MATCH
Stevenage 5–2 Crystal Palace
Vertu Trophy Southern Group E · Tuesday 21 October 2025
W
Result
H
Venue
617
Attendance
S. Parkinston
Referee
Updated
KO 1900 – U21 team; not first team
Goalscorers
Team
(90)
(80)Match Notebook
W
W
W
L
W
The attendance of 617 was Boro’s 7th-lowest attendance in the Football League era.
This was Boro’s joint-biggest win over Crystal Palace by goal margin in the senior archive since July 1980. The most recent previous win by the same margin was 5–2 on 14 November 2023.
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Crystal Palace since July 1980 stood at P3 W3 D0 L0.
Dan Sweeney made his 100th Stevenage start.
Boro scored 5 goals in a match for the first time since a 5–1 result against AFC Wimbledon on 2 September 2025.
This was Boro’s 30th EFL Trophy Group Stage match and our 16th win at this stage. We’ve kept 9 clean sheets in these matches.
This was Boro’s 3rd EFL Trophy meeting with Crystal Palace. We’ve won 3, drawn 0 and lost 0 of those matches.
This was Boro’s 8th 5–2 win since July 1980 — their joint 28th-most common senior scoreline at the time.
This was the 3rd Stevenage match refereed by S. Parkinson. Boro’s record with S. Parkinson is W1 D0 L2.
Boro’ have now played 10 competitive matches on 21 October — winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 5. We’ve scored 16 goals, conceded 19 and kept 2 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s joint-biggest win on this date.
This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.