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Coventry City prepare to entertain Derby County at Highfield Road Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Sky Blues are clearly on top, having won 17 and lost only 7 of the 33 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Highfield Road Stadium was just last season, in February 2004, with Coventry City running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a League Division One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 04 Dec | Derby County | 2 - 2 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 28 Feb | Coventry City | 2-0 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 25 Oct | Derby County | 1 - 3 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 19 Apr | Derby County | 1 - 0 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 21 Dec | Coventry City | 3 - 0 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 31 Mar | Coventry City | 2 - 0 | Derby County | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 16 Dec | Derby County | 1 - 0 | Coventry City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Coventry City have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
The Rams have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Rams's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 10 goals for and 8 against.
Coventry City are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 49 from their 44 matches played. Derby County's total of 73 points from their 44 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Coventry City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Derby County | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Coventry City are not in a rich vein of form at the moment, and your Madmen see things getting no better with Derby County running out comfortable winners. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Coventry City | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Derby County | 5 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |