Colchester United 1–6 Stevenage

Match Notebook

• Scott Laird made his 200th Stevenage appearance.
• This is Boro’s 3rd Boxing Day win in a row. Boro’ have failed to keep a clean sheet on Boxing Day in 3 successive matches.
• This was the 13th Stevenage match refereed by F. Graham. Boro’s record with F. Graham is W8 D4 L1.
• Boro’ have now played 22 competitive matches on 26 December — winning 11, drawing 4 and losing 7. We’ve scored 34 goals, conceded 21 and kept 8 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s biggest win on this date.
• Boro’ have now won 2 matches in a row.
• Boro’ are now unbeaten in 12 matches.
• This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.