Championship duel: Close contest expected between Coventry City and Derby County

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 06.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (30009 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Championship, Coventry City holding 20th place and Derby County lying 18th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Coventry nor Derby County 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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Coventry City form and stats

6 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Coventry City have to build on here at St. Andrew's Stadium in the Championship.

Coventry's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Middlesbrough (placed 9th). 1-1 away at Blackburn Rovers before that.

This is expected to be a close game, with Coventry City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Coventry City as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Coventry City has won five of these, drawn four and lost two.

Coventry has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Coventry have conceded 19 in these home matches.

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Derby County form and stats

Playing away, Derby County have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 8 defeats in the Championship this season. County seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

It might be tough going out on the road again for County, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus Cardiff City (placed 6th). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Nottingham Forest.

County lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. It's a bit worrying for County that their goalkeeper Kelle Roos made seven saves in the Cardiff City game last time out, but still couldn't prevent the loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with County playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were five Derby County wins, four draws and seven defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the County manager W. Rooney as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Barnsley.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 20 goals have been conceded by Derby County in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Derby County - Coventry 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Coventry won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Derby County has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Derby CountyC. Kazim-Richards
C. Kazim-Richards
7 goals
Coventry CityG. Hamer
G. Hamer
5 goals
Coventry CityT. Walker
T. Walker
5 goals

Coventry City missing players

Derby County missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Coventry City Derby County
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 6 16 33
8 6 2 Won W 2 5 10
11 6 2 Drew D 1 3 8
15 5 1 Lost L 3 8 15
31 18 6 Scored S 7 13 25
46 19 3 Conceded C 7 20 37
82% 71% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
74% 65% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 56% 58%
41% 41% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 27%
21% 29% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 12% 9%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 41% 40% BTTS BTTS 33% 31% 30%
26% 47% 60% Clean Sheets C S 17% 31% 30%
41% 41% 40% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 45%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.7
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.6 9.3 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 10.7 10.3
2.9 3.1 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.4 2.8
32% 34% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 27%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 33 21 7 5 47 25 16 10 5 1 22 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 22 70
2 Brentford 33 18 9 6 61 35 17 10 5 2 34 18 16 8 4 4 27 17 26 63
3 Watford 33 17 9 7 43 24 16 12 2 2 32 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 19 60
4 Swansea City 31 17 8 6 39 22 17 10 5 2 21 9 14 7 3 4 18 13 17 59
5 Reading 34 17 6 11 46 37 17 10 0 7 25 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 9 57
6 Cardiff City 34 15 8 11 53 35 17 7 3 7 31 19 17 8 5 4 22 16 18 53
7 AFC Bournemouth 33 14 10 9 47 32 17 10 3 4 28 16 16 4 7 5 19 16 15 52
8 Barnsley 32 15 6 11 38 36 16 9 3 4 22 17 16 6 3 7 16 19 2 51
9 Middlesbrough 34 14 8 12 40 36 17 8 3 6 20 18 17 6 5 6 20 18 4 50
10 Millwall 34 10 16 8 34 31 17 4 10 3 17 14 17 6 6 5 17 17 3 46
11 Stoke City 33 11 12 10 38 37 16 7 4 5 22 19 17 4 8 5 16 18 1 45
12 Bristol City 33 14 3 16 35 44 16 7 2 7 14 16 17 7 1 9 21 28 -9 45
13 Luton Town 33 12 8 13 28 37 16 6 6 4 20 19 17 6 2 9 8 18 -9 44
14 Preston North End 34 13 4 17 38 44 17 5 3 9 14 16 17 8 1 8 24 28 -6 43
15 Blackburn Rovers 33 11 7 15 46 39 16 6 5 5 24 19 17 5 2 10 22 20 7 40
16 Queens Park Rangers 31 10 10 11 31 36 15 6 4 5 16 16 16 4 6 6 15 20 -5 40
17 Nottingham Forest 34 10 10 14 28 33 17 5 6 6 15 15 17 5 4 8 13 18 -5 40
18 Derby County 33 10 8 15 25 37 17 5 5 7 12 17 16 5 3 8 13 20 -12 38
19 Huddersfield Town 34 10 7 17 39 51 17 8 3 6 25 18 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 37
20 Coventry City 34 8 11 15 31 46 17 6 6 5 18 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -15 35
21 Birmingham City 34 8 11 15 26 42 17 3 3 11 12 28 17 5 8 4 14 14 -16 35
22 Rotherham United 31 8 5 18 33 42 16 4 3 9 20 22 15 4 2 9 13 20 -9 29
23 Sheffield Wednesday 32 9 7 16 23 38 15 6 5 4 12 9 17 3 2 12 11 29 -15 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 32 5 8 19 23 53 17 3 5 9 10 21 15 2 3 10 13 32 -30 23

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 33 21 7 5 47 25 16 10 5 1 22 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 22 70
2 Brentford 33 18 9 6 61 35 17 10 5 2 34 18 16 8 4 4 27 17 26 63
3 Watford 33 17 9 7 43 24 16 12 2 2 32 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 19 60
4 Swansea City 31 17 8 6 39 22 17 10 5 2 21 9 14 7 3 4 18 13 17 59
5 Reading 34 17 6 11 46 37 17 10 0 7 25 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 9 57
6 Cardiff City 34 15 8 11 53 35 17 7 3 7 31 19 17 8 5 4 22 16 18 53
7 AFC Bournemouth 33 14 10 9 47 32 17 10 3 4 28 16 16 4 7 5 19 16 15 52
8 Barnsley 32 15 6 11 38 36 16 9 3 4 22 17 16 6 3 7 16 19 2 51
9 Middlesbrough 34 14 8 12 40 36 17 8 3 6 20 18 17 6 5 6 20 18 4 50
10 Millwall 34 10 16 8 34 31 17 4 10 3 17 14 17 6 6 5 17 17 3 46
11 Stoke City 33 11 12 10 38 37 16 7 4 5 22 19 17 4 8 5 16 18 1 45
12 Bristol City 33 14 3 16 35 44 16 7 2 7 14 16 17 7 1 9 21 28 -9 45
13 Luton Town 33 12 8 13 28 37 16 6 6 4 20 19 17 6 2 9 8 18 -9 44
14 Preston North End 34 13 4 17 38 44 17 5 3 9 14 16 17 8 1 8 24 28 -6 43
15 Blackburn Rovers 33 11 7 15 46 39 16 6 5 5 24 19 17 5 2 10 22 20 7 40
16 Queens Park Rangers 31 10 10 11 31 36 15 6 4 5 16 16 16 4 6 6 15 20 -5 40
17 Nottingham Forest 34 10 10 14 28 33 17 5 6 6 15 15 17 5 4 8 13 18 -5 40
18 Derby County 33 10 8 15 25 37 17 5 5 7 12 17 16 5 3 8 13 20 -12 38
19 Huddersfield Town 34 10 7 17 39 51 17 8 3 6 25 18 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 37
20 Coventry City 34 8 11 15 31 46 17 6 6 5 18 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -15 35
21 Birmingham City 34 8 11 15 26 42 17 3 3 11 12 28 17 5 8 4 14 14 -16 35
22 Rotherham United 31 8 5 18 33 42 16 4 3 9 20 22 15 4 2 9 13 20 -9 29
23 Sheffield Wednesday 32 9 7 16 23 38 15 6 5 4 12 9 17 3 2 12 11 29 -15 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 32 5 8 19 23 53 17 3 5 9 10 21 15 2 3 10 13 32 -30 23

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.