Paul Heckingbottom

United Kingdom49 years old2 clubs on record196 matches

Known as: P. Heckingbottom

Current club

Preston North End

The record196 matches · 73–54–69

  • matches1962 clubs
  • record73–54–69won–drawn–lost
  • points per match1.3937% won
  • goals246–2431.26 for · 1.24 against

Paul Heckingbottom has 196 finished matches on this store, across 2 clubs between 28 Nov 2021 and 10 Oct 2026.

His teams have won 73, drawn 54 and lost 69 — 37% of them — at 1.39 points per match, scoring 246 and conceding 243.

The strongest spell is Sheffield United: 1.67 points per match over 91 matches, against 1.15 at Preston North End.

His longest unbeaten run is 10 matches, the longest winning run 5, and he is currently on 3 defeats.

3-5-2 is the shape he has used most — 65 of the 182 matches whose lineups the store holds.

First match in charge
28 Nov 2021 · 2–0 v Bristol City
Biggest win
27 Aug 2024 · 5–0 at Harrogate Town
Heaviest defeat
24 Sept 2023 · 0–8 v Newcastle United
How this record is built

There is no coach-to-match table in this store. The record is reconstructed: the spells in coach_stints crossed with the finished fixtures of the clubs he was at, in the competitions StatsGem covers — 185 of these matches also carry a dugout the provider actually recorded, 184 of which name him. 0 match(es) were added by that observation and 1 removed by it.

194 of the 196 matches carry team statistics (the store's begin in 2018) and 196 carry squads. A statistic the provider never filed is absent from the cards above rather than counted as a zero.

Club by club2 spells

  1. Preston North EndActive20 Aug 2024 – present

    Championship

    105 matches · 28–37–40 · 1.15 points per match · 119–142 goals (27% won)

    LLWLLLBest 5–0 at Harrogate TownWorst 0–4 at MiddlesbroughIn charge 24 Aug 2024 – 10 Oct 2026
  2. Sheffield United25 Nov 2021 – 4 Dec 2023

    Premier League

    91 matches · 45–17–29 · 1.67 points per match · 127–101 goals (49% won)

    LLWDLLBest 4–0 v Swansea CityWorst 0–8 v Newcastle UnitedIn charge 28 Nov 2021 – 2 Dec 2023

Formthe last 40 of 196 matches, oldest first

One bar per match, oldest first — three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat. The dashed line is the mean of these 40 matches: 0.95 points per match. A bar with no colour is a match the statistics do not cover.

By season and competition
seasoncompetitionpw–d–lppggoals
Premier League 23/24Premier League141–2–110.3611–39
EFL Cup 26/27EFL Cup20–1–10.501–5
EFL Cup 25/26EFL Cup21–0–11.503–3
EFL Cup 24/25EFL Cup31–1–11.336–4
EFL Cup 23/24EFL Cup10–1–01.000–0
EFL Cup 22/23EFL Cup10–0–10.000–1
Championship 26/27Championship81–0–70.386–14
Championship 25/26Championship4615–15–161.3055–62
Championship 24/25Championship4410–20–141.1448–54
Championship 22/23Championship4628–7–111.9873–39
Championship 21/22Championship2916–7–61.9043–22

With him and without him

The same club, in the same competitions and seasons, split by whether he was in charge — his spell against the club's other matches in those seasons.

Preston North End

20 Aug 2024 – present

105 matches with him · 3 without · Championship

Too few matches to read. One side of this comparison has fewer than five matches, so the difference below is shown because the counts are real, not because it means anything yet.

  • Points per match+0.151.15105m1.003m
  • Win rate−6.7 pp27%105m33%3m
  • Goals for per match+0.461.13105m0.673m
  • Goals against per match−0.321.35105m1.673m

with him · without him

Sheffield United

25 Nov 2021 – 4 Dec 2023

91 matches with him · 43 without · Premier League

  • Points per match+0.881.6791m0.7943m
  • Win rate+30.9 pp49%91m19%43m
  • Goals for per match+0.311.4091m1.0943m
  • Goals against per match−1.011.1191m2.1243m

with him · without him

His teams in the twelve target statistics194 matches with statistics

His teams' average for each of the twelve statistics this site measures — the same statistic families the match odds and the league tables publish — beside the competition-season average of the same matches. The statistics begin in 2018, which is why the counts are lower than his match total.

  • Fouls11.1+0.210.9(194m vs 193km)
  • Throw-ins22.9+0.622.3(194m vs 194km)
  • Shots11.8−0.412.2(194m vs 194km)
  • Shots on target3.9−0.14.0(194m vs 194km)
  • Tackles16.9+1.015.9(194m vs 194km)
  • Saves2.7+0.02.7(193m vs 191km)
  • Interceptions9.3+0.48.9(194m vs 194km)
  • Offsides2.0+0.11.9(185m vs 177km)
  • Corners4.9−0.25.1(194m vs 194km)
  • Cards2.4+0.42.0(183m vs 177km)
  • Dribbles6.1−0.76.8(194m vs 194km)
  • Goal kicks8.0+0.37.7(194m vs 194km)

Shapes148 matches with a lineup

  • 3-5-265
  • 3-4-1-230
  • 3-4-2-123
  • 3-1-4-218
  • 5-3-212

The players he leaned on196 matches with a squad

Most minutes first, over the matches the store holds a squad for. A player's rating is the provider's, averaged over the matches he was rated in.