Yeading 0–0 Stevenage Borough

Match Notebook

• Tony Martin made his 100th Stevenage appearance.
• Tony Martin made his 100th Stevenage start.
• This was Boro’s joint-3rd heaviest defeat by goal margin in our recorded competitive history.
• This was Boro’s 5th opening-day defeat. Across 14 recorded league openers, we’ve scored in 12 and kept 2 clean sheets.
• Opening league game record: W7 D2 L5, F26 A20. Boro’ are now without a win in 2 successive opening league game matches. We’ve also failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 successive opening league game matches.
• This was the 2nd Stevenage match refereed by B. Fish. Boro’s record with B. Fish is W0 D1 L1.
• Boro’ have now played 2 competitive matches on 17 August — winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 1. We’ve scored 2 goals, conceded 5 and kept 0 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s heaviest defeat on this date.
• This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.