Wed 06 Nov - Posted in Breaking News

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TEAM NEWS: Coventry City Vs Derby County

Derby County's line-up for tonight's Sky Bet Championship clash away to Coventry City has been confirmed (7:45pm kick-off).


Paul Warne's Rams side are looking to return to winning ways at the Coventry Building Society Arena after a 2-1 defeat to Stoke City at the bet365 Stadium on Saturday.

The fixture is Coventry’s dedicated remembrance fixture, ahead of Remembrance Day on Sunday 10th November and Remembrance Day on Monday 11th November - it will see a minute silence held ahead of kick-off. Derby's dedicated home fixture will be Saturday's clash with Plymouth Argyle at Pride Park Stadium.


Left-back Callum Elder is in the starting line-up after making a bright cameo from the bench in the second half against Stoke.

Centre-back Nat Phillips makes his first start since the Rams faced Sunderland at the Stadium of Light at the start of October. He came onto the field in the second half on Saturday.

Right-back Kane Wilson returns to the bench after being absent with a knee issue for the clash in the Potteries, while striker Dajaune Brown will make his first league start of the campaign after netting his first senior goal for the clubagainst Hull City on Saturday 26th October.

Long-term injured Ryan Nyambe (knee) remains on the sidelines and David Ozoh (thigh) and Tawanda Chirewa (quad) remain on the road to recovery.

The Teams

Derby County Starting XI: Zetterström (GK), Nelson, Phillips, Cashin (C), Elder, Adams, Thompson, Goudmijn, Jackson, Yates, Brown.

On The Bench: Vickers (GK), Ward, Wilson, Forsyth, Bradley, Harness, Barkhuizen, Mendez-Laing, Collins.

Coventry City: Dovin (GK), Binks, Thomas, Sheaf (C), Latibeaudiere, Rudoni, Sakamoto, Wright, Thomas-Asante, van Ewijk, Eccles.

On The Bench: Collins (GK), Dasilva, Mason-Clark, Kitching, Torp, Tavares, Perry, Andrews, Dausch.

Sky Bet Championship
Sky Bet Championship
Wed 06 November - 19:45 -

The Coventry Building Society Arena

Coventry City
1 - 2
Derby County
POS.
P
GD
PTS
5
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
46
25
80
6
Hull City Hull City
46
4
73
7
Wrexham Wrexham
46
4
71
8
Men's First Team Derby County
46
8
69
9
Norwich City Norwich City
46
7
65
10
Birmingham City Birmingham City
46
1
64
11
Swansea City Swansea City
46
-2
64
12
Bristol City Bristol City
46
0
62

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