Stevenage 0–2 Notts County

Match Notebook

• Dean Wells made his 50th Stevenage appearance.
• Teddy Sheringham took charge of Stevenage for the first time.
• Dean Wells made his 50th Stevenage start.
• This was Boro’s 12th opening-day defeat. Across 38 recorded league openers, we’ve scored in 31 and kept 13 clean sheets.
• Season opener record: W17 D6 L15, F66 A55.
• Opening league game record: W16 D10 L12, F63 A48.
• This was the 7th Stevenage match refereed by G. Salisbury. Boro’s record with G. Salisbury is W1 D1 L5.
• Boro’ have now played 4 competitive matches on 8 August — winning 1, drawing 1 and losing 2. We’ve scored 7 goals, conceded 6 and kept 0 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s heaviest defeat on this date.
• Boro’ have now lost 2 matches in a row.
• Boro’ are now without a win in 4 matches.
• This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.