Yeovil Town 2–1 Stevenage Borough

Match Notebook

• This was Boro’s 6th opening-day defeat. Across 20 recorded league openers, we’ve scored in 17 and kept 6 clean sheets.
• Season opener record: W11 D0 L9, F43 A30. This result ended a run of 2 successive wins in Boro’s season opener.
• Opening league game record: W11 D3 L6, F42 A23. This result ended a run of 3 successive wins in Boro’s opening league game.
• This was the 3rd Stevenage match refereed by L. Cable. Boro’s record with L. Cable is W1 D1 L1.
• Boro’ have now played 3 competitive matches on 16 August — winning 2, drawing 0 and losing 1. We’ve scored 6 goals, conceded 3 and kept 1 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s heaviest defeat on this date.
• Boro’ have now lost 2 matches in a row.
• This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.