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Coventry City v Derby County : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 3rd Apr, 20:00 BST, The Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry

Friday night at The Coventry Building Society Arena, and it’s a Championship showdown between Coventry City and Derby County. Frank Lampard and John Eustace will be doing all they can to ensure the win. Championship statistics are the most important part of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) records included too. It's all on this page, with data visualisations and the best odds available for seventeen major betting markets via the tabs.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Coventry or Derby are in a rich vein of form that would leave us feeling confident in tipping a match winner, so instead we've gone for over 1.5 goals. The stats tell us that both have a proven record in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 75% chance of two goals or more.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Coventry are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 48% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.45.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Coventry 48%	9/20	-
Draw 25%	3/1	-
Derby 27%	11/2	-
Draw 1-1 12%	7/1	-
Coventry 1-0 11%	13/2	-
Coventry 2-1 9%	15/2	-
Coventry 2-0 9%	13/2	-
Derby 1-0 8%	18/1	-
Draw 0-0 7%	12/1	-
Derby 2-1 7%	20/1	-
Draw 2-2 5%	16/1	-
Coventry 3-1 5%	11/1	-
Coventry 3-0 4%	9/1	-
Derby 2-0 4%	33/1	-
Coventry 3-2 3%	22/1	-
Derby 3-1 2%	40/1	-
Coventry 4-1 2%	20/1	-
Derby 3-2 2%	40/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 50%	8/11	-
Under 2.5 Goals 50%	11/10	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	4/9	-
Away 1st Goal 44%	2/1	-
No 1st Goal 4%	12/1	-
BTTS - Yes 53%	5/6	-
BTTS - No 47%	5/6	-
BTTS - Home Win 22%	11/5	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	9/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 13%	11/1	-
Home/draw 73%	1/9	-
Away/draw 52%	13/8	-
Home/away 75%	2/9	-
Over 1.5 Goals 75%	2/9	-
Under 1.5 Goals 25%	10/3	-
Over 3.5 Goals 28%	7/4	-
Under 3.5 Goals 72%	4/9	-
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	4/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	1/6	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	9/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/16	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/25	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	12/1	-
Home DNB 66%	1/6	-
Away DNB 44%	4/1	-
Coventry win to nil 26%	6/4	-
Derby win to nil 14%	10/1	-
Coventry / Coventry 38%	6/5	-
Coventry / Derby 2%	40/1	-
Coventry / Draw 6%	14/1	-
Draw / Coventry 19%	10/3	-
Draw / Derby 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Draw 13%	11/2	-
Derby / Coventry 4%	20/1	-
Derby / Derby 8%	10/1	-
Derby / Draw 5%	16/1	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Coventry have played 39 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 39 games against teams below in the table, having won 24, drawn 8 and lost 7 matches. They have kept 14 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. Coventry have outscored their opponents by 81 goals to 56 goals.

Home League Performance

Coventry have played 19 games at home winning 14, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 40 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and conceded 15 goals at home.

Derby are in 8th position in the Championship on 60 points having played 39 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 23 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 29 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

12 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 4 and won 2. Derby have conceded 22 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 1 fixture and have kept 1 clean sheet.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Coventry Derby
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	39	24	8	7	41	80	-	-	l 3-5A	Apr 3
2	M'Boro	39	20	11	8	22	71	w 3-1F	w 2-4F	w 1-0F	l 2-1F
3	Ipswich	38	19	12	7	28	69	l 0-2A	l 3-0A	l 1-2A	d 2-2A
4	Millwall	39	20	9	10	9	69	w 2-1F	w 0-4F	d 1-1A	l 1-0A
5	Hull	39	20	6	13	5	66	d 0-00-0	Apr 6	w 2-1F	l 4-2A
6	Southampton	39	17	12	10	15	63	l 1-2A	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	Apr 11
7	Wrexham	39	17	12	10	9	63	Apr 25	l 3-2F	l 1-2A	d 1-1A
8	Derby	39	17	9	13	8	60	Apr 3	w 3-5F	-	-
9	Watford	39	14	14	11	4	56	w 3-1F	May 2	l 2-3F	l 2-0A
10	Norwich	39	16	6	17	6	54	d 1-1A	l 2-1F	w 1-0F	Apr 21
11	Birmingham	39	14	11	14	-1	53	w 3-0F	l 3-2A	w 1-0F	d 1-1F
12	QPR	39	15	8	16	-6	53	w 7-1F	l 2-1F	w 1-0F	Apr 25
13	Preston	39	13	13	13	-4	52	w 3-0F	d 1-1F	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
14	Swansea	39	15	7	17	-5	52	w 1-0F	w 0-3F	w 2-0F	w 1-2F
15	Stoke	39	14	9	16	3	51	w 2-1F	w 0-1F	Apr 6	l 3-1F
16	Bristol C	39	14	9	16	-1	51	w 1-0F	w 0-2F	d 1-1A	w 0-5F
17	Sheff Utd	39	15	5	19	0	50	w 3-1A	w 1-2A	May 2	w 1-3F
18	Charlton	39	12	12	15	-10	48	w 3-1A	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	w 1-2F
19	Blackburn	39	11	10	18	-13	43	w 2-0F	Apr 17	w 3-1A	w 1-2F
20	West Brom	39	11	10	18	-14	43	w 3-2A	w 0-2F	d 1-1F	w 0-1F
21	Portsmouth	38	10	10	18	-17	40	Apr 21	w 1-2F	d 1-1A	w 0-1F
22	Leicester	39	11	12	16	-9	39	w 2-1A	d 0-00-0	l 1-3A	l 2-1A
23	Oxford Utd	39	9	12	18	-15	39	d 0-00-0	d 2-2F	Apr 18	l 1-0A
24	Sheff Wed	39	1	9	29	-55	-6	Apr 11	w 0-5F	w 2-1F	w 0-3F

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Coventry	1 - 2	Southampton
Coventry	3 - 0	Preston
Coventry	2 - 1	Stoke
Coventry	3 - 1	M'Boro
Coventry	0 - 0	Oxford Utd
Coventry	2 - 1	Millwall
Coventry	2 - 1	Leicester
Coventry	0 - 2	Ipswich
Coventry	1 - 0	Swansea
Coventry	1 - 0	Bristol C
Coventry	3 - 1	Charlton
Coventry	3 - 2	West Brom
Coventry	3 - 1	Sheff Utd
Coventry	3 - 1	Watford
Coventry	2 - 0	Blackburn
Coventry	3 - 0	Birmingham
Coventry	1 - 1	Norwich
Coventry	7 - 1	QPR
Coventry	0 - 0	Hull
Coventry	1 - 2	Sunderland

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Coventry	3 - 0	Swansea
H	Coventry	1 - 2	Southampton
H	Coventry	3 - 0	Preston
A	Coventry	2 - 0	Bristol C
H	Coventry	2 - 1	Stoke
A	Coventry	2 - 1	Sheff Utd
A	Coventry	2 - 0	West Brom
H	Coventry	3 - 1	M'Boro
H	Coventry	0 - 0	Oxford Utd
A	Coventry	1 - 2	QPR
A	Coventry	1 - 2	Norwich
H	Coventry	2 - 1	Millwall
H	Coventry	2 - 1	Leicester
A	Coventry	2 - 3	Birmingham
A	Coventry	1 - 1	Charlton
H	Coventry	0 - 2	Ipswich
H	Coventry	1 - 0	Swansea
A	Coventry	1 - 1	Southampton
H	Coventry	1 - 0	Bristol C
A	Coventry	1 - 1	Preston

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Portsmouth	0 - 1	Derby
Millwall	1 - 0	Derby
Hull	4 - 2	Derby
Watford	2 - 0	Derby
Bristol C	0 - 5	Derby
Charlton	1 - 2	Derby
Preston	0 - 1	Derby
Leicester	2 - 1	Derby
Birmingham	1 - 1	Derby
Sheff Wed	0 - 3	Derby
M'Boro	2 - 1	Derby
Swansea	1 - 2	Derby
Blackburn	1 - 2	Derby
Sheff Utd	1 - 3	Derby
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Derby
Wrexham	1 - 1	Derby
West Brom	0 - 1	Derby
Ipswich	2 - 2	Derby
Stoke	3 - 1	Derby
Hull	0 - 1	Derby

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Derby	1 - 0	Birmingham
A	Derby	1 - 0	Portsmouth
A	Derby	0 - 1	Millwall
H	Derby	2 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Derby	3 - 1	Blackburn
A	Derby	2 - 4	Hull
A	Derby	0 - 2	Watford
H	Derby	2 - 0	Swansea
H	Derby	1 - 2	Ipswich
A	Derby	5 - 0	Bristol C
H	Derby	1 - 1	West Brom
A	Derby	2 - 1	Charlton
A	Derby	1 - 0	Preston
H	Derby	1 - 2	Wrexham
H	Derby	1 - 0	M'Boro
A	Derby	1 - 2	Leicester
A	Derby	1 - 1	Birmingham
H	Derby	1 - 1	Portsmouth
A	Derby	3 - 0	Sheff Wed
H	Derby	1 - 1	Millwall

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Coventry

Derby

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

16 / 17

10 / 17

Clean sheets

7 / 17

1 / 17

COV

DER

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Coventry
	1 - 2	Derby
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Coventry	1 - 0
Coventry	2 - 0
Coventry	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Derby
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 2	Derby
Coventry	6 - 1
Coventry	6 - 2
Coventry	2 - 0
Coventry	3 - 0
Coventry	2 - 0
Coventry	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Coventry	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Derby

Derby

Coventry

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

16 / 18

12 / 18

Clean sheets

6 / 18

2 / 18

COV

DER

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Derby
	3 - 5	Coventry
Derby	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Derby	1 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Derby	2 - 1
Derby	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 3	Coventry
Derby	1 - 0
Derby	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Derby	3 - 1
Derby	2 - 1

Goal Statistics

Coventry City have been reliable in front of goal of late, scoring in 7 consecutive Championship outings. Their PG of 1.6 against Derby County on Friday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Coventry 1st	Derby 8th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 21% 1 33% 2 26% 3 13% 4+ There is a 79% probability that Coventry will score 1 or more goals	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that Derby will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+10 Coventry’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+23 Derby have scored 23% more goals when away than predicted
	2.1 average goals scored	1.5 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

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COV

DER

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Games scored	33		34
Failed to score	5		4
Scored first	25		20
Goals scored	78		55
Avg. goals scored	2		1.4
Avg. shots per game	12		7
Avg. shots per goal	6		5
Conversion rate for	17		19
Avg. XG for	2.1		1.1
KickOff rating		+6%

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COV

DER

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Games conceded	25		29
Clean sheets	13		9
Conceded first	10		18
Goals conceded	40		48
Avg. goals conceded	1		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		7
Conversion rate against	13%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.3
KickOff rating		+20%

Coventry v Derby Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Coventry Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
39	16	7	8
C Rushworth	H Wright	M Ewijk	M Ewijk

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Rushworth GLK	39		1	2 -
M Grimes MID	39	2	2	4 -
M Ewijk DEF	37		7	8 -
J Dasilva DEF	36		3	6 1
E Simms FWD	36	10	3	1 -
E Mason-Clark MID	35	7	5	3 -
T Sakamoto MID	33	7	3	4 -
H Wright FWD	33	16	1	4 -
L Kitching DEF	32	2		7 -
V Torp MID	32	8	4	4 -
B Thomas DEF	29	2	5	6 1
J Eccles MID	29	4		5 -
B Thomas-Asante FWD	27	12	4	-
J Rudoni MID	25	5	5	-
J Allen MID	21	1	1	-
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	20	1	1	1 -
L Woolfenden DEF	16			2 -
J Latibeaudiere DEF	11		1	1
R Esse FWD	11	2		1 -
J Bidwell DEF	9			1 -
M Brau DEF	8			-
F Onyeka MID	8			2 -
M. Yang FWD	3			-
J Markelo FWD	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
16	34	7	11
H Wright	H Wright	M Ewijk	T Sakamoto

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
H Wright FWD	16	34	1	1
B Thomas-Asante FWD	12	24	4	5
E Simms FWD	10	30	3	3
V Torp MID	8	18	4	6
E Mason-Clark MID	7	27	5	7
T Sakamoto MID	7	20	3	11
J Rudoni MID	5	13	5	4
J Eccles MID	4	13		3
M Grimes MID	2	7	2	7
L Kitching DEF	2	14		2
B Thomas DEF	2	11	5	5
R Esse FWD	2	8		1
J Allen MID	1	2	1	2
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	1	2	1	1
C Rushworth GLK			1	2
M Ewijk DEF		1	7	9
J Dasilva DEF			3	4
J Latibeaudiere DEF			1
F Onyeka MID		3
J Markelo FWD				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2698	84	194
M Grimes	M Ewijk	L Kitching

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Grimes MID	2698	71	152
L Kitching DEF	1675	37	194
J Dasilva DEF	1630	66	126
C Rushworth GLK	1506	1	22
B Thomas DEF	1497	28	158
M Ewijk DEF	1250	84	149
V Torp MID	893	34	107
J Rudoni MID	769	21	94
E Mason-Clark MID	584	41	168
T Sakamoto MID	548	39	122
J Latibeaudiere DEF	535	9	45
L Woolfenden DEF	532	10	50
J Eccles MID	435	22	90
B Thomas-Asante FWD	318	14	78
H Wright FWD	311	11	116
J Allen MID	282	12	21
E Simms FWD	237	7	89
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	237	16	43
F Onyeka MID	210	12	32
R Esse FWD	141	12	43
J Bidwell DEF	120	4	11
M Brau DEF	63	4	12
M. Yang FWD	17	1	4
J Markelo FWD	7		2

Derby Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
38	10	7	9
M Clarke	P. Agyemang	J Ward	L Travis

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Clarke DEF	38	3	2	7 1
B Clark MID	38	3	2	7 -
P. Agyemang FWD	35	10	3	5 -
B Díaz FWD	34	5	3	6 -
D Sanderson DEF	33	1		7 -
J Ward MID	31	1	7	3 1
R Brewster FWD	29	7	2	1 -
J Zetterström GLK	28			1 -
C Elder DEF	28	1	5	8 -
D Ozoh MID	26	1		6 -
L Salvesen FWD	25	3	2	3 -
C Morris FWD	24	10		5 -
L Travis MID	20		1	8 1
S Langas DEF	19	2	1	2 -
L Thompson MID	17	1		4 -
C Forsyth DEF	14	1		2 -
O Fraulo MID	12			1 -
M Johnston DEF	9			1 -
D Batth DEF	9			1 -
D Murkin DEF	8		3	-
S Szmodics MID	8	2		2 -
J Vickers GLK	7			-
J Banel FWD	7			-
R O'Donnell GLK	5			-
O. Eames MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	31	7	9
P. Agyemang	P. Agyemang	J Ward	J Ward

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
P. Agyemang FWD	10	31	3	4
C Morris FWD	10	15		3
R Brewster FWD	7	10	2	3
B Díaz FWD	5	20	3	7
M Clarke DEF	3	3	2	3
B Clark MID	3	8	2	4
L Salvesen FWD	3	6	2	3
S Langas DEF	2	5	1	1
S Szmodics MID	2	4		6
D Sanderson DEF	1	2		1
J Ward MID	1	6	7	9
C Elder DEF	1	3	5	7
D Ozoh MID	1	1		1
L Thompson MID	1	1
C Forsyth DEF	1	1		1
L Travis MID		3	1	2
O Fraulo MID		1		1
M Johnston DEF		1		1
D Murkin DEF			3	2
J Banel FWD		2
O. Eames MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1665	68	236
M Clarke	B Clark	M Clarke

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Clarke DEF	1665	63	236
D Sanderson DEF	1095	32	125
B Clark MID	899	68	156
J Zetterström GLK	891		14
J Ward MID	831	39	92
C Elder DEF	768	52	133
L Travis MID	743	47	98
S Langas DEF	593	28	90
B Díaz FWD	576	14	80
D Ozoh MID	543	37	80
P. Agyemang FWD	463	11	213
L Thompson MID	445	16	41
C Morris FWD	419	13	162
C Forsyth DEF	415	16	47
R Brewster FWD	354	10	79
D Batth DEF	233	3	46
D Murkin DEF	224	15	43
J Vickers GLK	200	1	6
M Johnston DEF	181	13	18
S Szmodics MID	134	10	21
R O'Donnell GLK	134
L Salvesen FWD	100	5	32
O Fraulo MID	90	7	15
J Banel FWD	27	1	5
O. Eames MID	1		2

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