Derby County FC vs Coventry City FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2025-26

Derby County FC

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Coventry City FC

Sat 16 Aug 2025 · 11:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Derby County FC vs Coventry City FC — Championship .

Derby County FC 46 games · 69 pts (2026/27)
Coventry City FC 46 games · 95 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Anthony Backhouse

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Coventry City FC	46	95
2	Ipswich Town FC	46	84
3	Millwall FC	46	83
4	Southampton FC	46	80
5	Middlesbrough FC	46	80
6	Hull City AFC	46	73
7	Wrexham AFC	46	71
8	Derby County FC	46	69
9	Norwich City FC	46	65
10	Birmingham City FC	46	64
11	Swansea City AFC	46	64
12	Bristol City FC	46	62
13	Sheffield United FC	46	60
14	Preston North End FC	46	60
15	Queens Park Rangers FC	46	58
16	Watford FC	46	57
17	Stoke City FC	46	55
18	Portsmouth FC	46	55
19	Charlton Athletic FC	46	53
20	Blackburn Rovers FC	46	52
21	West Bromwich Albion FC	46	51
22	Oxford United FC	46	47
23	Leicester City FC	46	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	0

Head-to-Head

Derby County FC 8 games · Avg 3.1 goals Coventry City FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-08-16 Derby County FC 3–5 Coventry City FC 2025-03-11 Derby County FC 2–0 Coventry City FC 2024-11-06 Coventry City FC 1–2 Derby County FC 2022-03-19 Derby County FC 1–1 Coventry City FC 2021-10-23 Coventry City FC 1–1 Derby County FC

Recent Form

Derby County FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Aug	Coventry City FC	H	3–5	L
09 Aug	Stoke City FC	A	1–3	L
03 May	Stoke City FC	H	0–0	D
26 Apr	Hull City AFC	A	1–0	W
21 Apr	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	3–1	W
18 Apr	Luton Town FC	H	0–1	L

Coventry City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Aug	Derby County FC	A	5–3	W
09 Aug	Hull City AFC	H	0–0	D
13 May	Sunderland AFC	A	1–1	D
09 May	Sunderland AFC	H	1–2	L
03 May	Middlesbrough FC	H	2–0	W
26 Apr	Luton Town FC	A	0–1	L

Season Stats

Derby County FC		Coventry City FC
#8	Position	#1
69	Points	95
46	Played	46
20 / 9 / 17	W / D / L	28 / 11 / 7
67	Scored	97
59	Conceded	45
+8	GD	+52
1.50	PPG	2.07
43%	Win %	61%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)

38% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Derby County FC are 8th (69 pts). Coventry City FC are 1st (95 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to that hosts another battle between Derby County FC and Coventry City FC.
With this win, Coventry City FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Derby County FC Lineups

Coventry City FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ben Brereton	2
Jack Rudoni	2
Matt Godden	2
Tom Lawrence	1
Jerry Yates	1
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto	1
Matt Clarke	1
Marcus Harness	1

Head to Head

Derby County FC Form

2025-08-16 Derby County FC 3–5 Coventry City FC L 2025-08-09 Stoke City FC 3–1 Derby County FC L 2025-05-03 Derby County FC 0–0 Stoke City FC D 2025-04-26 Hull City AFC 0–1 Derby County FC W 2025-04-21 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–3 Derby County FC W 2025-04-18 Derby County FC 0–1 Luton Town FC L

Coventry City FC Form

2025-08-16 Derby County FC 3–5 Coventry City FC W 2025-08-09 Coventry City FC 0–0 Hull City AFC D 2025-05-13 Sunderland AFC 1–1 Coventry City FC D 2025-05-09 Coventry City FC 1–2 Sunderland AFC L 2025-05-03 Coventry City FC 2–0 Middlesbrough FC W 2025-04-26 Luton Town FC 1–0 Coventry City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.51 Derby County FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.13 Coventry City FC xG

I would bet for: Derby County FC or Coventry City FC 76% + Over 2.5 goals 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Derby County FC31% Draw24% Coventry City FC45%

Actual: Coventry City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.64

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Derby County FC or Draw

55%

Draw or Coventry City FC

69%

Derby County FC or Coventry City FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Derby County FC22% Draw39% Coventry City FC39%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–5 not predicted

3 – 5

Actual

1 – 1

9.3%

1 – 2

8.7%

2 – 2

6.5%

2 – 1

6.2%

1 – 3

6.1%

0 – 2

0 – 1

5.1%

2 – 3

4.6%

0 – 3

4.1%

0 – 0

3.9%

1 – 0

3.4%

3 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Derby County FC

Handicap	Derby County FC covers	Push	Coventry City FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	8%	87%
-1.5	13%	—	87%
-1	13%	14%	73%
-0.5	27%	—	73%
+0.5	49%	—	51%
+1	49%	20%	31%
+1.5	69%	—	31%
+2	69%	15%	15%
+2.5	85%	—	15%

Clean Sheet

Derby County FC keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

Coventry City FC keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.