PREVIEW | Coventry City vs Derby County - team news, lineups, predictions | OneFootball

Coventry City and Derby County go head-to-head at The Coventry Building Society Arena this Friday in the EFL Championship. The match will be broadcast live at 20:00 on Sky Sports Main Event.

Coventry City have won 80 points to date and are placed in 1st position. In their last fixture, Frank Lampard's team won 0-3 against Swansea City (EFL Championship 2025/26).

Derby County have 60 points to their name this season and occupy 8th position in the table. In their last match, John Eustace's team prevailed 1-0 against Birmingham City (EFL Championship 2025/26).

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Coventry City winning 5-3.

Predicted lineups

Coventry City: Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Joel Latibeaudiere, Bobby Thomas, Jay Dasilva, Matt Grimes, Frank Onyeka, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ephron Mason-Clark, Ellis Simms

Derby County: Richard O’Donnell, Derry Murkin, Matt Clarke, Dion Sanderson, Joe Ward, Lewis Travis, Bobby Clark, David Ozoh, Liam Thompson, Ben Brereton, Patrick Agyemang

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Last starting XIs

Coventry City ( vs Swansea City 2026-03-21): Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Joel Latibeaudiere, Bobby Thomas, Jay Dasilva, Frank Onyeka, Matt Grimes, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ephron Mason-Clark, Ellis Simms

Derby County ( vs Birmingham City 2026-03-21): Richard O’Donnell, Joe Ward, Dion Sanderson, Matt Clarke, Derry Murkin, Lewis Travis, Bobby Clark, Ben Brereton, Sammie Szmodics, Rhian Brewster, Patrick Agyemang