Championship experts left divided over Leicester City vs Coventry City prediction

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Fierce rivals Leicester City and Coventry City go head-to-head for the first time this season.

Coventry have never won at the King Power Stadium before and the Sky Blues will want to earn bragging rights in the M69 derby.

Leicester have had a solid start to life under Marti Cifuentes, but the game against Frank Lampard’s men will be their toughest test of the season.

Both teams were tipped as Championship promotion contenders, and this weekend promises to be a huge Midlands clash.

As always, Benjamin Bloom and Sam Parkin came together to predict the outcome, but have differing views.

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Sam Parkin predicts Leicester City vs Coventry City

Parkin was first up to predict the game, and the Sky Sports co-commentator is anticipating goals.

After a frustrating afternoon against Norwich City last weekend, that saw Coventry equalise in the 96th minute, Lampard’s men have been tipped to rediscover their goalscoring form.

Despite this, Parkin can only see a draw on the cards. He said: “Oh, that’s difficult, isn’t it? Very difficult. I mean, surely Coventry will return to finding the back of the net, rather than finding the goalkeeper or defender’s legs.

“I quite like the 2-2 here. Yeah, I’ll go for goals. Good fun and no love lost.”

Benjamin Bloom predicts Leicester City vs Coventry City

While Parkin thinks this weekend’s game will be a draw, Bloom has backed Coventry to end their long wait for a win at the King Power Stadium, citing the way that Cifuentes set up against Birmingham City as something that could work to Coventry’s advantage.

He said: “I’ve got the game between Leicester and Birmingham in my head where party Marti played it defensively and surely he’ll do exactly the same thing given that Coventry make so many chances.

“I might take the away win here, just for the fun of it. Even though I think Leicester are pretty strong, certainly squad-wise, I’m going to take a 2-1 away win. Coventry to win this one.”