clean sheet

English

Noun

clean sheet (plural clean sheets)

1. A blank sheet of paper.
2. An absence of debts or indictments.
3. (soccer) A game played without having conceded a goal.
   • 2011 February 6, Alistair Magowan, “West Ham 0 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Birmingham had their defence to thank for a clean sheet, although they were lucky to escape when Manuel da Costa shot off-target and then headed wide.

Translations

game played without having conceded a goal

• Arabic: شِباكٌ نَظِيفَةٌ f pl (šibākun naẓīfatun)
• Polish: czyste konto m
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• Russian: вы́игрыш всуху́ю m (výigryš vsuxúju)