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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+6'Yellow card · Matty JacobReading
  • 47'Yellow card · Ben HeneghanPort Vale
  • 56'Yellow card · Ryan CroasdalePort Vale
  • 66'Goal · Paddy LaneReading · 1-0
  • 74'Yellow card · Ashqar AhmedReading

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Reading 1, draws 0, Port Vale 1.

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