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Port Vale v Reading : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 21st Feb, 15:00 BST, Vale Park, Stoke

Darren Moore welcomes Leam Richardson to the Vale Park on Saturday afternoon, as their Port Vale and Reading teams do battle in the League One. Our aim is to give you all the tools you need to make a smart, well-informed bet on this tie, so we've searched our 20+ year database and dug out the statistics that will help you do exactly that. Head-to-head and recent form are included, and these are used to generate our predictions. Odds are there to get you maximum bang for your buck.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Port Vale 32%	-	-
Draw 26%	-	-
Reading 42%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Reading 1-0 10%	-	-
Reading 2-1 9%	-	-
Port Vale 1-0 9%	-	-
Port Vale 2-1 8%	-	-
Reading 2-0 7%	-	-
Draw 0-0 7%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Port Vale 2-0 5%	-	-
Reading 3-1 4%	-	-
Reading 3-0 3%	-	-
Port Vale 3-1 3%	-	-
Reading 3-2 3%	-	-
Port Vale 3-2 2%	-	-
Port Vale 3-0 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 49%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 51%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 46%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 49%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 54%	-	-
BTTS - No 46%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 15%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 19%	-	-
Home/draw 58%	-	-
Away/draw 68%	-	-
Home/away 74%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Home DNB 51%	-	-
Away DNB 60%	-	-
Port Vale win to nil 17%	-	-
Reading win to nil 22%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Port Vale have played 28 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

28 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 16 games, drawn 7 and won 5. Port Vale have conceded 40 goals, scored 22, failed to score in 16 matches and kept 7 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Port Vale have played 14 games at home, winning 2, drawing 4 and losing 8 fixtures. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 19 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 8 times in home league games.

Reading lay in 11th place on 40 points in the League One league table having played 29 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below them in the table, winning 7, drawing 6 and losing 4 games. They have scored 29 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Reading have conceded 21 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Reading have played 14 away games, winning 3, drawing 5 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.6 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Port Vale Reading
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Cardiff	30	19	6	5	26	63	d 0-00-0	Apr 3	Apr 18	l 2-1F
2	Lincoln	30	18	7	5	22	61	May 2	l 1-0A	Apr 6	l 2-0A
3	Bolton	31	15	10	6	12	55	Mar 21	l 4-0A	Feb 17	d 1-1A
4	Stockport	30	15	8	7	7	53	l 0-3A	Apr 11	w 1-0F	d 1-1A
5	Huddersfield	31	14	7	10	11	49	Mar 14	l 5-0A	l 0-2A	Apr 3
6	Bradford	29	14	7	8	4	49	Mar 10	l 1-0A	Feb 28	l 2-0A
7	Luton	30	13	6	11	5	45	Feb 28	d 2-2A	w 3-2F	Mar 7
8	Wycombe	30	11	10	9	9	43	d 0-00-0	Mar 28	Feb 14	d 2-2A
9	Stevenage	29	11	9	9	1	42	l 1-2F	Feb 17	w 1-0F	Mar 21
10	Peterborough	30	13	2	15	3	41	l 0-1A	Mar 7	l 1-2A	d 1-1F
11	Reading	29	10	10	9	3	40	Feb 21	l 1-0A	-	-
12	Mansfield	28	10	9	9	6	39	w 2-1F	l 3-0A	d 1-1A	-
13	Exeter	29	11	5	13	3	38	l 1-3A	w 0-2F	d 2-2A	d 1-1F
14	AFC Wim	29	11	5	13	-6	38	l 0-1A	d 1-1A	l 1-2A	l 3-2A
15	Barnsley	27	10	7	10	-2	37	-	w 0-2F	d 2-2F	l 3-2A
16	Plymouth	30	11	4	15	-9	37	l 0-1A	Apr 25	Mar 14	w 1-4F
17	Blackpool	30	9	6	15	-7	33	w 5-1A	Mar 17	May 2	w 0-3F
18	L Orient	30	9	6	15	-9	33	l 2-3F	w 0-1F	w 2-1F	l 3-1A
19	Northampton	30	9	6	15	-10	33	d 0-00-0	Feb 24	w 1-0F	w 0-2F
20	Doncaster	30	9	6	15	-17	33	l 0-1A	Feb 14	d 1-1A	Apr 11
21	Burton	30	8	8	14	-12	32	d 2-2F	d 0-00-0	w 2-0F	Mar 17
22	Wigan	29	7	10	12	-10	31	Apr 18	l 1-0A	Mar 28	Feb 10
23	Rotherham	29	8	7	14	-12	31	Apr 6	l 2-1A	d 1-1A	Apr 25
24	Port Vale	28	5	7	16	-18	22	-	-	w 1-0F	Feb 21

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Port Vale	0 - 1	AFC Wim
Port Vale	1 - 3	Exeter
Port Vale	5 - 1	Blackpool
Port Vale	0 - 1	Peterborough
Port Vale	0 - 1	Plymouth
Port Vale	0 - 0	Wycombe
Port Vale	0 - 3	Stockport
Port Vale	0 - 0	Northampton
Port Vale	2 - 1	Mansfield
Port Vale	2 - 3	L Orient
Port Vale	0 - 1	Doncaster
Port Vale	1 - 2	Stevenage
Port Vale	0 - 0	Cardiff
Port Vale	0 - 1	Gillingham
Port Vale	2 - 2	Grimsby
Port Vale	5 - 0	Bromley
Port Vale	2 - 0	Bradford
Port Vale	0 - 1	Barrow
Port Vale	1 - 0	Morecambe
Port Vale	3 - 0	MK Dons

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

8 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

12 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Port Vale	0 - 1	AFC Wim
A	Port Vale	1 - 0	L Orient
H	Port Vale	1 - 3	Exeter
A	Port Vale	0 - 3	Mansfield
H	Port Vale	5 - 1	Blackpool
A	Port Vale	0 - 1	Bradford
A	Port Vale	0 - 5	Huddersfield
H	Port Vale	0 - 1	Peterborough
A	Port Vale	2 - 2	Luton
A	Port Vale	0 - 1	Lincoln
H	Port Vale	0 - 1	Plymouth
H	Port Vale	0 - 0	Wycombe
A	Port Vale	0 - 4	Bolton
H	Port Vale	0 - 3	Stockport
A	Port Vale	0 - 1	Wigan
A	Port Vale	1 - 1	AFC Wim
H	Port Vale	0 - 0	Northampton
A	Port Vale	2 - 0	Barnsley
H	Port Vale	2 - 1	Mansfield
A	Port Vale	2 - 0	Exeter

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Northampton	0 - 2	Reading
L Orient	3 - 1	Reading
Peterborough	1 - 1	Reading
Plymouth	1 - 4	Reading
Bradford	2 - 0	Reading
Blackpool	0 - 3	Reading
Cardiff	2 - 1	Reading
Exeter	1 - 1	Reading
Stockport	1 - 1	Reading
Barnsley	3 - 2	Reading
Wycombe	2 - 2	Reading
Bolton	1 - 1	Reading
Lincoln	2 - 0	Reading
Bristol R	0 - 2	Reading
Mansfield	1 - 5	Reading
Northampton	0 - 0	Reading
Shrewsbury	1 - 3	Reading
Blackpool	3 - 0	Reading
Crawley	1 - 1	Reading
Wigan	1 - 2	Reading

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Reading	2 - 0	Northampton
H	Reading	2 - 2	Exeter
H	Reading	2 - 2	Barnsley
A	Reading	1 - 3	L Orient
H	Reading	1 - 0	Stockport
H	Reading	2 - 0	Burton
A	Reading	1 - 1	Peterborough
A	Reading	4 - 1	Plymouth
H	Reading	3 - 2	Luton
A	Reading	0 - 2	Bradford
H	Reading	1 - 2	Peterborough
A	Reading	3 - 0	Blackpool
H	Reading	1 - 1	Rotherham
H	Reading	1 - 0	Stevenage
H	Reading	1 - 1	Doncaster
H	Reading	1 - 0	Northampton
A	Reading	1 - 2	Cardiff
A	Reading	1 - 1	Exeter
H	Reading	1 - 1	Mansfield
A	Reading	1 - 1	Stockport

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Port Vale

Reading

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

1 / 2

0 / 2

Clean sheets

2 / 2

1 / 2

PTV

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Port Vale
Port Vale		1 - 0
Draw		0 - 0		Draw

Reading

Port Vale

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 3

1 / 3

Clean sheets

2 / 3

1 / 3

PTV

RDG

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
Reading	1 - 0
Reading	2 - 0
	0 - 3	Port Vale

Goal Statistics

	Port Vale 24th	Reading 10th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that Port Vale will score no more than 1 goal	0 24% 1 34% 2 24% 3 12% 4+ There is a 76% probability that Reading will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-13 Port Vale have scored 13% fewer goals at home than predicted	+35 Reading have scored 35% more goals when away than predicted
	1.2 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

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PTV

RDG

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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PTV

RDG

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

Port Vale v Reading League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Port Vale League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
22	6	3	6
C Hall	D Cole	R Paton	F Ojo

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Humphreys DEF	22	1		4 -
C Hall DEF	22	1		2 -
R Croasdale MID	22	2		3 -
B Heneghan DEF	21		1	5 -
G Hall MID	19		1	-
D Cole FWD	19	6	2	2 -
R Curtis FWD	19	2	2	1 -
G Byers MID	18	1	1	4 1
K John DEF	17	1		4 -
J Debrah DEF	17			1 -
J. Headley DEF	17			2 1
F Ojo MID	16			6 -
J Gauci GLK	15			-
B Garrity MID	15		1	1 -
D Brown FWD	15		1	-
J Stockley FWD	15	1		1 -
J Shipley MID	13		2	2 -
R Paton FWD	13	1	3	2 -
M Faal FWD	13			1 -
M Clark DEF	12		1	2 -
B Waine FWD	12	1		1 -
L Gordon DEF	11			3 -
R. Walters MID	11			-
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	9	1		4 -
B Amos GLK	7			-
M Marosi GLK	5			-
M Johnson MID	5			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	16	3	6
D Cole	D Cole	R Paton	D Cole

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Cole FWD	6	16	2	6
R Croasdale MID	2	5		1
R Curtis FWD	2	6	2	5
C Humphreys DEF	1	1		1
C Hall DEF	1	5		3
G Byers MID	1	3	1	1
K John DEF	1	1		2
J Stockley FWD	1	4
R Paton FWD	1	7	3	5
B Waine FWD	1	5		1
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	1	2
B Heneghan DEF		1	1	1
G Hall MID		1	1	5
J Debrah DEF		1		1
J. Headley DEF		4		2
F Ojo MID		1		2
J Gauci GLK				1
B Garrity MID		6	1	1
D Brown FWD		2	1	2
J Shipley MID			2	3
M Faal FWD		4
M Clark DEF			1	2
L Gordon DEF				2
R. Walters MID		4
M Johnson MID				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
878	40	137
C Hall	G Byers	C Hall

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Hall DEF	878	21	137
C Humphreys DEF	870	13	85
G Byers MID	739	40	85
B Heneghan DEF	547	11	102
R Croasdale MID	485	29	77
J Gauci GLK	463		10
J Debrah DEF	454	11	77
F Ojo MID	453	15	53
B Garrity MID	423	30	124
J. Headley DEF	370	30	77
M Clark DEF	336	18	49
D Cole FWD	306	19	108
R Curtis FWD	293	19	84
J Shipley MID	279	9	16
K John DEF	277	26	85
L Gordon DEF	232	10	31
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	220	5	38
G Hall MID	183	25	73
R. Walters MID	178	16	55
M Marosi GLK	177		3
B Amos GLK	175	1	4
J Stockley FWD	170	6	104
R Paton FWD	167	5	19
M Johnson MID	114	7	15
D Brown FWD	96	5	26
M Faal FWD	90	4	37
B Waine FWD	63	8	24

Reading League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
28	11	7	6
L Wing	J Marriott	L Wing	C Savage

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Savage MID	28	2	1	6 -
L Wing MID	28	8	7	2 -
K Doyle MID	27	3	3	2 -
D Kyerewaa MID	26	3	3	5 -
J Pereira GLK	25			-
J Dorsett DEF	25		1	3 -
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	24	3		4 -
K Abrefa DEF	19		2	2 -
F Burns DEF	19			3 -
P O'Connor DEF	18	1		4 -
A Yiadom DEF	18			6 -
J Marriott FWD	18	11	3	-
L Fraser MID	17	1		-
P Lane FWD	17	1	1	1 -
M O’Mahony FWD	16			1 -
D Williams DEF	15		1	3 -
M Ritchie MID	15		4	5 -
M Jacob DEF	14			4 -
M Camará MID	11	1		1 -
G. Garcia DEF	9	1		1 -
A. Ahmed DEF	9			3 -
B Elliott MID	8			1 -
M Stickland DEF	4			1 -
J Stevens GLK	3			-
B Tuma FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	22	7	9
J Marriott	J Marriott	L Wing	L Wing

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Marriott FWD	11	22	3	2
L Wing MID	8	18	7	9
K Doyle MID	3	9	3	6
D Kyerewaa MID	3	8	3	3
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	3	13		3
C Savage MID	2	13	1	4
P O'Connor DEF	1	3
L Fraser MID	1	3
P Lane FWD	1	8	1	1
M Camará MID	1	1
G. Garcia DEF	1	1
J Dorsett DEF		1	1	2
K Abrefa DEF		2	2
A Yiadom DEF		1
M O’Mahony FWD		3
D Williams DEF		1	1	1
M Ritchie MID		2	4	1
M Jacob DEF		1		1
A. Ahmed DEF				1
B Elliott MID		2		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1596	59	136
L Wing	C Savage	P O'Connor

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	1596	55	133
C Savage MID	1262	59	80
P O'Connor DEF	983	17	136
J Pereira GLK	975	2	22
J Dorsett DEF	820	31	106
F Burns DEF	774	33	103
D Williams DEF	668	23	85
D Kyerewaa MID	517	18	104
K Doyle MID	471	34	84
M Jacob DEF	418	14	62
K Abrefa DEF	397	35	65
A Yiadom DEF	326	20	53
P Lane FWD	232	10	30
L Fraser MID	230	12	26
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	222	14	94
M Ritchie MID	219	4	21
A. Ahmed DEF	206	14	35
B Elliott MID	189	13	37
J Marriott FWD	157	8	28
M Stickland DEF	123	3	14
M Camará MID	89	4	21
J Stevens GLK	85		1
M O’Mahony FWD	59	6	36
G. Garcia DEF	44	2	12
B Tuma FWD	3		1