Goalkeepers with the most clean sheets

Keeping clean sheets strengthens your chances of securing that vital win, and here we take a look at the goalkeepers who have kept the most clean sheets in the Premier League this season.

We are just sixteen matches into the 2024/25 Premier League season, and we have already seen hundreds of goals being scored up and down the country so far. Goal scoring in football is obviously vital, but so are keeping clean sheets and being resolute defensively.

Keeping a clean sheet guarantees at least a point, which could prove vital in achieving a team’s target for the season. Some defences have been protected better than others, some play attacking football whilst conceding goals, whilst others are not quite so prolific but do not concede many either. There are also a few sides who have the balance about right so far.

For example, if you hold ambitions of winning the Premier League title, clean sheets and a resolute defence are vital. Last season, Champions Manchester City conceded just 34 goals – only runners-up Arsenal conceded less – 29. The season before that City were champions again, conceding the joint least goals alongside Newcastle United with just 33.

In the 2021/22 Premier League season, Pep Guardiola’s City side conceded the joint least goals in that 38 game season with just 26, alongside runners-up Liverpool.

Finally, when they were Champions in 2020/21, Manchester City conceded just 32 times in 38 matches – this was ten less than the next best, Liverpool (42).

There have been a plethora of top class goalkeepers who have graced the Premier League over the years. Since the league’s formation in 1992, the player who has kept the most clean sheets is former Chelsea and Arsenal stopper Petr Cech with no less than 202.

The Czech Goalkeeper is followed by David James (169), Mark Schwarzer (152), David De Gea (147), David Seaman (141), Nigel Martyn (137), Pepe Reina (136), Brad Friedel (132), Tim Howard (132) and Edwin van der Sar (132).

Now let’s move on and take a look at the goalkeepers who have kept the most Premier League clean sheets so far in the 2024/25 campaign.

4: Kepa (Bournemouth), Lukasz Fabianski (West Ham United), Bernd Leno (Fulham), Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa), Ederson (Manchester City), & Bart Verbruggen (Brighton).

We start with 6 Goalkeepers, who have all kept the fourth most clean sheets this season with 2 each so far, as of the time of writing.

Starting with Kepa, the Bournemouth Goalkeeper is on loan with the Cherries from fellow Premier League Club Chelsea. His clean sheets so far have helped Andoni Iraola’s side to European contention with them firmly in the top half of the table as of the time of writing.

Lukasz Fabianski plays his football for London Club West Ham United. The Hammers currently find themselves looking over their shoulder at the bottom three at the moment.

Bernd Leno and Fulham are doing well this season in the English top flight, under the stewardship of their Portuguese Head Coach Marco Silva. The German Goalkeeper’s 2 clean sheets have helped the West Londoners climb into the top half in the Premier League, with the European Qualification spots firmly in sight.

Aston Villa are also amongst the contenders for European Football in the Premier League this season, and Emiliano Martinez’s 2 clean sheets has helped Unai Emery’s Villans to a position within the top seven after 16 matches.

Ederson of Manchester City has been part of a Manchester City team that is currently outside of the top four in the Premier League. There is no doubt that the Brazilian Stopper will be vital for Pep Guardiola’s Cityzens in the weeks and months still to come this season.

Finally, Brighton and Belgium Goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen has also kept 2 clean sheets to help the Seagulls to a position within the top half, with them under the stewardship of their 31 year old German Head Coach Fabian Hürzeler.

3: Alisson Becker (Liverpool), Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Caoimhin Kelleher (Liverpool), Nick Pope (Newcastle United), Robert Sanchez (Chelsea), & Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham Hotspur) – 3

A number of Goalkeepers have kept 3 clean sheets so far this season, with the list interestingly including not one but two Liverpool Goalkeepers, in the form of Alisson Becker and Caoimhin Kelleher.

Both of the Reds Stoppers have helped Arne Slot and his team to the summit of the Premier League table, with the Merseyside Club currently well on track for a second Premier League title.

Dean Henderson has recorded 3 clean sheets so far for Oliver Glasner’s Crystal Palace, who are targeting midtable, with momentum building following a recent 3  – 1 win against arch rivals Brighton.

Nick Pope and Newcastle United, currently under the stewardship of Eddie Howe, are in midtable at the moment, with Pope on three clean sheets in the Premier League to date. They are though just a few points adrift of the European Qualification places in the league table.

Robert Sanchez and Chelsea are currently flying high in the table in second place, and the Spaniard’s three clean sheets to date will have helped. Enzo Maresca and the Blues are one of the teams involved in the title battle at this stage of the 2024/25 top flight season.

Finally, Guglielmo Vicario of Tottenham Hotspur is the only other Goalkeeper in the Premier League to have kept a grand total of 3 Clean Sheets. His team is narrowly behind the European Qualification spots at the moment, as of the time of writing.

2: Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest) – 5

Nottingham Forest Goalkeeper Matz Sels is the sole stopper to have kept the second most clean sheets this season, having kept a grand total of 5 for Nuno Espirito Santo’s high flying Forest.

As a result, Forest hold ambitions to not only secure European Football, but to also take part in European Football’s Premier Club Cup Competition, which they have not competed in since 1981 – this was when they were crowned as European Champions for the second time in succession under the stewardship of the legendary Brian Clough.

1: Andre Onana (Manchester United), Jordan Pickford (Everton), & David Raya (Arsenal) – 6

We now move onto the Goalkeepers who have kept the most clean sheets in the Premier League so far, with Andre Onana of Manchester United, Jordan Pickford of Everton, and Arsenal number one David Raya all having no less than a grand total of 6 Clean Sheets so far this season.

Starting with Onana, United recently got a significant and statement 2 – 1 derby win the Manchester Rivalry with their cross-city neighbours Manchester City. The Goalkeeper is going to be crucial as Ruben Amorim looks to continue the momentum and ignite the revival of the Red Devils.

As for Jordan Pickford, he has once again been tremendous for the Toffees this season, despite the fact that Everton, led by their Head Coach Sean Dyche, are currently in the midst of a relegation battle. However, if Pickford does indeed continue his stellar form, then the Merseyside Club should have very little trouble in staying up in the Premier League at the conclusion of the 2024/25 Premier League season.

Finally, David Raya and Arsenal are most certainly in the midst of a title challenge alongside the likes of Chelsea and Liverpool, with Manchester City still sure to challenge this term. The Gunners’ Spanish Stopper Raya will be crucial if the Gunners are looking to end their long wait for a fourth Premier League title following past triumphs in the 1997/98, 2001/02, and the 2003/04 seasons in the top flight.

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