Blackpool 2–3 Stevenage

Match Notebook

• Charlie Goode made his 25th Stevenage appearance.
• This was Boro’s 21st opening-day win. Across 48 recorded league openers, we’ve scored in 40 and kept 16 clean sheets.
• Season opener record: W22 D8 L18, F83 A70. This is Boro’s 5th season opener win in a row.
• Opening league game record: W21 D13 L14, F78 A61. This is Boro’s 5th opening league game win in a row.
• This was the 1st Stevenage match refereed by M. Corlett. Boro’s record with M. Corlett is W1 D0 L0.
• Boro’ have now played 1 competitive matches on 2 August — winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 0. We’ve scored 3 goals, conceded 2 and kept 0 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s biggest win on this date.
• Boro’ are now unbeaten in 3 matches.
• This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.