Derby County vs Coventry City - team news, lineups, predictions
Derby County have 0 points to their name this season and occupy 23rd position in the table. In their last game, John Eustace's team drew 1-1 with West Bromwich (Carabao Cup 2025/26).
Coventry City have won 1 point to date and are placed in 14th position. In their last match, Frank Lampard's team prevailed 1-0 against Luton Town (Carabao Cup 2025/26).
The last meeting between the two teams ended with Derby County winning 2-0.
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: Derby have been poor in their opening two games of the season and will head into the season's home opener wanting to right the ship. The Rams opened the season with a 3-1 loss away at Stoke, with two Stoke goals coming in the dying minutes. Derby picked up a result in the League Cup away at West Brom but were fortunate with a sublime free kick from Joe Ward and luck went their way in the penalty shoot-out.
The Rams home form over the past several season's has been fantastic and has been a catalyst on which to build. However, as manager John Eustace has said, this is no where near a full-strength team. Injuries will continue to be a theme in the opening weeks and months of the season and fans will not see, what would be considered, a full-strength XI until at least October.
Until then, Derby will need to be tough to beat and with a Coventry City side that seem to have promotion aspirations, it will be a tough ask. Derby need to dig in and get points on the board as soon as possible. Hopefully, the great home form can provide the spring board need to provide just that.
Carlton Morris will be the main man up front. The veteran scored on his debut and will the be the main goal getter again. It'll be interested to see John Eustace's team. The team against WBA was completely different than it was against Stoke and he'll have some tough decisions to make on players returning to fitness.
The hope is Derby can remain defensively solid and pick up a point to get their season up and running!
Prediction: 1-1
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Derby County
Curtis Nelson - Injury
Sondre Langas - Knee Surgery
Patrick Agyemang - Injury
Owen Beck - Injury
Rhian Brewster - Injury
Kane Wilson - Knee Surgery
Corey Blackett-Taylor - Injury
Coventry City
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Derby County ( vs West Bromwich 2025-08-12): Josh Vickers, Jake Rooney, Dion Sanderson, Craig Forsyth, Joe Ward, Kenzo Goudmijn, David Ozoh, Callum Elder, Bobby Clark, Andreas Weimann, Dajaune Brown
Coventry City ( vs Luton Town 2025-08-12): Ben Wilson, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Jake Bidwell, Bobby Thomas, Miguel Brau, Raphael Rodrigues, Victor Torp, Jamie Allen, Kai Andrews, Haji Wright, Ellis Simms
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