clean sheet

noun

British

: a person's record (as from a school or a job) that shows no evidence of any problems, broken rules, etc. : a clean record

: a game in which the opposing team is prevented from scoring

The team's star goalie has had five clean sheets this season.

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Almost as impressive as the offense was the defense, which didn’t give up a shot on goal, allowing keeper John McCarthy to record his seventh clean sheet of the season. —

Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024 Friday’s clean sheet was Moorhouse’s 12th of the season, a new league record. —

Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024 The German was delighted with his team following the rousing victory, which was brought about by a Robert Lewandowski hat trick and managing to keep a clean sheet at the other end. —

Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024 Flick's defense has major changes compared to thar which helped Inaki Pena keep a clean sheet against Getafe last time out in Montjuic. —

Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for clean sheet