Derby vs Coventry Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th August 2025

Coventry head over to the Pride Park this coming Saturday to face title favourites Derby in a round 2 match in the Championship.

Derby endured a disappointing opening game in the new Championship season which left them stunned without points.

Derby came away from their premiere match of the season with nothing to show for it and hope to make amends in the upcoming match.

Derby and Coventry have high hopes for this new season and should be expected to put up a good game as they chase three important points in round 2.

Derby only average a modest 1.2 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 12 goals. They also conceded ten for an average of one per game. They kept their opponents from scoring four times.

Coventry scored ten goals, conceded ten and kept their opponents from scoring four times in ten matches.

Derby go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 2-1 and 2-0 the last two times they played Coventry.

Derby vs Coventry Prediction

Derby Form

Derby are without a win from their previous three outings, as Stoke managed a draw, before they lost 3-1 against Stoke. Their latest match ended in a 1-1 draw with West Bromwich. Derby won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the Championship, while also drawing two. They suffered one defeats, while they scored six and conceded two goals.

Coventry Form

In their last three matches, Coventry beat Sunderland 0-1, drew 0-0 with Hull and beat Luton by 1-0. Coventry are winless in their last six away games in the Championship, in which they drew two and lost four. They conceded 11 goals while scoring four themselves.

Coventry and Derby are almost always cautious, when going toe-to-toe with each other, which makes under 2.5 goals the value bet on Saturday.

Derby vs Coventry Squads

Derby Squad

Eustace will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Coventry from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season):

Jacob Widell Zetterstroem (0/1), Josh Vickers (0/0), Richard O'Donnell (0/0), Callum Elder (0/0), Craig Forsyth (0/1), Curtis Nelson (0/0), Danny Batth (0/1), Dion Sanderson (0/1), Jake Rooney (0/0), Joe Ward (0/0), Kane Wilson (0/0), Matthew Clarke (0/1), Owen Beck (0/0), Ryan Nyambe (0/1), Sondre Klingen Langaas (0/0), Ben Osborn (0/0), Bobby Clark (0/0), Ebou Adams (0/1), Ivan Calero (0/0), Kenzo Goudmijn (0/1), Liam Thompson (0/1), Tom Koblenz (0/0), Andreas Weimann (0/1), Carlton Morris (1/1), Corey Blackett-Taylor (0/1), Dajaune Brown (0/0), Kayden Jackson (0/1), Kwame Thomas (0/0), Lars-Joergen Salvesen (0/0), Patrick Agyemang (0/0), Rhian Brewster (0/0).

Coventry Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Coventry players that the manager Frank Lampard will choose from for the upcoming game:

Ben Wilson (0/0), Bradley Collins (0/0), Carl Rushworth (0/1), Oliver Nnonyelu Dovin (0/0), Bobby Thomas (0/1), Jake Bidwell (0/0), Jay Dasilva (0/1), Joel Latibeaudiere (0/0), Kaine Kesler-Hayden (0/0), Liam Kitching (0/1), Miguel Angel Brau (0/1), Milan van Ewijk (0/1), Ben Sheaf (0/1), Jack Rudoni (0/1), Jamie Allen (0/1), Josh Eccles (0/0), Matt Grimes (0/1), Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (0/1), Victor Torp (0/1), Bassala Sambou (0/0), Brandon Thomas-Asante (0/1), Ellis Simms (0/0), Ephron Mason-Clark (0/1), Haji Wright (0/1), Norman Bassette (0/0), Raphael Borges Rodrigues (0/0).

Derby vs Coventry Team News

Coventry have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting Derby at Pride Park. Josh Eccles is suspended from the Coventry squad with too many penalty points to his name.

Derby vs Coventry Lineups

Derby vs Coventry H2H

Derby had a good reading on Coventry in their last two meetings, which they won by 2-1 and 2-0, respectively. Derby enter the match against Coventry with a 3-4-3 record in their previous ten encounters. A win rate of 30%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Derby vs Coventry Results

Recent meetings between Derby and visiting side Coventry might have been action-packed, but not rich on goals. Backing under 2.5 goals was a winning bet no less than seven times in the last ten matches. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/13 with the bookies.

Derby vs Coventry Betting Tips

It is the beginning of a new Championship campaign, and both Derby and Coventry will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.

Derby claimed all three points four times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing three along the way. They endured defeat in three of the games in this run. Coventry won four of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing four in this series of matches. Derby kept a clean sheet six times in their previous 10 matches at Pride Park hoping to do so again on Saturday. Coventry kept a clean sheet in two of their last 10 away games.

Under 2.5 goals happened three times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Derby managed an average of 1.1 goals, with Coventry averaging 1.1 goals in these. Both teams not to score was a winning bet four times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Derby’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the last ten outings for Coventry, who managed to score one time in those matches.