Steve Bruce

United Kingdom65 years old3 clubs on record43 matches

Known as: S. Bruce

Current club

No club recorded at present

Nothing in this database has this coach at a club right now. His previous spells are listed below.

The record43 matches · 8–16–19

  • matches433 clubs
  • record8–16–19won–drawn–lost
  • points per match0.9319% won
  • goals46–611.07 for · 1.42 against

Steve Bruce has 43 finished matches on this store, across 3 clubs between 15 Aug 2021 and 12 Aug 2025.

His teams have won 8, drawn 16 and lost 19 — 19% of them — at 0.93 points per match, scoring 46 and conceding 61.

The strongest spell is West Bromwich Albion: 1.13 points per match over 32 matches.

His longest unbeaten run is 6 matches, the longest winning run 2, and he is currently on 2 defeats.

4-2-3-1 is the shape he has used most — 17 of the 43 matches whose lineups the store holds.

First match in charge
15 Aug 2021 · 2–4 v West Ham United
Biggest win
7 May 2022 · 4–0 v Barnsley
Heaviest defeat
18 Apr 2022 · 0–4 at Nottingham Forest
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 — 37 of these matches also carry a dugout the provider actually recorded, 37 of which name him. None needed correcting.

43 of the 43 matches carry team statistics (the store's begin in 2018) and 43 carry squads. A statistic the provider never filed is absent from the cards above rather than counted as a zero.

Club by club3 spells

  1. Blackpool3 Sept 2024 – 12 Aug 2025

    League One

    2 matches · 0–0–2 · 0.00 points per match · 0–2 goals (0% won)

    LLBest 0–1 v Sheffield WednesdayWorst 0–1 v Sheffield WednesdayIn charge 17 Sept 2024 – 12 Aug 2025
  2. West Bromwich Albion3 Feb 2022 – 10 Oct 2022

    Championship

    32 matches · 8–12–12 · 1.13 points per match · 36–40 goals (25% won)

    DLDLLDBest 4–0 v BarnsleyWorst 0–4 at Nottingham ForestIn charge 9 Feb 2022 – 8 Oct 2022
  3. Newcastle Uniteddates unreviewed15 Aug 2021 – 17 Oct 2021

    9 matches · 0–4–5 · 0.44 points per match · 10–19 goals (0% won)

    DLDDLLBest 2–2 v SouthamptonWorst 1–4 at Manchester UnitedIn charge 15 Aug 2021 – 17 Oct 2021

Formthe last 40 of 43 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: 0.97 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 21/22Premier League80–3–50.3810–19
EFL Cup 25/26EFL Cup10–0–10.000–1
EFL Cup 24/25EFL Cup10–0–10.000–1
EFL Cup 22/23EFL Cup21–0–11.501–1
EFL Cup 21/22EFL Cup10–1–01.000–0
Championship 22/23Championship131–8–40.8517–18
Championship 21/22Championship176–4–71.2918–21

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.

West Bromwich Albion

3 Feb 2022 – 10 Oct 2022

32 matches with him · 62 without · Championship

  • Points per match−0.491.1332m1.6162m
  • Win rate−21.8 pp25%32m47%62m
  • Goals for per match−0.111.1232m1.2362m
  • Goals against per match+0.301.2532m0.9562m

with him · without him

Newcastle United

15 Aug 2021 – 17 Oct 2021

9 matches with him · 30 without

  • Points per match−1.090.449m1.5330m
  • Win rate−43.3 pp0%9m43%30m
  • Goals for per match−0.021.119m1.1330m
  • Goals against per match+0.682.119m1.4330m

with him · without him

His teams in the twelve target statistics43 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.

  • Fouls9.1−1.510.5(43m vs 40km)
  • Throw-ins24.9+1.723.3(43m vs 40km)
  • Shots13.0+1.111.9(43m vs 40km)
  • Shots on target4.0−0.14.0(43m vs 40km)
  • Tackles15.5−0.115.7(43m vs 40km)
  • Saves2.1−0.62.7(43m vs 40km)
  • Interceptions9.8+0.09.7(43m vs 40km)
  • Offsides1.6−0.31.8(42m vs 37km)
  • Corners5.5+0.65.0(43m vs 40km)
  • Cards1.8−0.21.9(41m vs 38km)
  • Dribbles7.2−0.37.5(43m vs 40km)
  • Goal kicks7.7−0.07.7(43m vs 40km)

Shapes36 matches with a lineup

  • 4-2-3-117
  • 3-5-210
  • 5-3-23
  • 4-1-4-13
  • 4-4-23

The players he leaned on43 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.