Stevenage 1–2 Crewe Alexandra

Match Notebook

• Tom Conlon made his 50th Stevenage appearance.
• This was Boro’s 13th opening-day defeat. Across 39 recorded league openers, we’ve scored in 32 and kept 13 clean sheets.
• Season opener record: W17 D6 L16, F67 A57. Boro’ are now without a win in 2 successive season opener matches.
• Opening league game record: W16 D10 L13, F64 A50. Boro’ are now without a win in 2 successive opening league game matches.
• This was the 4th Stevenage match refereed by K. Johnson. Boro’s record with K. Johnson is W0 D2 L2.
• Boro’ have now played 3 competitive matches on 6 August — winning 1, drawing 1 and losing 1. We’ve scored 3 goals, conceded 2 and kept 2 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s heaviest defeat on this date.
• Boro’ are now without a win in 3 matches.
• This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.