Reading 2–0 Port Vale – England League One, 20 Feb 2024

Match facts

Reading Port Vale

20 Shots 10

6 Shots on target 2

4 Corners 3

12 Fouls 11

0 Yellow cards 0

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✗ Goals missed ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (391 league matches this season so far).

Result Reading to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.82

Expected goals 1.70 – 1.12

Home / Draw / Away

51% 24% 25%

ReadingDrawPort Vale

Under / Over 2.5 goals

47% 54%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

45% 55%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

6% 0

17% 1

24% 2

22% 3

16% 4

16% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 11.4% 1–0 10.1% 2–1 9.6%

Statistics 2023/2024, before this match

Reading before this match, all matches

1.18points / match

1.27scored / match

1.48conceded / match

10 9 14

WonDrawnLost 33 played · 42:49

Port Vale before this match, all matches

1.03points / match

1.07scored / match

1.60conceded / match

8 7 15

WonDrawnLost 30 played · 32:48

Reading all matches all matches Port Vale

Per match

1.27 Goals scored 1.07

1.48 Goals conceded 1.60

2.76 Total goals 2.67

12.00 Shots 12.93

4.42 Shots on target 4.33

12.79 Shots faced 12.13

4.76 Corners 5.80

5.97 Corners against 5.50

12.39 Fouls 10.10

2.24 Yellow cards 1.87

0.70 1st-half goals scored 0.37

0.79 1st-half goals conceded 0.53

How often Full Time

30% Wins 27%

27% Draws 23%

42% Losses 50%

97% Over 0.5 goals 93%

76% Over 1.5 goals 63%

48% Over 2.5 goals 50%

33% Over 3.5 goals 27%

18% Over 4.5 goals 23%

3% Over 5.5 goals 7%

64% Both teams scored 47%

21% Clean sheets 23%

18% Failed to score 37%

How often Half Time

27% Wins 20%

42% Draws 53%

30% Losses 27%

79% Over 0.5 goals 60%

39% Over 1.5 goals 27%

21% Over 2.5 goals 3%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Reading all matches

2

D

3

2

W

1

L

1

W

1

D

1

D

1

W

2

W

1

D

1

4

L

Port Vale all matches

1

D

2

3

L

3

W

1

2

L

3

D

1

L

3

L

1

L

2

D

2

3

L

Reading before this match, at home

1.75points / match

1.56scored / match

1.00conceded / match

8 4 4

WonDrawnLost 16 played · 25:16

Port Vale before this match, away

0.93points / match

0.87scored / match

1.87conceded / match

3 5 7

WonDrawnLost 15 played · 13:28

Reading at home away Port Vale

Per match

1.56 Goals scored 0.87

1.00 Goals conceded 1.87

2.56 Total goals 2.73

13.63 Shots 10.27

4.88 Shots on target 3.20

11.56 Shots faced 13.47

5.06 Corners 4.87

5.19 Corners against 6.33

12.31 Fouls 11.53

2.00 Yellow cards 2.00

0.88 1st-half goals scored 0.27

0.63 1st-half goals conceded 0.53

How often Full Time

50% Wins 20%

25% Draws 33%

25% Losses 47%

94% Over 0.5 goals 87%

75% Over 1.5 goals 80%

38% Over 2.5 goals 53%

25% Over 3.5 goals 20%

19% Over 4.5 goals 20%

6% Over 5.5 goals 7%

56% Both teams scored 53%

38% Clean sheets 20%

13% Failed to score 40%

How often Half Time

38% Wins 20%

44% Draws 47%

19% Losses 33%

81% Over 0.5 goals 60%

38% Over 1.5 goals 20%

19% Over 2.5 goals 0%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Reading at home

2

3

L

1

D

5

1

W

1

3

L

1

D

2

W

3

2

W

1

W

1

D

2

W

Port Vale away

3

L

2

L

D

1

D

1

2

L

1

W

1

D

1

2

L

3

L

2

3

L

Last 10 matches before this match

Reading all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
17.02.24	Portsmouth – Reading	4–1 (1–0)	1.57	4.00	6.00	1.67	2.15
13.02.24	Fleetwood Town – Reading	1–1 (0–0)	2.88	3.50	2.45	1.80	2.03
10.02.24	Reading – Charlton	2–0 (0–0)	2.25	3.50	3.20	1.75	2.05
06.02.24	Stevenage – Reading	0–1 (0–1)	1.67	3.80	5.25	1.93	1.93
03.02.24	Oxford – Reading	1–1 (1–0)	1.85	3.75	4.00	1.75	2.05
27.01.24	Reading – Leyton Orient	1–1 (1–1)	2.55	3.40	2.75	2.05	1.75
23.01.24	Reading – Derby	1–0 (0–0)	4.00	3.80	1.85	1.73	2.08
20.01.24	Wigan – Reading	1–0 (1–0)	2.15	3.60	3.20	1.73	2.08
01.01.24	Reading – Exeter	3–2 (2–1)	1.83	3.50	4.50	1.90	1.95
29.12.23	Cheltenham – Reading	2–2 (2–2)	2.75	3.40	2.55	2.00	1.85

Port Vale all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
17.02.24	Cheltenham – Port Vale	3–2 (1–1)	2.00	3.60	3.75	2.05	1.75
10.02.24	Port Vale – Stevenage	2–2 (1–0)	3.30	3.60	2.15	2.05	1.80
06.02.24	Port Vale – Leyton Orient	0–1 (0–0)	3.10	3.50	2.20	2.10	1.70
03.02.24	Fleetwood Town – Port Vale	3–0 (1–0)	2.80	3.50	2.45	1.88	1.98
27.01.24	Port Vale – Portsmouth	0–1 (0–0)	3.75	3.50	2.00	1.98	1.88
06.01.24	Port Vale – Charlton	3–3 (1–1)	2.25	3.60	3.00	1.80	2.00
01.01.24	Carlisle – Port Vale	2–1 (0–0)	3.00	3.20	2.45	2.20	1.65
29.12.23	Port Vale – Blackpool	3–0 (1–0)	3.40	3.40	2.15	2.05	1.75
26.12.23	Port Vale – Barnsley	2–3 (0–3)	2.75	3.50	2.50	1.98	1.88
23.12.23	Wycombe – Port Vale	1–1 (0–0)	2.30	3.40	3.10	2.05	1.75

Reading at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
10.02.24	Reading – Charlton	2–0 (0–0)	2.25	3.50	3.20	1.75	2.05
27.01.24	Reading – Leyton Orient	1–1 (1–1)	2.55	3.40	2.75	2.05	1.75
23.01.24	Reading – Derby	1–0 (0–0)	4.00	3.80	1.85	1.73	2.08
01.01.24	Reading – Exeter	3–2 (2–1)	1.83	3.50	4.50	1.90	1.95
23.12.23	Reading – Wigan	2–0 (1–0)	2.10	3.40	3.60	1.93	1.93
12.12.23	Reading – Oxford	1–1 (1–1)	2.88	3.50	2.45	1.93	1.93
09.12.23	Reading – Barnsley	1–3 (1–1)	2.80	3.40	2.50	1.75	2.05
28.11.23	Reading – Carlisle	5–1 (3–1)	1.91	3.60	4.00	1.95	1.90
07.11.23	Reading – Bristol Rvs	1–1 (1–0)	2.63	3.40	2.70	1.73	2.08
28.10.23	Reading – Portsmouth	2–3 (2–2)	3.40	3.50	2.10	1.85	2.00

Port Vale away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
17.02.24	Cheltenham – Port Vale	3–2 (1–1)	2.00	3.60	3.75	2.05	1.75
03.02.24	Fleetwood Town – Port Vale	3–0 (1–0)	2.80	3.50	2.45	1.88	1.98
01.01.24	Carlisle – Port Vale	2–1 (0–0)	3.00	3.20	2.45	2.20	1.65
23.12.23	Wycombe – Port Vale	1–1 (0–0)	2.30	3.40	3.10	2.05	1.75
09.12.23	Exeter – Port Vale	0–1 (0–1)	2.30	3.60	2.90	2.05	1.75
25.11.23	Shrewsbury – Port Vale	2–1 (1–0)	2.45	3.30	2.90	2.10	1.70
11.11.23	Lincoln – Port Vale	1–1 (0–1)	2.38	3.25	3.10	2.10	1.70
21.10.23	Stevenage – Port Vale	0–0 (0–0)	1.83	3.50	4.50	2.05	1.80
07.10.23	Portsmouth – Port Vale	2–0 (0–0)	1.67	4.00	5.00	1.85	2.00
03.10.23	Bristol Rvs – Port Vale	3–0 (2–0)	2.00	3.40	3.80	1.93	1.93

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

1

Reading winsDrawsPort Vale wins

1matches

1.00goals / match

0%over 2.5

0%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
12.08.23E2	Port Vale – Reading	1–0 (0–0)	2.63	3.30	2.70	1.90	1.95

England League One table 2023/2024, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	34	21	9	4	58	30	+28	72
2	Derby	33	20	6	7	58	29	+29	66
3	Bolton	32	20	6	6	59	33	+26	66
4	Barnsley	32	17	9	6	58	36	+22	60
5	Oxford	34	16	9	9	56	42	+14	57
6	Peterboro	32	16	8	8	60	41	+19	56
7	Stevenage	32	15	8	9	46	34	+12	53
8	Blackpool	33	14	8	11	50	39	+11	50
9	Wigan	33	14	6	13	47	42	+5	48
10	Leyton Orient	33	13	9	11	40	41	-1	48
11	Lincoln	33	11	12	10	35	32	+3	45
12	Northampton	33	13	6	14	45	50	-5	45
13	Bristol Rvs	33	12	7	14	45	48	-3	43
14	Reading	33	10	9	14	42	49	-7	39
15	Exeter	34	11	6	17	25	47	-22	39
16	Wycombe	32	9	11	12	41	43	-2	38
17	Cambridge	32	10	8	14	31	40	-9	38
18	Burton	32	10	8	14	29	41	-12	38
19	Shrewsbury	33	10	5	18	23	44	-21	35
20	Charlton	33	7	12	14	47	52	-5	33
21	Cheltenham	31	9	5	17	27	42	-15	32
22	Port Vale	30	8	7	15	32	48	-16	31
23	Fleetwood Town	33	6	8	19	33	55	-22	26
24	Carlisle	32	4	8	20	26	55	-29	20

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	17	11	4	2	30	18	+12	37
2	Bolton	17	11	3	3	35	22	+13	36
3	Blackpool	17	10	4	3	34	16	+18	34
4	Derby	16	9	4	3	28	15	+13	31
5	Oxford	17	8	6	3	31	19	+12	30
6	Peterboro	15	8	4	3	34	17	+17	28
7	Reading	16	8	4	4	25	16	+9	28
8	Wigan	16	9	1	6	23	16	+7	28
9	Northampton	17	8	4	5	24	19	+5	28
10	Barnsley	16	8	3	5	30	20	+10	27
11	Cambridge	17	7	4	6	16	18	-2	25
12	Lincoln	16	6	6	4	20	13	+7	24
13	Stevenage	15	6	6	3	20	14	+6	24
14	Leyton Orient	16	7	3	6	19	24	-5	24
15	Bristol Rvs	16	6	5	5	24	19	+5	23
16	Shrewsbury	17	7	2	8	16	20	-4	23
17	Charlton	17	6	4	7	29	25	+4	22
18	Burton	15	6	4	5	16	15	+1	22
19	Wycombe	16	5	6	5	22	21	+1	21
20	Cheltenham	16	6	3	7	18	23	-5	21
21	Exeter	17	5	5	7	10	16	-6	20
22	Port Vale	15	5	2	8	19	20	-1	17
23	Carlisle	17	3	5	9	14	27	-13	14
24	Fleetwood Town	17	3	3	11	15	28	-13	12

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Derby	17	11	2	4	30	14	+16	35
2	Portsmouth	17	10	5	2	28	12	+16	35
3	Barnsley	16	9	6	1	28	16	+12	33
4	Bolton	15	9	3	3	24	11	+13	30
5	Stevenage	17	9	2	6	26	20	+6	29
6	Peterboro	17	8	4	5	26	24	+2	28
7	Oxford	17	8	3	6	25	23	+2	27
8	Leyton Orient	17	6	6	5	21	17	+4	24
9	Lincoln	17	5	6	6	15	19	-4	21
10	Wigan	17	5	5	7	24	26	-2	20
11	Bristol Rvs	17	6	2	9	21	29	-8	20
12	Exeter	17	6	1	10	15	31	-16	19
13	Wycombe	16	4	5	7	19	22	-3	17
14	Northampton	16	5	2	9	21	31	-10	17
15	Blackpool	16	4	4	8	16	23	-7	16
16	Burton	17	4	4	9	13	26	-13	16
17	Fleetwood Town	16	3	5	8	18	27	-9	14
18	Port Vale	15	3	5	7	13	28	-15	14
19	Cambridge	15	3	4	8	15	22	-7	13
20	Shrewsbury	16	3	3	10	7	24	-17	12
21	Charlton	16	1	8	7	18	27	-9	11
22	Cheltenham	15	3	2	10	9	19	-10	11
23	Reading	17	2	5	10	17	33	-16	11
24	Carlisle	15	1	3	11	12	28	-16	6

Reading Port Vale

Under / Over goals 2023/2024, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	5	Oxford	34	12	22	1.6	1.2	16	9	9	56	42	57
2	6	Peterboro	32	11	21	1.9	1.3	16	8	8	60	41	56
3	12	Northampton	33	12	21	1.4	1.5	13	6	14	45	50	45
4	1	Portsmouth	34	15	19	1.7	0.9	21	9	4	58	30	72
5	4	Barnsley	32	13	19	1.8	1.1	17	9	6	58	36	60
6	13	Bristol Rvs	33	14	19	1.4	1.5	12	7	14	45	48	43
7	20	Charlton	33	14	19	1.4	1.6	7	12	14	47	52	33
8	2	Derby	33	15	18	1.8	0.9	20	6	7	58	29	66
9	8	Blackpool	33	15	18	1.5	1.2	14	8	11	50	39	50
10	23	Fleetwood Town	33	15	18	1.0	1.7	6	8	19	33	55	26
11	3	Bolton	32	15	17	1.8	1.0	20	6	6	59	33	66
12	7	Stevenage	32	15	17	1.4	1.1	15	8	9	46	34	53
13	9	Wigan	33	17	16	1.4	1.3	14	6	13	47	42	48
14	14	Reading	33	17	16	1.3	1.5	10	9	14	42	49	39
15	16	Wycombe	32	16	16	1.3	1.3	9	11	12	41	43	38
16	10	Leyton Orient	33	18	15	1.2	1.2	13	9	11	40	41	48
17	17	Cambridge	32	17	15	1.0	1.2	10	8	14	31	40	38
18	22	Port Vale	30	15	15	1.1	1.6	8	7	15	32	48	31
19	15	Exeter	34	21	13	0.7	1.4	11	6	17	25	47	39
20	18	Burton	32	19	13	0.9	1.3	10	8	14	29	41	38
21	24	Carlisle	32	19	13	0.8	1.7	4	8	20	26	55	20
22	21	Cheltenham	31	19	12	0.9	1.4	9	5	17	27	42	32
23	11	Lincoln	33	22	11	1.1	1.0	11	12	10	35	32	45
24	19	Shrewsbury	33	22	11	0.7	1.3	10	5	18	23	44	35

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	3	Bolton	17	5	12	2.1	1.3	11	3	3	35	22	36
2	5	Oxford	17	5	12	1.8	1.1	8	6	3	31	19	30
3	20	Charlton	17	5	12	1.7	1.5	6	4	7	29	25	22
4	4	Barnsley	16	5	11	1.9	1.2	8	3	5	30	20	27
5	6	Peterboro	15	4	11	2.3	1.1	8	4	3	34	17	28
6	1	Portsmouth	17	7	10	1.8	1.1	11	4	2	30	18	37
7	8	Blackpool	17	7	10	2.0	0.9	10	4	3	34	16	34
8	2	Derby	16	7	9	1.8	0.9	9	4	3	28	15	31
9	12	Northampton	17	8	9	1.4	1.1	8	4	5	24	19	28
10	13	Bristol Rvs	16	7	9	1.5	1.2	6	5	5	24	19	23
11	9	Wigan	16	8	8	1.4	1.0	9	1	6	23	16	28
12	10	Leyton Orient	16	8	8	1.2	1.5	7	3	6	19	24	24
13	23	Fleetwood Town	17	9	8	0.9	1.6	3	3	11	15	28	12
14	16	Wycombe	16	9	7	1.4	1.3	5	6	5	22	21	21
15	19	Shrewsbury	17	10	7	0.9	1.2	7	2	8	16	20	23
16	21	Cheltenham	16	9	7	1.1	1.4	6	3	7	18	23	21
17	22	Port Vale	15	8	7	1.3	1.3	5	2	8	19	20	17
18	7	Stevenage	15	9	6	1.3	0.9	6	6	3	20	14	24
19	11	Lincoln	16	10	6	1.2	0.8	6	6	4	20	13	24
20	14	Reading	16	10	6	1.6	1.0	8	4	4	25	16	28
21	17	Cambridge	17	11	6	0.9	1.1	7	4	6	16	18	25
22	24	Carlisle	17	11	6	0.8	1.6	3	5	9	14	27	14
23	15	Exeter	17	12	5	0.6	0.9	5	5	7	10	16	20
24	18	Burton	15	10	5	1.1	1.0	6	4	5	16	15	22

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	12	Northampton	16	4	12	1.3	1.9	5	2	9	21	31	17
2	7	Stevenage	17	6	11	1.5	1.2	9	2	6	26	20	29
3	5	Oxford	17	7	10	1.5	1.4	8	3	6	25	23	27
4	6	Peterboro	17	7	10	1.5	1.4	8	4	5	26	24	28
5	13	Bristol Rvs	17	7	10	1.2	1.7	6	2	9	21	29	20
6	14	Reading	17	7	10	1.0	1.9	2	5	10	17	33	11
7	23	Fleetwood Town	16	6	10	1.1	1.7	3	5	8	18	27	14
8	1	Portsmouth	17	8	9	1.6	0.7	10	5	2	28	12	35
9	2	Derby	17	8	9	1.8	0.8	11	2	4	30	14	35
10	16	Wycombe	16	7	9	1.2	1.4	4	5	7	19	22	17
11	17	Cambridge	15	6	9	1.0	1.5	3	4	8	15	22	13
12	4	Barnsley	16	8	8	1.8	1.0	9	6	1	28	16	33
13	8	Blackpool	16	8	8	1.0	1.4	4	4	8	16	23	16
14	9	Wigan	17	9	8	1.4	1.5	5	5	7	24	26	20
15	15	Exeter	17	9	8	0.9	1.8	6	1	10	15	31	19
16	18	Burton	17	9	8	0.8	1.5	4	4	9	13	26	16
17	22	Port Vale	15	7	8	0.9	1.9	3	5	7	13	28	14
18	10	Leyton Orient	17	10	7	1.2	1.0	6	6	5	21	17	24
19	20	Charlton	16	9	7	1.1	1.7	1	8	7	18	27	11
20	24	Carlisle	15	8	7	0.8	1.9	1	3	11	12	28	6
21	3	Bolton	15	10	5	1.6	0.7	9	3	3	24	11	30
22	11	Lincoln	17	12	5	0.9	1.1	5	6	6	15	19	21
23	21	Cheltenham	15	10	5	0.6	1.3	3	2	10	9	19	11
24	19	Shrewsbury	16	12	4	0.4	1.5	3	3	10	7	24	12

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.