Stevenage 0–1 Brentford

Match Notebook

• Joel Byrom made his 50th Stevenage appearance.
• Tim Sills made his 10th substitute appearance for Stevenage.
• This was Boro’s 1st EFL Trophy Round 1 match and their 1st defeat at this stage. We’ve kept 0 clean sheets in these matches.
• This was Boro’s 1st EFL Trophy meeting with Brentford. We’ve won 0, drawn 0 and lost 1 of those matches.
• This was the 2nd Stevenage match refereed by O. Langford. Boro’s record with O. Langford is W0 D0 L2.
• Boro’ have now played 10 competitive matches on 31 August — winning 6, drawing 1 and losing 3. We’ve scored 16 goals, conceded 9 and kept 5 clean sheets on this day.
• This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.