
   
• At home, however, Rotterdam are unbeaten in four consecutive matches (W2 D2). Their last home defeat was on 4 October: a 1-4 loss to SCHC.
   
• HDM have lost ten of their last twelve league matches and won the remaining two. Those victories came against HGC (0–1) and Victoria (3–4).
   
• Reese D’Ariano is the only HDM player to have scored a field goal this season (two, in fact). The other six goals scored by the Hague side came from penalty corners (five) and a penalty stroke.

SCHC v BLOEMENDAAL
Thursday 12 November, 8.30 pm

Head-to-head record
23 matches
20 wins for SCHC
3 draws
Goals scored: 86–15

What the stats say

• SCHC have never lost a league match against Bloemendaal. The Bilthoven-based side are unbeaten in all 23 meetings between the two sides (W20 D3).
   
• SCHC have also won the last five head-to-head matches. Bloemendaal last picked up a point on 6 November 2022, with a 0-0 draw in Bilthoven.
   
• At SCHC’s ground, Bloemendaal have lost nine of the eleven meetings, with two ending in a draw.
   
• SCHC bounced back immediately last Sunday from their 0–2 home defeat against Den Bosch. The team won 0–5 away at HDM, partly thanks to Yibbi Jansen’s 149th and 150th Hoofdklasse goals for SCHC.
   
• Bloemendaal beat Victoria 3–1 last Sunday, but they are struggling away from home. The team have lost their last four away matches.

VICTORIA v AMSTERDAM
Thursday 12 November, 8.30 pm

Head-to-head record
15 matches
15 wins for Amsterdam
Goals: 7–75

What the stats say

• Amsterdam have a perfect record against Victoria: the Amsterdam side have won all fifteen league matches between the two sides.
   
• Naturally, the head-to-head record in Rotterdam is also entirely in Amsterdam’s favour. The eight previous encounters at Victoria’s ground were all won by Amsterdam, with an impressive goal tally of 3-38.
   
• In the last three matches at Victoria’s ground, Amsterdam won 1–6, 0–4 and 1–4.
   
• Victoria have lost their last twelve Hoofdklasse matches, a negative club record. Their last match without defeat was on 27 March 2022: a 2–2 draw at Kampong.
   
• Amsterdam have won their last four away matches. Remarkably, the last three all ended 0–4: at Pinoké, HDM and HGC. Such a specific run has never before occurred in the history of the Hoofdklasse Women.