Stoke City 3–1 Stevenage

Match Notebook

• Alex Gilbey made his 25th Stevenage appearance.
• Jamie Reid made his 50th Stevenage start.
• This was Boro’s 6th FA Cup Round 4 tie and their 4th defeat at this stage. We’ve kept 1 clean sheets in these matches.
• On This Day: Before this match, Boro’ had played 9 competitive matches on 29 January — winning 7, drawing 1 and losing 1. We’d scored 18 goals, conceded 6 and kept 4 clean sheets before today.
• This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.