Our prediction for this Championship match:
Coventry
Match Time & Date:
23/10/2021
16:00
Prediction: 2-0
Derby
Coventry City and Derby County square off against each other at Coventry Building Society Arena in what is expected to be a very exciting Championship encounter. The Sky Blues continue with their habit of producing much better showings at home than on the travels, with the team eyeing their seventh consecutive win at home ground. Coventry aim to keep their 100% record in front of home fans intact, and they are likely to adopt an attack-minded approach against Derby.
The Rams, on the other hand, are undefeated in the previous four league fixtures, but due to their 12 point-deduction they are stuck at the bottom of the table. Wayne Rooney’s troops have been in a fine form of late, but given Coventry’s brilliant home record, the Rams are unlikely to grab something from the match. Josh Eccles should be the only absentee in the home team, while all Baldock, Bielik, Forsyth, and McDonald are out of contention for the visiting team.
Highlighted Player (Wesley Jobello):
Wesley Jobello is a Martiniquais professional footballer who plays for Coventry City in the English Football League One. He was born in Gennevilliers, France, on the 23rd of January 1994. The 26-year-old is a Marseille youth product, having featured for both the club's first team and the b-team over 50 times.
His debut appearance came as a substitute against Sochaux in Ligue 1 match on the 20th of May 2012. Apart from Marseille, his resume includes playing for teams Clermont Foot and Gazelec Ajaccio. He signed for Coventry City on the 30th of June 2019, on a three-year contract. Jobello has played ten games for the English outfit so far, providing a goal and an assist apiece in the process. Incidentally, Coventry marks his first time playing outside France.
On the International forefront, Jobello, initially a youth International for France, represented the nation at the under-18 level before switching to play for The Martinique national football team. His International career highlight is getting selected for Martinique's 40 man squad for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Jobello is predominantly a left midfielder but is capable of playing on the right as well.
Highlighted Team (Derby):
Derby County is one of the 12 founder members of the Football League. However, nowadays the Rams compete in the Championship and they play their home matches at Pride Park Stadium. Derby County have won the two trophies in the English top flight (1971/1972, 1974/1975), with the team lifting the FA Cup trophy just after the World War II (1946).
Derby’s main rivals are Nottingham Forest, Leicester City and Leeds United, but the rivalry between Forest and Derby is regarded as the biggest one.
The two teams take on each other in the East Midlands derby. The colour of Derby’s shirts is white, whilst their shorts are black. It has to be noted that the club was founded in 1884 by William Morley. The Rams competed in the European competitions four times, but they did not record a notable result in the European Cups. The club’s chairman is Mel Morris.
