Mark Hughes
Coach🏴Carlisle · England FA Cup
185 matches tracked
Coach DNA
Playing style
balanced profile
Style consistency
More consistent than 41% of multi-club coaches
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
Carlisle
Feb 2025 – Dec 2025 · 20 matches
1.17 points per game in League Two (18 matches).
Carlisle with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.32 (93 matches, 4 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −84 below the league average under him, −11 under the others.
Bradford
Jul 2022 – Oct 2023 · 72 matches
1.60 points per game in League Two (62 matches).
Bradford with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.45 (206 matches, 6 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +71 above the league average under him, +37 under the others.
Most used
- H. Lewis6,480' · Elo 1,548
- B. Halliday5,714' · Elo 1,674
- R. Smallwood5,512' · Elo 1,637
- M. Platt5,156' · Elo 1,791
- A. Gilliead5,061' · Elo 1,469
- A. Cook4,816' · Elo 1,571
- L. Ridehalgh3,628' · Elo 1,506
- S. Stubbs3,325' · Elo 1,680
- J. Walker3,131' · Elo 1,545
- R. Crichlow-Noble3,113' · Elo 1,835
Southampton
Mar 2018 – Dec 2018 · 27 matches
0.77 points per game in Premier League (22 matches).
Southampton with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.18 (182 matches, 4 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −117 below the league average under him, −37 under the others.
Most used
- Cédric Soares2,245' · Elo 1,685
- A. McCarthy2,160' · Elo 1,682
- W. Hoedt2,070' · Elo 1,922
- P. Højbjerg1,983' · Elo 2,160
- R. Bertrand1,971' · Elo 1,764
- M. Lemina1,820' · Elo 2,157
- N. Redmond1,732' · Elo 1,853
- J. Stephens1,259' · Elo 2,144
- M. Yoshida1,237' · Elo 1,614
- Oriol Romeu1,153' · Elo 1,711
Stoke City
Aug 2016 – Jan 2018 · 66 matches
1.07 points per game in Premier League (60 matches).
Stoke City with other coaches, ±3 years: 0.81 (16 matches, 2 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −90 below the league average under him, −191 under the others.
Most used
- J. Allen5,080' · Elo 1,373
- E. Pieters5,064' · Elo 1,635
- R. Shawcross4,712' · Elo 1,377
- B. Martins Indi3,997' · Elo 1,708
- X. Shaqiri3,418' · Elo 1,786
- Lee Grant3,150' · Elo 1,081
- M. Diouf3,133' · Elo 1,502
- G. Cameron3,017' · Elo 1,547
- M. Arnautović2,994' · Elo 1,593
- P. Crouch2,529' · Elo 697
Players under Mark Hughes
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
Fell most
- M. Derbyshire−152
in 19 matches · Bradford
- J. Allen−149
in 61 matches · Stoke City
- I. Afellay−108
in 19 matches · Stoke City
- R. Smallwood−91
in 66 matches · Bradford
- K. Zouma−87
in 22 matches · Stoke City
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−78A. Lewis1486
in 3 matches · Morecambe
−56T. Deeney1423
in 4 matches · Watford
−56É. Capoue1779
in 3 matches · Watford
−46C. Hall1671
in 3 matches · Port Vale
−46L. Milivojević1775
in 3 matches · Crystal Palace
Nemeses
+123I. Henderson1000
in 3 matches · Rochdale
+94R. Johnson1711
in 3 matches · AFC Wimbledon
+86Willian1682
in 7 matches · Chelsea
+80D. Gray1979
in 6 matches · Leicester
+77J. Stones2371
in 4 matches · Manchester City
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −31
José Mourinho2421
in 4 matches · Manchester United
- −28
N. Clough1802
in 3 matches · Mansfield Town
- −14
Paul Hurst1498
in 3 matches · Grimsby
- −12
C. Hughton1588
in 3 matches · Brighton
- −6
N. Wood1572
in 3 matches · Salford City
Nemesis coaches
- +67
D. Moyes2356
in 4 matches · West Ham
- +66
M. Pochettino2267
in 3 matches · Tottenham
- +59
Antonio Conte2291
in 6 matches · Chelsea
- +54
J. Klopp2417
in 4 matches · Liverpool
- +45
E. Howe2329
in 5 matches · Bournemouth
Playing style
How Mark Hughes's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)
Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.
Career average
One shape blending all 3 clubs (2016+).
The baseline — each polygon on the right shows how one club's style deviates from this.
+0.09style consistency across 3 clubs
More consistent than 41% of multi-club coaches.
A high score means the same playing style travels from club to club — well above the random-coach baseline (-0.01), so it's a signature, not the squads.
Bradford71 matches
Stoke City63 matches
Southampton25 matches