Clean Sheet
クリーンシート
Clean Sheet — Finishing a match without conceding. A medal for the GK and defence.
1💬 In a nutshell
“Keeping the ‘sheet’ clean = a shutout. The defence's hat-trick.”
2🎬 See it move
An original tactics board (blue = the team in focus, red = the opponent; attacking left to right). The board animates on its own.
⚽ Open the interactive version (117 more terms, each with its own board)
3🔍 Why it matters — what to watch for
It dates from when match records were kept on paper (a sheet) and the goals-against column stayed blank. The defensive equivalent of attackers' G/A, an easy-to-grasp metric. As in “15 clean sheets this season.”
Articles put it“The keeper recorded a league-high 18 clean sheets and won the Golden Glove.”
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