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Saturday 21 February 2026 · 15:00 · HT 0-1 · Referee Carl Brook

Port Vale v Reading: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Port Vale's last 10 home games and Reading's last 10 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 11 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 11 of 20, with 9.8 corners per match (league 10.0) and 4.0 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Port Vale's 29 League One games and Reading's 32 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Port Vale v Reading, full match

43%

Possession

57%

1.39

Expected goals (xG)

1.58

14

Shots

11

6

Shots on target

2

9

Corners

3

10

Fouls

12

0

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

0

Goals and cards

39'

Penalty

Lewis Wing REA

53'

Yellow card

Benn Ward REA

80'

Yellow card

Jeriel Dorsett REA

90+6'

Goal

Martin Sherif POR

At a glance

Port Vale

22nd in the table

L

D

L

W

L

Reading

12th in the table

D

W

L

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Port Vale's home games and Reading's away games in League One this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Port Vale's last 10 home games and Reading's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

55%

11/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

75%

15/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

55%

11/20 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

30%

6/20 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

50%

10/20 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

65%

13/20 games · League 56%

Port Vale clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Reading clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Port Vale fail to score

60%

6/10 games · League 27%

Reading fail to score

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.7

League 2.6

Corners

9.8

League 10.0

Cards

4.0

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Port Vale

4-1-3-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

46

Joe Gauci

DEFENDERS

5

24

25

27

MIDFIELDERS

11

14

26

33

FORWARDS

19

Ben Waine

45

Andre Gray

SUBSTITUTES

13

Ben Amos

4

Ben Heneghan

6

Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel

15

28

9

21

Reading

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Joel Pereira

DEFENDERS

15

16

24

33

MIDFIELDERS

6

Liam Fraser

8

Charlie Savage

10

Lewis Wing

FORWARDS

7

Jack Marriott

19

Kadan Young

29

Kamari Doyle

SUBSTITUTES

25

3

12

17

21

9

32

Referee: Carl Brook

18 games in League One this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

4.5

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.4

Red cards per game

0.28

Fouls per game

22.3

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.22

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

POR

REA

Match

League

Goals per match

2.2

2.8

2.5

2.6

Over 0.5

86%

25/29

100%

32/32

93%

57/61

94%

Over 1.5

55%

16/29

88%

28/32

72%

44/61

72%

Over 2.5

45%

13/29

47%

15/32

46%

28/61

50%

Over 3.5

24%

7/29

28%

9/32

26%

16/61

26%

Over 4.5

10%

3/29

16%

5/32

13%

8/61

11%

Bet

POR

REA

Match

League

Yes

34%

10/29

69%

22/32

52%

32/61

51%

Yes and win

7%

2/29

16%

5/32

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

31%

9/29

44%

14/32

38%

23/61

40%

Yes and draw

10%

3/29

34%

11/32

23%

14/61

18%

Yes and loss

17%

5/29

19%

6/32

17%

Yes in both halves

7%

2/29

13%

4/32

10%

6/61

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Bet

POR

REA

Match

League

Corners per match

10.1

9.1

9.6

9.9

Over 7.5

72%

21/29

72%

23/32

72%

44/61

74%

Over 8.5

66%

19/29

50%

16/32

57%

35/61

63%

Over 9.5

55%

16/29

34%

11/32

44%

27/61

50%

Over 10.5

48%

14/29

28%

9/32

38%

23/61

39%

Over 11.5

31%

9/29

25%

8/32

28%

17/61

31%

Over 12.5

21%

6/29

13%

4/32

16%

10/61

20%

Referee Carl Brook: 4.5 cards and 22.3 fouls per game in 18 games this season

Bet

POR

REA

Match

League

Cards per match

4.3

3.8

4.0

3.9

Over 2.5

93%

27/29

66%

21/32

79%

48/61

76%

Over 3.5

76%

22/29

53%

17/32

64%

39/61

58%

Over 4.5

41%

12/29

41%

13/32

41%

25/61

36%

Over 5.5

14%

4/29

22%

7/32

18%

11/61

21%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Jack Marriott

19 starts · 0.9 per 90

32%

6/19

74%

14/19

5%

1/19

5%

1/19

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.