Port Vale vs Reading betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 12.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vale Park (19052 seats)

Game week two of the League One season and the contenders have taken their learnings from the first match. Here's the ultimate Port Vale - Reading pre-match guide:

It's no vacation for neither Port Vale nor Reading as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Port Vale form and stats

The season before, Port Vale's league results were 13 wins, 10 draws and 23 losses, resulting in 18th position in the League One. In these 46 matches they scored {48 goals} and conceded 71. Appearing as the home team in the last season Port Vale generated 8-5-10 (win-draw-lost) with {23 goals} and 30 conceded.

Port's previous match was a Carabao Cup game also played at their own stadium, finishing 3-2 versus Fleetwood Town. The home side hope to to repeat that performance. Midfielder Chislett was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.11 (out of ten) in that game. Chislett scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Barnsley (0-7).

This is expected to be a close game, with Port Vale perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Port Vale as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Port Vale has won 6 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

The manager Crosby will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Blackpool in only three days.

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Reading form and stats

Let's have a look at how Reading performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 22nd position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 11 draws and 22 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded {68 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 17 with 15/44 goals scored/conceded.

Two trips in a row for Reading, whose coach Salvador could celebrate last time after the Carabao Cup win against Millwall. Camara got a match rating of 8.62 in that game, top player of the team. Camara scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 30 successful passes (of 35 total).

The game before that, in the League One, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Peterborough United.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Reading in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Reading, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Reading, the League One home match versus Cheltenham Town. Busy days.

Head 2 Head

Port Vale missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Port Vale Reading
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
7 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 16
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
12 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 13
8 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 6
Port Vale Last season Reading
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
13 8   Won W   3 13
10 5   Drew D   3 11
23 10   Lost L   17 22
48 23   Scored S   15 46
71 30   Conceded C   44 68
93% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 96%
72% 61%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 74%
52% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   52% 50%
30% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 22%
11% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 7%
48% 43%   BTTS BTTS   43% 52%
26% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 17%
33% 30%   Failed to Score F T   48% 35%
 
5.5 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.4
4.7 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 5
2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2.1
4 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
12 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 9.8
2.6 3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 2.9
41% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 35%
 
11 9.9   Shots against (avg) S A   13.8 12.5
3.3 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barnsley 1 1 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3
2 Bolton Wanderers 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Exeter City 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Blackpool 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Cambridge United 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Charlton Athletic 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Shrewsbury Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Peterborough United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Stevenage 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Portsmouth 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Carlisle United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Fleetwood Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Bristol Rovers 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Derby County 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Cheltenham Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Leyton Orient 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Reading 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Northampton Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Oxford United 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Burton Albion 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
21 Wycombe Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
22 Lincoln City 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
23 Port Vale 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 -7 0
24 Wigan Athletic 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 -5
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 46 31 8 7 82 47 23 20 1 2 44 16 23 11 7 5 38 31 35 101
2 Ipswich Town 46 28 14 4 101 35 23 16 6 1 60 13 23 12 8 3 41 22 66 98
3 Sheffield Wednesday 46 28 12 6 81 37 23 16 6 1 49 16 23 12 6 5 32 21 44 96
4 Barnsley 46 26 8 12 80 47 23 16 1 6 45 24 23 10 7 6 35 23 33 86
5 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 12 11 62 36 23 14 5 4 32 13 23 9 7 7 30 23 26 81
6 Peterborough United 46 24 5 17 75 54 23 13 4 6 38 25 23 11 1 11 37 29 21 77
7 Derby County 46 21 13 12 67 46 23 13 6 4 40 20 23 8 7 8 27 26 21 76
8 Portsmouth 46 17 19 10 61 50 23 9 11 3 34 22 23 8 8 7 27 28 11 70
9 Wycombe Wanderers 46 20 9 17 59 51 23 11 5 7 32 24 23 9 4 10 27 27 8 69
10 Charlton Athletic 46 16 14 16 70 66 23 9 7 7 44 31 23 7 7 9 26 35 4 62
11 Lincoln City 46 14 20 12 47 47 23 7 14 2 22 17 23 7 6 10 25 30 0 62
12 Shrewsbury Town 46 17 8 21 52 61 23 11 3 9 32 32 23 6 5 12 20 29 -9 59
13 Fleetwood Town 46 14 16 16 53 51 23 7 8 8 25 25 23 7 8 8 28 26 2 58
14 Exeter City 46 15 11 20 64 68 23 10 5 8 36 27 23 5 6 12 28 41 -4 56
15 Burton Albion 46 15 11 20 57 79 23 9 7 7 28 33 23 6 4 13 29 46 -22 56
16 Cheltenham Town 46 14 12 20 45 61 23 8 8 7 25 27 23 6 4 13 20 34 -16 54
17 Bristol Rovers 46 14 11 21 58 73 23 6 7 10 27 36 23 8 4 11 31 37 -15 53
18 Port Vale 46 13 10 23 48 71 23 8 5 10 23 30 23 5 5 13 25 41 -23 49
19 Oxford United 46 11 14 21 49 56 23 6 5 12 29 31 23 5 9 9 20 25 -7 47
20 Cambridge United 46 13 7 26 41 68 23 9 4 10 24 26 23 4 3 16 17 42 -27 46
21 Milton Keynes Dons 46 11 12 23 44 66 23 4 7 12 20 33 23 7 5 11 24 33 -22 45
22 Morecambe 46 10 14 22 47 78 23 8 8 7 30 31 23 2 6 15 17 47 -31 44
23 Accrington Stanley 46 11 11 24 40 77 23 6 5 12 27 39 23 5 6 12 13 38 -37 44
24 Forest Green Rovers 46 6 9 31 31 89 23 5 2 16 15 42 23 1 7 15 16 47 -58 27
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 46 29 14 3 87 35 23 16 6 1 49 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 52 101
2 Sheffield United 46 28 7 11 73 39 23 16 3 4 47 19 23 12 4 7 26 20 34 91
3 Luton Town 46 21 17 8 57 39 23 10 9 4 31 21 23 11 8 4 26 18 18 80
4 Middlesbrough 46 22 9 15 84 56 23 13 7 3 46 19 23 9 2 12 38 37 28 75
5 Coventry City 46 18 16 12 58 46 23 11 7 5 30 24 23 7 9 7 28 22 12 70
6 Sunderland 46 18 15 13 68 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 23 11 6 6 35 22 13 69
7 Blackburn Rovers 46 20 9 17 52 54 23 13 4 6 27 19 23 7 5 11 25 35 -2 69
8 Millwall 46 19 11 16 57 50 23 11 6 6 34 22 23 8 5 10 23 28 7 68
9 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 12 16 59 53 23 11 7 5 31 20 23 7 5 11 28 33 6 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 12 16 68 64 23 11 4 8 38 32 23 7 8 8 30 32 4 66
11 Watford 46 16 15 15 56 53 23 11 6 6 35 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 3 63
12 Preston North End 46 17 12 17 45 59 23 7 7 9 20 28 23 10 5 8 25 31 -14 63
13 Norwich City 46 17 11 18 57 54 23 8 5 10 27 27 23 9 6 8 30 27 3 62
14 Bristol City 46 15 14 17 55 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 23 6 7 10 25 32 -1 59
15 Hull City 46 14 16 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 23 5 10 8 27 34 -10 58
16 Stoke City 46 14 11 21 55 54 23 6 5 12 25 27 23 8 6 9 30 27 1 53
17 Birmingham City 46 14 11 21 47 58 23 7 6 10 24 24 23 7 5 11 23 34 -11 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 47 62 23 9 6 8 26 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -15 53
19 Rotherham United 46 11 17 18 49 60 23 9 6 8 37 30 23 2 11 10 12 30 -11 50
20 Queens Park Rangers 46 13 11 22 44 71 23 6 5 12 21 35 23 7 6 10 23 36 -27 50
21 Cardiff City 46 13 10 23 41 58 23 6 7 10 20 24 23 7 3 13 21 34 -17 49
22 Reading 46 13 11 22 46 68 23 10 8 5 31 24 23 3 3 17 15 44 -22 44
23 Blackpool 46 11 11 24 48 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 23 5 5 13 20 38 -24 44
24 Wigan Athletic 46 10 15 21 38 65 23 5 7 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 39

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barnsley 1 1 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3
2 Bolton Wanderers 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Exeter City 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Blackpool 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Cambridge United 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Charlton Athletic 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Shrewsbury Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Peterborough United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Stevenage 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Portsmouth 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Carlisle United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Fleetwood Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Bristol Rovers 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Derby County 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Cheltenham Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Leyton Orient 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Reading 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Northampton Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Oxford United 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Burton Albion 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
21 Wycombe Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
22 Lincoln City 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
23 Port Vale 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 -7 0
24 Wigan Athletic 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 -5

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.