Pick of the stats: Coventry City v Derby County

[Opta] Championship leaders Coventry City could take another big step towards the Premier League when they host play-off hopefuls Derby County on Friday night (kick-off 20:00 BST). The Sky Blues are nine points clear of second-placed Middlesbrough and 11 clear of Ipswich in third, albeit having played one game more than the Tractor Boys. Frank Lampard's side have won seven of their past eight games (L1) and need 13 more points from their final seven matches to guarantee promotion.

The Rams are in impressive form themselves with four wins in their past five games and are three points behind the top six going into this round of fixtures. Following their 5-3 win in August, Coventry are looking to complete the league double over Derby for the first time since 2003-04. Derby won this exact fixture 2-1 last season, last winning consecutive away league games against Coventry in March/December 1988.

Coventry have won seven of their past eight league games. The exception in that run was their last home game against Southampton – the Sky Blues haven't lost consecutively at home since September 2024. Derby have won nine away games in the Championship this season, last winning more on the road in a second tier campaign in 2013-14 (11).

Derby's Lars-Jørgen Salvesen is averaging a goal or an assist every 83 minutes in the Championship this season (3 goal, 2 assists in 416 minutes), the best rate of any player to play 400+ minutes.