TEAM NEWS: Derby County Vs Coventry City

Head Coach John Eustace has named his Derby County team to take to the field in their first home game of the 2025/26 Sky Bet Championship season against Coventry City at Pride Park Stadium (12:30pm kick-off).

The Rams have made eight changes to the side that began in the Carabao Cup Round One against West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday night.

Joe Ward’s late free-kick equaliser took the game to a penalty shoot-out, in which Derby came out on top.

David Ozoh began the game at the Hawthorns and will make his first league start since re-joining the Rams on loan from Crystal Palace in the summer when he takes to the Pride Park field against Coventry.

Carlton Morris will lead the line for Eustace’s charges, after he opened his goalscoring account with the club on the opening day against Stoke City last weekend.

The Teams

Derby County: Zetterström (GK), Batth, Clarke, Morris, L. Thompson, Ozoh, Jackson, Elder, Nyambe, Sanderson, Adams (C).

Substitutes: Vickers (GK), Forsyth, Osborn, Weimann, Goudmijn, Rooney, Ward, Brown, Clark.

Coventry City: Rushworth (GK), Van Ewijk, Thomas, Kitching (C), Dasilva, Grimes, Torp, Rudoni, Wright, Thomas-Asante, Mason-Clark.

Substitutes: Wilson, Kesler-Hayden, Bidwell, Brau, Allen, Andrews, Raphael, Obikwu, Simms.