Match Report
The table gap was wide: 36 points between Koninklijke HFC (8th, 52 pts) and Scheveningen (17th, 16 pts). Koninklijke HFC's recent output outran their position: 1st on form over five rounds, 8th in the table. Against a league average of 1.66 goals per team per game, Koninklijke HFC ran at 1.26 scored and 1.09 conceded, Scheveningen at 0.71 and 2.24.
Scheveningen had lost four in a row.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Koninklijke HFC 2, draws 2, Scheveningen 0, at 2.25 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 25% of those meetings. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 25% of the meetings.
Sportpark Spanjaardslaan in Haarlem staged the fixture, a ground that holds 1,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Koninklijke HFC: Delano Ladan (84'), Tijn Ras (23') · Scheveningen: Yunus Emre Ateş (36')