Newcastle United 2–1 Stevenage Borough

Match Notebook

• Jamie March made his 25th Stevenage appearance.
• Steve Perkins made his 25th Stevenage appearance.
• This was Boro’s 2nd FA Cup Round 4 match and our 1st defeat at this stage. We’ve kept 0 clean sheets in these matches.
• This was Boro’s 2nd FA Cup meeting with Newcastle United. We’ve won 0, drawn 1 and lost 1 of those matches.
• This was the 4th Stevenage match refereed by P. Jones. Boro’s record with P. Jones is W1 D1 L2.
• Boro’ have now played 5 competitive matches on 4 February — winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 2. We’ve scored 6 goals, conceded 5 and kept 2 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s joint-heaviest defeat on this date.
• This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.