Stevenage 3–3 Newport County

Match Notebook

• This was Boro’s 11th opening-day draw. Across 40 recorded league openers, we’ve scored in 33 and kept 13 clean sheets.
• Season opener record: W17 D7 L16, F70 A60. Boro’ are now without a win in 3 successive season opener matches. We’ve also failed to keep a clean sheet in 3 successive season opener matches.
• Opening league game record: W16 D11 L13, F67 A53. Boro’ are now without a win in 3 successive opening league game matches. We’ve also failed to keep a clean sheet in 3 successive opening league game matches.
• This was the 1st Stevenage match refereed by M. Coy. Boro’s record with M. Coy is W0 D1 L0.
• Boro’ have now played 1 competitive matches on 5 August — winning 0, drawing 1 and losing 0. We’ve scored 3 goals, conceded 3 and kept 0 clean sheets on this day.
• Boro’ are now without a win in 7 matches.
• This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.