Reading 1-0 Port Vale: result and report
League One · Saturday 30 August 2025
Result
Reading 1-0 Port Vale
League One · Saturday 30 August 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Reading 1-0 Port Vale: match report
Reading defeated Port Vale 1-0 in the League One on Saturday 30 August 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Paddy Lane of Reading in the 66th minute.
Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Port Vale received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 23rd on 2 points from 5 and Port Vale 22nd on 2 points from 5. Reading went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Port Vale 22nd with 42.
Reading lined up in a 4-3-3 and Port Vale in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Paddy Lane of Reading (7.5), level with Matty Jacob (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Reading win, 0 draws and 1 for Port Vale.
Going into the match Reading's last five read D-D-L-L-L and Port Vale's L-L-D-D-L.
Key events
- 45+6'Yellow card · Matty Jacob
- 47'Yellow card · Ben Heneghan
- 56'Yellow card · Ryan Croasdale
- 66'Goal · Paddy Lane
- 74'Yellow card · Ashqar Ahmed
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-3-3)
Joel Pereira, Ashqar Ahmed, Finley Burns, Derrick Williams, Matty Jacob, Ben Elliott, Lewis Wing, Charlie Savage, Paddy Lane, Mark O'Mahony, Daniel Kyerewaa
Port Vale line-up (3-5-2)
Joe Gauci, Jesse Debrah, Ben Heneghan, Cameron Humphreys, Mitch Clark, Ryan Croasdale, George Byers, Rhys Walters, Jaheim Headley, Mo Faal, Ronan Curtis