Derby County – Coventry City

The favourite will be closer to victory in the away encounter

Two extraordinary and highly motivated clubs from a tournament point of view will meet at Pride Park in Derby City. The local side have returned to the Championship this season after two years in League One. Despite the fact that Paul Warne led the "rams" in the second division of England, this specialist was recently replaced by John Eustace. For a month's term, the new "coach" Derby County achieved one victory on the results of four rounds of the Championships. Coventry City is experiencing the most real dawn. "Sky-blues" year after year nurture ambitions for promotion. For almost six seasons the team played under Mark Robins, with whom they won League One, but in the Championship, except for one participation in the play-offs, in the past four years achieved nothing. After a poor start in the current championship, the management of Coventry City appointed Frank Lampard as head coach. Interestingly, the fans protested against this decision for some time, considering a great footballer, but an inexperienced coach, not a very sensible decision for the position of "helmsman". Now those same fans are singing Lampard's praises. Bookmakers have identified the guests as favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 2.14 on their victory. Derby County before the appointment of John Eustace fell into the relegation zone of the Championship. The arrival of the new coach did not become an instant panacea for the "rams". After the signing of the contract followed three consecutive defeats, only last round interrupted by a victory. At their arena in a meeting with Blackburn, Derby County players scored two goals by the seventh minute, after which they focused on defence and brought the match to victory. Hardly the game form of "rams" can be characterised as worthy of organizing a series of victories. Coventry City, in turn, has already proved everything to everyone in the Championship. From mid-January to the current time "sky-blue" took part in ten rounds of the championship, according to the results of which scored 27 points out of 30 possible. The only club to take points away from Coventry during this period was Leeds United, who were and are currently top of the league. We bet that the visitors will be closer to victory.