What you need to know about Match Round 1 (men)

SCHC – ORANJE-ROOD
Sunday 27 September, 3.00 pm

Head-to-head record 
8 matches
6 wins for Oranje-Rood
2 draws

What the stats say

• After eight Hoofdklasse matches, SCHC are still waiting for their first win against Oranje-Rood (D2 V6).
   
• In Bilthoven, SCHC have picked up two points from four head-to-head matches against Oranje-Rood (W2 D2). The last two encounters each yielded a point: 1-1 and 2-2.
   
• SCHC, champions of the Promotieklasse, are returning to the Hoofdklasse after a one-season absence. In their last season at the top flight, 2024–2025, the team won four of their 22 league matches (W4 D3 L15).
   
• Oranje-Rood were the only team to remain unbeaten throughout the entire regular league last season (W17 D5). The Eindhoven side also won their last five matches.
   
• Oranje-Rood remained unbeaten in their last twelve away matches (W10 D2). That is the Eindhoven side’s longest unbeaten run away from home in their Hoofdklasse history. Their last away defeat was a 2–1 loss at Bloemendaal on 12 April 2025.

DEN BOSCH - KAMPONG
Sunday 27 September, 3.00 pm

Head-to-head record
63 matches
28 wins for Kampong
23 wins for Den Bosch
12 draws

What the stats say

• Historically, Kampong has the upper hand in this fixture: 28 wins to Den Bosch’s 23, with twelve draws.
  
• Den Bosch have remained unbeaten in their last three home matches against Kampong (W2 D1). Utrecht’s last victory at the Oosterplas dates back to 1 April 2023, when Kampong won 4–5.
  
• Recent encounters have been quite high-scoring. In the last five matches between the two sides, 28 goals were scored, an average of 5.6 per match.
  
• Den Bosch scored 84 goals in 22 league matches last season. Only Rotterdam were more prolific, with 88 goals.
  
• Kampong ended last season with four consecutive wins, before losing 2–1 to Oranje-Rood on the final round (W W W W D).

BLOEMENDAAL - ROTTERDAM
Sunday 27 September, 15:00

Head-to-head record
45 matches
21 wins for Bloemendaal
14 wins for Rotterdam
10 draws

What the stats say

• Rotterdam have won their last three league matches against Bloemendaal. Never before has the Rotterdam side won more than three Hoofdklasse matches in a row against The Mussen: the current run therefore equals the club record in this fixture.
  
• This run is particularly remarkable because, historically, Rotterdam have always struggled at ’t Kopje. Of their 23 away matches at Bloemendaal, the team have won just three (W3 D6 L14).
  
• Rotterdam have scored at least twice in each of their last six encounters with Bloemendaal.
  
• Last season, Bloemendaal won eleven of their 22 matches (W11 D5 L6) and remained unbeaten in four of their last five match rounds (W2 D2 L1).
  
• Bloemendaal are unbeaten in 25 consecutive matches on the first round of the season (W21 D4). Their last defeat in the first match round dates back to 22 October 2000, when HGC beat The Mussen 3–2 at home.

AMSTERDAM - TILBURG
Sunday 27 September, 3.00 pm

Head-to-head record
79 matches
58 wins for Amsterdam
7 wins for Tilburg
14 draws

What the stats say

• Amsterdam and Tilburg are facing each other again for the first time since the 2021–2022 season.
  
• Amsterdam remained unbeaten in their last four league matches against Tilburg (W3 D1) and won the last three.
  
• At home, Amsterdam are unbeaten in seventeen consecutive matches against Tilburg (W14 D3). Tilburg’s last victory in Amsterdam was over thirty years ago: a 2–3 win on 28 October 1995.
  
• Tilburg are returning to the Hoofdklasse after a four-season absence. Their last season at the top flight was 2021–2022.
  
• Boris Burkhardt has a knack for the first match round. The Amsterdam striker has scored eight goals on the first round of the season over the past five seasons, more than any other player in the Hoofdklasse during that period. He found the net in four of those five first match rounds.

KLEIN ZWITSERLAND v PINOKÉ
Sunday 27 September, 3.00 pm

Head-to-head record 
51 matches
23 wins for Klein Zwitserland
15 wins for Pinoké
13 draws

What the stats say

• Pinoké have remained unbeaten in their last nine Hoofdklasse matches against Klein Zwitserland (W6 D3).
   
• KZ’s last victory came on 3 October 2021, when the team from The Hague won 3–1 at home.
   
• Pinoké have now even won the last six head-to-head matches in a row.
   
• Pinoké have scored at least three goals in each of their last seven away matches. That is a new club record. The previous best run was six away matches in a row and dates back to 2010.
   
• Klein Zwitserland lost four of their last five matches of last season (W1 L4). They lost all three of their most recent matches: 2–4 against Pinoké, 1–0 away at Bloemendaal and 0–5 against Rotterdam. In the last two matches, KZ failed to score.

HDM - SCHAERWEIJDE
Sunday 27 September, 3.00 pm

Head-to-head record
10 matches
8 wins for HDM
2 draws

What the stats say

• HDM have never lost to Schaerweijde in the Hoofdklasse. The Hague side have remained unbeaten in all ten encounters (W8 D2).
  
• The same applies at home: five matches without defeat (W4 D1).
  
• HDM had a difficult season last year, winning just four of their 22 matches (W4 D3 L15).
  
• HDM have not won any of their last nine home matches in the Hoofdklasse (D2 L7). Never before has the Hague-based side gone this long without a win on home turf.
  
• Schaerweijde also won four times last season (W4 D4 L14) and conceded 78 goals in 22 matches.