Stevenage Borough 1–1 Tamworth

Match Notebook

• This was Boro’s 7th opening-day draw. Across 32 recorded league openers, we’ve scored in 27 and kept 11 clean sheets.
• Season opener record: W15 D4 L13, F57 A46. Boro’ are now without a win in 4 successive season opener matches. We’ve also failed to keep a clean sheet in 4 successive season opener matches.
• Opening league game record: W15 D7 L10, F56 A39. Boro’ are now without a win in 4 successive opening league game matches. We’ve also failed to keep a clean sheet in 4 successive opening league game matches.
• This was the 4th Stevenage match refereed by S. Ross. Boro’s record with S. Ross is W0 D3 L1.
• Boro’ have now played 3 competitive matches on 8 August — winning 1, drawing 1 and losing 1. We’ve scored 7 goals, conceded 4 and kept 0 clean sheets on this day.
• This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.