Stevenage Borough 6–0 Halifax Town

Match Notebook

• This was Boro’s joint-7th biggest win by goal margin in our recorded competitive history.
• This was Boro’s 11th opening-day win. Across 19 recorded league openers, we’ve scored in 16 and kept 6 clean sheets.
• Opening league game record: W11 D3 L5, F41 A21. This is Boro’s 3rd opening league game win in a row.
• Boro’ have now played 3 competitive matches on 17 August — winning 2, drawing 0 and losing 1. We’ve scored 8 goals, conceded 5 and kept 1 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 10 matches.
• This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.