Coach DNA
Playing style
direct
Style consistency
More consistent than 79% of multi-club coaches
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
Bristol City
Feb 2021 – Oct 2023 · 131 matches
1.18 points per game in Championship (120 matches).
Bristol City with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.37 (271 matches, 8 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −45 below the league average under him, +10 under the others.
Most used
- A. Weimann7,817' · Elo 1,603
- Z. Vyner7,784' · Elo 1,946
- M. James7,374' · Elo 1,847
- A. Scott6,836' · Elo 2,431
- C. Pring6,550' · Elo 1,871
- N. Wells6,470' · Elo 1,797
- M. O’Leary5,919' · Elo 2,066
- D. Bentley5,787' · Elo 1,841
- J. Dasilva5,598' · Elo 2,245
- R. Atkinson5,345' · Elo 1,910
Watford
Dec 2019 – Jul 2020 · 22 matches
1.25 points per game in Premier League (20 matches).
Watford with other coaches, ±3 years: 0.92 (155 matches, 8 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −147 below the league average under him, −122 under the others.
Most used
- B. Foster1,800' · Elo 1,613
- T. Deeney1,686' · Elo 1,423
- É. Capoue1,649' · Elo 1,779
- A. Doucouré1,595' · Elo 2,017
- C. Kabasele1,467' · Elo 1,961
- I. Sarr1,388' · Elo 2,282
- A. Masina1,342' · Elo 1,951
- C. Cathcart1,300' · Elo 1,705
- W. Hughes1,244' · Elo 2,121
- C. Dawson1,201' · Elo 1,918
Derby
Aug 2016 – Oct 2016 · 14 matches
0.91 points per game in Championship (11 matches).
Derby with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.58 (141 matches, 4 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +52 above the league average under him, +62 under the others.
Most used
- R. Keogh1,260' · Elo 1,387
- C. Christie1,170' · Elo 1,617
- S. Carson1,170' · Elo 859
- W. Hughes1,090' · Elo 2,121
- Craig James Bryson878' · Elo 1,205
- J. Butterfield868' · Elo 1,239
- A. Pearce721' · Elo 1,334
- M. Olsson694' · Elo 1,266
- Unknown (82011)579' · Elo 1,306
- T. Ince577' · Elo 1,628
Players under Nigel Graham Pearson
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
- T. Conway+610
in 55 matches · Bristol City
- G. Tanner+349
in 56 matches · Bristol City
- A. Scott+283
in 91 matches · Bristol City
- S. Bell+268
in 48 matches · Bristol City
- M. O’Leary+253
in 66 matches · Bristol City
Fell most
- T. Kalas−289
in 59 matches · Bristol City
- C. Martin−186
in 71 matches · Bristol City
- A. Weimann−135
in 106 matches · Bristol City
- R. Keogh−107
in 14 matches · Derby
- Á. Nagy−76
in 10 matches · Bristol City
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−54P. Jagielka1515
in 4 matches · Stoke City
−51L. Dykes1919
in 4 matches · QPR
−50O. Rathbone1912
in 3 matches · Rotherham
−48A. McCann1860
in 5 matches · Preston
−43F. Woodman1972
in 4 matches · Preston
Nemeses
+193M. Roberts1536
in 4 matches · Birmingham
+154A. Davies1798
in 4 matches · Sheffield Utd
+111C. Hourihane1713
in 5 matches · Sheffield Utd
+111J. Piroe2264
in 6 matches · Leeds
+89J. Ruddy1525
in 3 matches · Birmingham
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −47
M. Taylor1644
in 3 matches · Rotherham
- −38
R. Lowe1708
in 4 matches · Preston
- −32
J. Klopp2417
in 3 matches · Liverpool
- −25
Gareth Ainsworth1765
in 3 matches · QPR
- −18
T. Mowbray1889
in 4 matches · Sunderland
Nemesis coaches
- +161
in 5 matches · Sheffield Utd
- +84
J. Eustace1872
in 3 matches · Birmingham
- +70
Russell Martin1976
in 6 matches · Swansea
- +35
A. Neil2093
in 4 matches · Stoke City
- +32
Mark Warburton1701
in 3 matches · QPR
Playing style
How Nigel Graham Pearson'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 2 clubs (2016+).
The baseline — each polygon on the right shows how one club's style deviates from this.
+0.50style consistency across 2 clubs
More consistent than 79% 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.
Bristol City128 matches
Watford20 matches