Match Report
32 points separated the sides: Stevenage U18 4th on 55, Milton Keynes Dons U18 20th on 23. Stevenage U18 had been under-performing their position — 32nd on five-round form against 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Milton Keynes Dons U18 were scoring 1.5 and conceding 2.33, Stevenage U18 2.57 and 1.2, against a competition average of 1.9 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Milton Keynes Dons U18 — three in succession.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 Milton Keynes Dons U18 win, 2 for Stevenage U18, 2 draws, at 1.8 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host.