John Eustace — Manager stats & performance
John Eustace
Derby County· EFL Championship · 
England · Age 46
71/ 100
Solid
34th percentile of covered managers
Career snapshot
Age
46
3 NOV 1979
Appointed
13 FEB 2025
Tenure
1Y 8M
1 year, 8 months
Contractⓘ
Until 30 June 2028
Three-and-a-half-year agreement
Senior managerial experienceⓘ
1 year, 8 months
Since 1 JAN 2018
In coaching
1 year, 8 months
Includes academy & assistant roles
Season: 2026/27Competition: EFL ChampionshipUpdated: Updated todaySource: GafferLens editorial review — appointment, contract and career dates manually verified to the 21 August 2026 baseline
EFL Championship category ranks
Current Club — All Competitions
66
26
14
26
39.4%
GF 89 · GA 85 · GD 4 · 2025-02-14 → 2026-08-22
Current Club — League
62
26
13
23
41.9%
GF 85 · GA 77 · GD 8 · 2025-02-14 → 2026-08-22
Current Season — League
2
0
1
1
0%
GF 3 · GA 4 · GD -1 · 2026-08-15 → 2026-08-22
Current Club Form
5 competitive matches in current spell
- WDerby Countyv · Competitive ·
- LDerby Countyv · Competitive ·
- LDerby Countyv · Competitive ·
- LDerby Countyv · Competitive ·
- DDerby Countyv · Competitive ·
Manager Last 5
Five most recent verified competitive senior matches
- WDerby Countyv · Competitive ·
- LDerby Countyv · Competitive ·
- LDerby Countyv · Competitive ·
- LDerby Countyv · Competitive ·
- DDerby Countyv · Competitive ·
Each result stays attributed to the club managed at the time; previous-club matches are never presented as current-club results.
Source: api_football. Dataset CHAMPIONSHIP_2026_V_20260828004536. Verified fixtures → match records → manager assignments → approved canonical layer.
Career record
Data not yet available
GafferLens has not yet verified a match-by-match record for John Eustace. Rather than publish estimated figures, performance statistics stay empty until a licensed data source is connected. The tactical profile on this page is a provisional editorial reading.
Strengths
Structure without the ball
Distances between units stay short for long periods.
Restart value
Set pieces are a genuine, repeatable source of goals.
Considerations
Chance creation
Open-play volume is limited when the team has to lead a game.
Pressure absorption
Long spells defending increase the chance of a late concession.
Methodology & data freshness
GafferScore 0.4 (provisional editorial) · tactical model 0.3 (prototype model) · rankings updated 2026-08-17. Form window: Last 10 competitive matches, recency weighted.
Updated today · Confidence MEDIUM · Source: GafferLens editorial review — appointment, contract and career dates manually verified to the 21 August 2026 baseline
Image credits
Visual: GafferLens generic Derby County shirt — an original unbranded illustration using traditional club colours. No licensed photograph verified for John Eustace (status: PLACEHOLDER).