Saturday sees struggling Derby County host visiting rivals Coventry City at Pride Park Stadium in the EFL Championship action. Kickoff set for 19th march 2022 15:30 EAT.
Derby County sits 23rd in the Championship table with 24 points from 38 matches. Four losses and one win have been recorded in the last five matches. In their previous six fixtures, Derby has just 4 against opposition teams. The number of goals scored against them total 9.
Derby County will be hoping to bounce back following a 3-1 Championship loss in their previous game against Blackburn Rovers. In that match, Derby County had 59% possession, 11 shots with 2 on target and a goal scored by Ravel Morrison (28′). Blackburn Rovers had 12 shots with 5 on target and goals scored by Scott Wharton (53′), Tyrhys Dolan (59′) and Sam Gallagher (97′).
Meanwhile, Coventry City is down in 11th position in the table with 54 points from 37matches. They have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches with opposition bagging 9 goals in all. In the last five matches only one win, three losses and one draw has been recorded.
Coming into this fixture, Coventry City will be hoping for better results following a humbling 2-0 loss to Hull City. In that match, Coventry City had 63% possession, 17 shots with 5 on target. Hull City had 12 shots with 6 of them on target and goals scored by Richard Smallwood (4′) and Ryan Longman (28′).
Derby County vs Coventry City head to head
These two teams have 33 head to head meetings against each other since 1996. Derby County has eleven victories; Coventry City twelve victories ten matches ended all square.
- Coventry 1-0 Derby County 08/01/22
- Coventry 1-1 Derby County 23/10/21
- Coventry 1-0 Derby County 06/03/21
- Derby County 1-1 Coventry 01/12/20
- Coventry 0-1 Derby County 25/07/18
Home
- Blackburn 3-1 Derby County
- Bournemouth 2-0 Derby County
- Derby County 2-0 Barnsley
- Cardiff 1-0 Derby County
- Luton 1-0 Derby County
Away
- Coventry 0-2 Hull
- Coventry 4-1Sheffield
- Coventry 0-1 Luton
- Swansea 3-1 Coventry
- Coventry 1-1 Preston
Derby County team news
Wayne Rooney will have a full squad to choose from.
Coventry City team news
Mark Robins will have a full squad to choose from.
Prediction and odds
Derby County have not won against Coventry City in their previous 3 matches in the league.It has been a terrible run on the road. Coventry City will look to hit back after losing to Hull in midweek
- Coventry City win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
