Reading 2-0 Port Vale — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - 1st Division, 20 Feb 2024

📅20/02/2024 · 🕒23:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 0-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
46%
1.8
Draw
27%
3.45
Away
27%
3.83
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
53%
1.82
Over 2.5
47%
1.9
Both Teams to Score
Yes
47%
1.81
No
53%
1.9
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
28%
3.19
2-3 Goals
42%
1.78
4-5 Goals
20%
3.68
6+ Goals
10%
15.25
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.19 — our 28% vs market 25.8%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
22%
2.44
1/2
6%
34.5
1/X
7%
14.25
X/1
14%
4.12
X/2
8%
8.27
X/X
14%
4.76
2/1
9%
24.45
2/2
13%
6.42
2/X
7%
14.9
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
46%
Home Win
52%
-5.5pp
27%
Draw
26%
+1.4pp
27%
Away Win
23%
+4.2pp
53%
Under 2.5
51%
+2.2pp
47%
Over 2.5
49%
-2.2pp
47%
BTTS Yes
51%
-4.1pp
53%
BTTS No
49%
+4.1pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Reading EU Bookmakers 56%
Head to Head
AWAY Port Vale EU Bookmakers 26%
+14% / +15% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -3% / -4%
1.33/0.91 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.07/1.34
+28% / +48% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -5% / -13%
54% Ball Possession 46%
13 Total Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
306 · 71% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 263 · 69%
25.4 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 18.2
18.9 Crosses 16.8
1.3 Yellow Cards 2.4
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Reading
4W-0D-1L
AWAY Port Vale
1.20 Avg Goals (FT) 0.20
1.14 xG 1.05
62% Ball Possession 38%
13 Total Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 4
430 Passes 226
80% Pass Accuracy 68%
18 Box Touches 29
19 Crosses 15
2 Yellow Cards 0
12.08.2023 Port Vale Port Vale 1-0 HT 0-0 Reading Reading İN1
01.01.2002 Reading Reading 2-0 HT 0-0 Port Vale Port Vale İN1
01.09.2001 Port Vale Port Vale 0-2 HT 0-1 Reading Reading İN1
03.02.2001 Reading Reading 1-0 HT 0-0 Port Vale Port Vale İN1
02.09.2000 Port Vale Port Vale 0-1 HT 0-1 Reading Reading İN1
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Reading
2-0
AWAY Port Vale
2.38 xG 0.35
55% Ball Possession 45%
20 Total Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 3
362 Passes 279
77% Pass Accuracy 74%
29 Box Touches 11
17 Crosses 16
POST-MATCH Reading vs Port Vale
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Reading saw off Port Vale 2-0. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Reading as the likeliest winner at 46%, and the 2-0 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 47% and both teams to score was close to even at 47%.

On the day, Reading had 55% of the ball to Port Vale's 45%, shots finished 20-10, expected goals 2.38 to 0.35.

For context: across their last 5 meetings in our records, Reading had the better of it with 4 wins. Those games averaged 1.20 goals for Reading and 0.20 for Port Vale.

What was the final score of Reading vs Port Vale?

Reading 2-0 Port Vale in the England - 1st Division on 20/02/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Reading vs Port Vale?

Before kick-off our model rated a Reading win the most likely single outcome at about 46%, with the full match-result split Reading 46%, draw 27%, Port Vale 27%. The final score 2-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Reading), Under 2.5, BTTS No — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Reading) ✓ Under 2.5 ✓ BTTS No
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