Darlington 4–1 Stevenage Borough

Match Notebook

• Simon Travis made his 25th Stevenage appearance.
• Simon Travis made his 25th Stevenage start.
• Richard Howell made his 10th Stevenage start.
• Jack Midson made his 10th substitute appearance for Stevenage.
• This was Boro’s 5th FA Cup Round 2 match and their 2nd defeat at this stage. We’ve kept 0 clean sheets in these matches.
• This was Boro’s 1st FA Cup meeting with Darlington. We’ve won 0, drawn 0 and lost 1 of those matches.
• This was the 1st Stevenage match refereed by M. Pike. Boro’s record with M. Pike is W0 D0 L1.
• Boro’ have now played 6 competitive matches on 7 December — winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 1. We’ve scored 7 goals, conceded 7 and kept 2 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s heaviest defeat on this date.
• Boro’ are now without a win in 3 matches.
• This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.