MATCH
Northampton Town 0–1 Stevenage
Sky Bet League One · Saturday 5 August 2023
W
Result
A
Venue
7,049
Attendance
L. Smith
Referee
Updated
Goalscorers
Team
(62)
(70)Match Notebook
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W
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This was Boro’s joint-biggest win over Northampton Town by goal margin in the senior archive since July 1980. The most recent previous win by the same margin was 2–1 on 11 April 2015.
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Northampton Town since July 1980 stood at P18 W2 D3 L13.
Josh March made his 10th Stevenage appearance.
This was Boro’s 19th opening-day win. Across 46 recorded league openers, we’ve scored in 38 and kept 15 clean sheets.
Season opener record: W20 D8 L18, F79 A68. This is Boro’s 3rd season opener win in a row.
Opening league game record: W19 D13 L14, F74 A59. This is Boro’s 3rd opening league game win in a row.
This was Boro’s 206th 1–0 win since July 1980 — their 3rd-most common senior scoreline at the time.
This was the 1st Stevenage match refereed by L. Smith. Boro’s record with L. Smith is W1 D0 L0.
Boro’ have now played 2 competitive matches on 5 August — winning 1, drawing 1 and losing 0. We’ve scored 4 goals, conceded 3 and kept 1 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s biggest win on this date.
Boro’ have now won 4 matches in a row.
Boro’ are now unbeaten in 4 matches.
This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.