The ultimate spherical of play within the Tulp Hoofdklasse Males is basically dominated by Jeroen Hertzberger’s farewell and the relegation match Hurley-Nijmegen.
Hurley – Nijmegen
Sunday, 2:45pm
That is the one match of this spherical of play the place one thing actually essential remains to be at stake. Hurley have direct retention utterly in their very own palms. With three factors forward of bottom-placed Nijmegen, a draw is sufficient to keep within the Hoofdklasse.
Within the occasion of a defeat, nonetheless, Hurley will drop right down to the Promotieklasse, because the aim distinction would then be in Nijmegen’s favour. In that case, the variety of matches gained is balanced.
Hurley misplaced its final seven matches and has been winless since eight video games (D1 L7).
Hurley already confronted 99 targets this season, essentially the most of any group.
Nijmegen misplaced its final 10 matches for the reason that 4-1 win over Hurley within the outward match of the primary half of the competitors.
Nijmegen has been ready for a win in 29 away video games within the Hoofdklasse (D7 L22).
Rotterdam – Klein Switzerland
Sunday, 14:45
This match is totally devoted to the farewell of 39-year-old striker Jeroen Hertzberger, who’s quitting Rotterdam after 20 seasons on the highest stage. The Hoofdklasse’s all-time high scorer hopes so as to add a couple of extra targets to his 382 league targets.
Rotterdam remained unbeaten in its final 13 matches with KZ (W9 D4) since a 3-2 defeat in The Hague on 4 March 2009.
Rotterdam misplaced its first two house matches in opposition to KZ (1-5 in 2000 and 1-2 in 2003) and since then remained eight house matches in a row with out a loss in opposition to the Hague group: W W D D D D W W.
Rotterdam misplaced solely one in every of its final 16 house video games (3-4 in opposition to Den Bosch on 12 October 2024). For the remainder: 13 wins and two attracts.
Center-ranked Klein Zwitserland has been outplayed for weeks. The group misplaced 5 of its final 9 matches and gained the opposite 4.
HDM – ORANGE-ROOD
Sunday, 2:45pm
HDM (ninth within the rankings) wants yet one more level to make sure of premier league hockey subsequent season too. In that case, the group retains SCHC beneath them and doesn’t must play play play-off matches with the quantity three of the Promotieklasse.
HDM has by no means gained in opposition to Oranje-Rood: seven matches resulted in one draw (the very first assembly between them) and 6 defeats.
Of the final six house video games, HDM gained just one (D3 L2): 2-1 in opposition to SCHC on 27 April.
Orange-Rood gained 4 of its final six matches, shedding in that sequence solely on a go to to leaders Bloemendaal (2-1).
Chris Taberima single-handedly accounted for 41 per cent of all HDM’s targets this season: 16 out of 39.
Bloemendaal – Pinoké
Sunday, 2:45pm
Bloomendally gained the burden two common league matches Pinoké sink a 2-1 dephet in Amstelveen on 10 November 2023.
Bloemendaal misplaced solely two of the final 23 league matches with Pinoké (W15 D6).
Pinoké may solely win one of many final 11 away video games in opposition to Bloemendaal (1-2 on 6 March 2022). For the remainder: 5 attracts and 5 defeats.
Bloemendaal secured first place within the common league final week for the sixth time within the final seven seasons. In doing so, the Mussen secured participation within the upcoming EHL season.
Pinoké attacker Miles Bukkens (26 targets) wants yet one more aim to enhance a membership file set by Justin Reid-Ross in 2011-2012. The South African was thus far the one Pinoké participant with greater than 25 targets in a single premier league season (26).
Den Bosch – Amsterdam
Sunday, 2:45pm
This can be a preview of one of many semi-finals within the play-offs for the nationwide title. Amsterdam at the moment occupies second place within the rankings (46 factors from 21 matches), Den Bosch is third (44 factors from 21 matches).
Solely a Den Bosch defeat and a Kampong victory over SCHC will change the ‘format’ of the playoffs. In that case, Kampong finishes because the quantity three and Den Bosch drops to the fourth spot, leading to a showdown with frontrunner Bloemendaal.
The two-1 defeat in opposition to Amsterdam within the outward match of the primary half of the competitors ended a run of ten consecutive matches with out a loss in opposition to the Amsterdammers (W7 D3) for Den Bosch.
Den Bosch remained unbeaten in its final 5 house matches with Amsterdam (W W D W D). Earlier than that sequence, Den Bosch suffered ten house defeats in a row in opposition to the Amsterdammers.
Den Bosch is the one group this season that has but to lose a house match (W7 D3).
If Amsterdam wins at Den Bosch, it might name itself one of the best away group this season along with Bloemendaal with 25 factors from 11 matches.
Kampong – SCHC
Sunday, 2:45pm
Kampong gained the final eight underdogs with SCHC and are 19 video games in a row unbeaten in opposition to the group from Bilthoven (W17 D2).
The final version of Kampong-SCHC – performed on 10 October 2021 – resulted in a 9-2 win for the house group. Jip Janssen scored a hat-trick for the Utrechters that day.
The final six matches between the 2 groups had been significantly wealthy in targets: a complete of 44 targets had been scored, good for a mean of seven targets per match.
SCHC must win this match to maintain the prospect of direct enforcement. On the identical time, SCHC relies on a misstep by HDM. Provided that HDM loses and SCHC itself wins, each groups will probably be equal in factors. Then the variety of wins is decisive, and that benefit lies with SCHC.
Kampong is unbeaten since seven video games: W W D D W W. The final league defeat was the 2-1 at Rotterdam on 9 March.
SCHC misplaced 5 of its final seven matches within the Hoofdklasse (W2).
