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Derby County face a trip to Coventry City at Highfield Road Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Rams will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 17 and win only 7 of the 33 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in February 2004, with Coventry City running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a League Division One match.
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| 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 ...
Derby County are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. 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. |