Port Vale 1-1 Reading: result and report
League One · Saturday 21 February 2026
Result
Port Vale 1-1 Reading
League One · Saturday 21 February 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Port Vale 1-1 Reading: match report
Port Vale drew with Reading 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 21 February 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.
Lewis Wing opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Port Vale's goal came from Martin Sherif (90+6'). Reading scored through Lewis Wing (39', penalty).
Discipline: Port Vale received no yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Port Vale were 24th on 22 points from 29 and Reading 9th on 47 points from 32. Port Vale went on to finish that season 22nd with 42 points, and Reading 12th with 63.
Port Vale lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paudie O'Connor of Reading (7.5), ahead of Ethon Archer (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Port Vale win, 0 draws and 2 for Reading.
Going into the match Port Vale's last five read L-D-L-W-L and Reading's D-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 39'Penalty goal · Lewis Wing
- 53'Yellow card · Benn Ward
- 80'Yellow card · Jeriel Dorsett
- 90+6'Goal · Martin Sherif
Head-to-head
Team news
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Port Vale line-up (4-1-3-2)
Joe Gauci, Kyle John, Cameron Humphreys, Connor Hall, Elijah Campbell, F. Ojo, George Hall, Jordan Shipley, Ethon Archer, Andre Gray, Ben Waine
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joel Pereira, Ryan Nyambe, Paudie O'Connor, Derrick Williams, Benn Ward, Lewis Wing, Liam Fraser, Kamari Doyle, Charlie Savage, Kadan Young, Jack Marriott