Reading vs Port Vale: result 1-0 and analysis
League OneRegular Season - 6Kick-off on August 30, 2025 at 02:00 PM (UTC)Select Car Leasing Stadium, Reading, Berkshire
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What was the result of Reading vs Port Vale?
Reading won 1-0 on August 30, 2025.
Goalscorers
- 66′P. LaneReading
Official lineup for Reading vs Port Vale
The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.
Reading
4-3-3- 11D. Kyerewaa
- 20Mark O’Mahony
- 32P. Lane
- 8C. Savage
- 10L. Wing
- 4Benjamin Njongoue Elliott
- 5M. Jacob
- 33D. Williams
- 12F. Burns
- 39A. Ahmed
- 1Joel Pereira
Port Vale
3-5-2- 11R. Curtis
- 36M. Faal
- 3J. Headley
- 12R. Walters
- 7G. Byers
- 18R. Croasdale
- 2M. Clark
- 25C. Humphreys
- 4B. Heneghan
- 22J. Debrah
- 46J. Gauci
What is the recent form of both teams?
Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Reading have 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats; Port Vale have 5, 5 and 5.
The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2025 | AFC Wimbledon(home) | 2-1 | League Cup |
| Aug 23, 2025 | Wycombe(away) | 2-2 | League One |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Bolton(away) | 1-1 | League One |
| Aug 16, 2025 | AFC Wimbledon(home) | 1-2 | League One |
| Aug 12, 2025 | Portsmouth(away) | 2-1 | League Cup |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2025 | Birmingham(away) | 1-0 | League Cup |
| Aug 23, 2025 | Doncaster(home) | 0-1 | League One |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Stevenage(home) | 1-2 | League One |
| Aug 16, 2025 | Burton Albion(away) | 0-0 | League One |
| Aug 12, 2025 | Blackpool(away) | 1-0 | League Cup |
What does the head-to-head say?
Across the last 2 meetings: 1 Reading win, 0 draws, 1 Port Vale win.
| Date | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2024 | Reading 2-0 Port Vale | League One |
| Aug 12, 2023 | Port Vale 1-0 Reading | League One |
How many goals should we expect?
Reading score 1.1 and concede 1.5 goals per match over their last 15; Port Vale score 1.4 and concede 0.8.
| Club | Goals scored / match | Goals conceded / match | Clean sheets | Both teams scored | Over 2.5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 1.1 | 1.5 | 3 | 7/15 | 7/15 |
| Port Vale | 1.4 | 0.8 | 7 | 5/15 | 5/15 |
Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.
Where do both teams sit in the table?
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Reading | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 15 |
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How does Footlab AI compute this prediction?
The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy