clean sheet

noun

British

1

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

2

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

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

Examples of clean sheet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Forest have gone 18 Premier League games without keeping a clean sheet — now the worst run in all four of the top divisions. —Paul Taylor, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025

Stillwater’s defense posted another clean sheet, and the Ponies’ top scorer did her thing Wednesday morning. —Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025

Hany Mukhtar ruined the clean sheet by scoring in the final minute of second-half stoppage time for Nashville’s lone score. —Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025

Anders Dreyer and Amahl Pellegrino scored two goals apiece and goalkeeper CJ dos Santos notched his 10th clean sheet of the season. —Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for clean sheet

• amit
• athlete
• backseat
• blackfeet
• broadsheet
• browbeat
• buckwheat
• compete
• compleat
• complete
• conceit
• concrete