Port Vale 1-0 Reading: result and report

League One · Saturday 12 August 2023

Result

Port Vale 1-0 Reading

League One · Saturday 12 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Port Vale 1-0 Reading: match report

Port Vale beat Reading 1-0 in the League One on Saturday 12 August 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Ben Garrity of Port Vale in the 72nd minute.

Discipline: Port Vale received no yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.

Port Vale went on to finish that season 23rd with 41 points, and Reading 15th with 59.

Port Vale lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Reading in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Garrity of Port Vale (8.3), ahead of Nesta Guinness-Walker (7.8).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Missed penalty · Andy CarrollReading
  • 45+6'Yellow card · Andy CarrollReading
  • 72'Goal · Ben GarrityPort Vale · 1-0
  • 76'Yellow card · Lewis WingReading

Team news

Port Vale line-up (3-4-2-1)

Connor Ripley, Nathan Smith, Dan Jones, Alex Iacovitti, Tom Sang, Oliver Arblaster, F. Ojo, Conor Grant, Ethan Chislett, Ben Garrity, Josh Thomas

Reading line-up (4-4-2)

David Button, Andy Yiadom, Tom Holmes, Tom McIntyre, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Harvey Knibbs, Sam Hutchinson, Charlie Savage, Femi Azeez, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan, Andy Carroll