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

Takaoka did not have to make a save in earning his seventh clean sheet. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Danish forward Anders Dreyer stepped up and beat LAFC goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to spoil what would have been the Frenchman’s 11th clean sheet in 17 MLS matches this season. — Josh Gross, Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026

Guilherme Santos scored on a first-half penalty kick and Jonathan Bond posted his fourth clean sheet in a row to help the Houston Dynamo beat the Galaxy 1-0 on Saturday night. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Vozinha played in each of Cape Verde’s remaining three games at the tournament, including keeping another clean sheet against Saudi Arabia as the archipelagic country made it through to the last 32-stage. — Colin Millar, New York Times, 25 July 2026

Rhymes for clean sheet

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