Altrincham 0–1 Stevenage Borough

Match Notebook

• This was Richard Hill’s 10th win as Stevenage manager.
• Carl Alford made his 50th Stevenage start.
• This was Boro’s 13th opening-day win. Across 22 recorded league openers, we’ve scored in 19 and kept 8 clean sheets.
• Season opener record: W13 D0 L9, F45 A30. This is Boro’s 2nd season opener win in a row.
• Opening league game record: W13 D3 L6, F44 A23. This is Boro’s 2nd opening league game win in a row.
• Boro’ have now played 2 competitive matches on 14 August — winning 2, drawing 0 and losing 0. We’ve scored 7 goals, conceded 2 and kept 1 clean sheets on this day.
• Boro’ have now won 3 matches in a row.
• Boro’ are now unbeaten in 4 matches.
• This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.