Hoofdklasse: Tulp HK Women: what you need to know about match round 4

The Tulp Hoofdklasse Women is getting ready for match round 4, in which Den Bosch and SCHC will each be looking to maintain a unique series. Check all the facts and figures for Sunday’s six matches here.

KAMPONG – HGCSunday, September 28, 12:45 pm

Head-to-head record 56 matches21 wins Kampong24 wins HGC11 draws

What the stats say

Kampong won its last four matches with HGC in the Hoofdklasse and is five matches in a row unbeaten against the team from Wassenaar (D W W W W). 
HGC won four and lost four of its last eight away games against Kampong. 
On 9 October 2022, Kampong last lost to HGC: it was 1-2 in Utrecht then, through goals by Faye Muijderman and Lola Riera. On behalf of Kampong, Madison Fitzpatrick scored against. 
Kampong won its first three matches of the season, its best league start since 2003-2004. In that vintage, the Utrechters won their first six matches of the league. 
Kampong lost only one of its last 16 matches in the Hoofdklasse (W10 D5). 
After SCHC (16 goals), Kampong is the most productive team in this early season (11 goals).

HDM – TILBURGSunday, September 28, 12:45 pm

Head-to-head record 6 games3 wins HDM3 wins Tilburg

What the stats say

The mutual balance between HDM and Tilburg is neatly balanced: both teams won three times. 
In the six matches between HDM and Tilburg so far, only 15 goals fell and never more than three per match. 
HDM won its last two matches, after a 2-0 defeat at SCHC on the first round. 
Tilburg lost its first three games this season and already suffered four defeats in a row in the Hoofdklasse. The last win came on 4 May this year against… HDM (1-2 in The Hague).  
Tilburg – like Rotterdam – did not score yet this season, a negative first in the Hoofdklasse for the Brabanders. The painful goal figures after the first three matches are 0-10.

ORANJE-ROOD – AMSTERDAMSunday, September 28, 12:45pm

Head-to-head record 16 games3 wins Oranje-Rood12 wins Amsterdam1 draw

What the stats say

Amsterdam won its last eight matches with Oranje-Rood in the Hoofdklasse since a 2-2 draw at Wagener Stadium on 27 October 2019. 
Amsterdam remained unbeaten in its last nine matches with Oranje-Rood (W8 D1) since a 2-1 defeat in Eindhoven on 29 September 2019. 
Oranje-Rood lost six of its eight home games against Amsterdam in the Hoofdklasse. The other two matches were won: 1-0 in 2016 and 2-1 in 2019. 
Oranje-Rood got its first win of the season last Thursday: a narrow 0-1 at Tilburg through a late goal by Charlotte Schrijvers from a penalty corner. 
Amsterdam has already scored seven goals in the first three matches of this league. Only Pinoké (ten), Tilburg (ten) and Rotterdam (eleven) conceded more goals this season.

DEN BOSCH – BLOEMENDAALSunday, September 28, 12:45 pm

Head-to-head record 38 matches31 wins Den Bosch2 wins Bloemendaal5 draws

What the stats say

Den Bosch won its last 27 matches against Bloemendaal in the Hoofdklasse since a 2-1 defeat at ‘t Kopje on 24 November 1996. 
That 2-1 victory was one of Bloemendaal’s two wins over Den Bosch, out of a total of 38 matches between them. The other win was on 16 October 1994 (also 2-1). 
On its own field, Den Bosch has never lost to Bloemendaal: seventeen wins and two draws.  
Den Bosch won the last 16 home matches with Bloemendaal with the combined goal figures 78-9. 
Bloemendaal failed to score in five of the last six away games against Den Bosch: 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 1. That last goal came courtesy of Maud Preyde during the last mutual match at the Oosterplas: 4-1 on 22 October 2023. 
Den Bosch attacker Frédérique Matla scored more goals in the Hoofdklasse only against Pinoké (28) than against Bloemendaal (21).

ROTTERDAM – PINOKÉSunday 28 September, 12:45 pm

Head-to-head record 30 matches19 wins Rotterdam9 wins Pinoké2 draws

What the stats say

This matches is currently a basement cracker in the Hoofdklasse. Rotterdam is bottom (scoreless) and Pinoké (one point) is tenth. 
Pinoké won its last five matches with Rotterdam and is unbeaten since eight matches (W7 D1). 
It is the first time Rotterdam has started the league with three defeats without having scored in the process. 
Rotterdam won only one of its last 21 matches in the Hoofdklasse and suffered 18 defeats in that series. 
Rotterdam has been waiting for a goal on its own pitch for six (!) games. Since that 1-0 at Oranje-Rood through a goal by Joy Haarman in the thirteenth minute, the team did not score again against successively Kampong (0-6), Huizen (0-1), Den Bosch (0-2), Hurley (0-0), SCHC (0-6) and Bloemendaal (0-1), a run of 407 minutes.

HURLEY – SCHCSunday, September 28, 12:45pm

Head-to-head record 34 matches1 win Hurley28 wins SCHC5 draws

What the stats say

For SCHC coach Robbert van de Peppel, this is a reunion with the team he had under his charge for the past three seasons. 
SCHC won its last eight games against Hurley since a 0-2 defeat in Bilthoven. That day, Lieke van Wijk and Gitte Michels scored the goals for the team from Amstelveen. 
SCHC lost in total only one of its 34 matches against Hurley (W28 D5).  
SCHC has never lost an away game with Hurley (W13 D4). 
Hurley stepped off the field victorious only once in its last eight matches in the Hoofdklasse (on Saturday 20 September against HGC, 3-1). For the rest: four draws and three defeats. 
SCHC scored 30 goals in its last six matches in the regular league, an average of five goals per game.