Football

How Many Clean Sheets Does Petr Čech Have?

Sports View 8 November 2015

Aheadof this afternoon’s North London derby at the Emirates, Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Čech can tie the all-time Premier League record for most clean sheets.

The record is currently held by David James on 169, with Čech one behind after keeping six clean sheets in his opening 11 games for the Gunners.

There has been much debate over how many the Czech Republic goalkeeper has kept, but the 33-year-old even confirmed himself on Twitter in September that the rules state a full 90 minutes must be played to be declared a clean sheet for a goalkeeper (that explains why Simon Mignolet only tied Joe Hart last season as the Liverpool goalkeeper replaced Brad Jones early in a game last season).

Here are those 168 Premier League clean sheets Petr Čech has kept in his career to-dateL

Number Date Venue Opposition Result Minutes Played
1 8/15/04 H Manchester United 1:0 90′
2 8/21/04 A Birmingham City 0:1 90′
3 8/24/04 A Crystal Palace 0:2 90′
4 9/11/04 A Aston Villa 0:0 90′
5 9/19/04 H Tottenham Hotspur 0:0 90′
6 9/25/04 A Middlesbrough 0:1 90′
7 10/3/04 H Liverpool 1:0 90′
8 10/23/04 H Blackburn Rovers 4:0 90′
9 11/6/04 H Everton 1:0 90′
10 11/27/04 A Charlton Athletic 0:4 90′
11 12/4/04 H Newcastle United 4:0 90′
12 12/18/04 H Norwich City 4:0 90′
13 12/26/04 H Aston Villa 1:0 90′
14 12/28/04 A Portsmouth 0:2 90′
15 1/1/05 A Liverpool 0:1 90′
16 1/4/05 H Middlesbrough 2:0 90′
17 1/15/05 A Tottenham Hotspur 0:2 90′
18 1/22/05 H Portsmouth 3:0 90′
19 2/2/05 A Blackburn Rovers 0:1 90′
20 2/6/05 H Manchester City 0:0 90′
21 2/12/05 A Everton 0:1 90′
22 3/15/05 H West Bromwich Albion 1:0 90′
23 4/20/05 H Arsenal 0:0 90′
24 4/30/05 A Bolton Wanderers 0:2 90′
25 8/14/05 A Wigan Athletic 0:1 90′
26 8/21/05 H Arsenal 1:0 90′
27 8/27/05 A Tottenham Hotspur 0:2 90′
28 9/10/05 H Sunderland 2:0 90′
29 9/17/05 A Charlton Athletic 0:2 90′
30 11/19/05 H Newcastle United 3:0 90′
31 11/26/05 A Portsmouth 0:2 90′
32 12/3/05 H Middlesbrough 1:0 90′
33 12/18/05 A Arsenal 0:2 90′
34 12/28/05 A Manchester City 0:1 90′
35 12/31/05 H Birmingham City 2:0 90′
36 2/5/06 H Liverpool 2:0 90′
37 2/25/06 H Portsmouth 2:0 90′
38 3/25/06 H Manchester City 2:0 90′
39 4/1/06 A Birmingham City 0:0 90′
40 4/15/06 A Bolton Wanderers 0:2 90′
N/A 4/17/06 H Everton 3:0 45′
41 4/29/06 H Manchester United 3:0 90′
42 8/27/06 A Blackburn Rovers 0:2 90′
43 9/17/06 H Liverpool 1:0 90′
44 9/23/06 A Fulham 0:2 90′
N/A 10/14/06 A Reading 0:1 5′
45 1/31/07 H Blackburn Rovers 3:0 90′
46 2/3/07 A Charlton Athletic 0:1 90′
47 2/10/07 H Middlesbrough 3:0 90′
48 3/3/07 A Portsmouth 0:2 90′
49 3/14/07 A Manchester City 0:1 90′
50 3/17/07 H Sheffield United 3:0 90′
51 3/31/07 A Watford 0:1 90′
52 4/7/07 H Tottenham Hotspur 1:0 90′
53 4/22/07 A Newcastle United 0:0 90′
54 8/25/07 H Portsmouth 1:0 90′
55 9/15/07 H Blackburn Rovers 0:0 90′
56 9/29/07 H Fulham 0:0 90′
57 10/7/07 A Bolton Wanderers 0:1 90′
58 10/20/07 A Middlesbrough 0:2 90′
59 10/27/07 H Manchester City 6:0 90′
60 11/3/07 A Wigan Athletic 0:2 90′
N/A 12/23/07 A Blackburn Rovers 0:1 64′
61 1/12/08 H Tottenham Hotspur 2:0 90′
62 1/19/08 A Birmingham City 0:1 90′
63 1/30/08 H Reading 1:0 90′
64 2/10/08 H Liverpool 0:0 90′
65 3/1/08 A West Ham United 0:4 90′
66 4/17/08 A Everton 0:1 90′
67 5/5/08 A Newcastle United 0:2 90′
68 8/17/08 H Portsmouth 4:0 90′
69 8/24/08 A Wigan Athletic 0:1 90′
70 9/27/08 A Stoke City 0:2 90′
71 10/5/08 H Aston Villa 2:0 90′
72 10/29/08 A Hull City 0:3 90′
73 11/1/08 H Sunderland 5:0 90′
74 11/9/08 A Blackburn Rovers 0:2 90′
75 11/22/08 H Newcastle United 0:0 90′
76 12/6/08 A Bolton Wanderers 0:2 90′
77 12/22/08 A Everton 0:0 90′
78 12/26/08 H West Bromwich Albion 2:0 90′
79 1/28/09 H Middlesbrough 2:0 90′
80 2/21/09 A Aston Villa 0:1 90′
81 3/3/09 A Portsmouth 0:1 90′
82 3/15/09 H Manchester City 1:0 90′
83 4/4/09 A Newcastle United 0:2 90′
84 4/22/09 H Everton 0:0 90′
85 4/25/09 A West Ham United 0:1 90′
86 5/17/09 H Blackburn Rovers 2:0 90′
87 8/23/09 A Fulham 0:2 90′
88 8/29/09 H Burnley 3:0 90′
89 9/20/09 H Tottenham Hotspur 3:0 90′
90 10/24/09 H Blackburn Rovers 5:0 90′
91 10/31/09 A Bolton Wanderers 0:4 90′
92 11/8/09 H Manchester United 1:0 90′
93 11/21/09 H Wolverhampton Wanderers 4:0 90′
94 11/29/09 A Arsenal 0:3 90′
95 12/26/09 A Birmingham City 0:0 90′
96 1/27/10 H Birmingham City 3:0 90′
97 2/7/10 H Arsenal 2:0 90′
98 2/20/10 A Wolverhampton Wanderers 0:2 90′
99 3/24/10 A Portsmouth 0:5 90′
100 4/13/10 H Bolton Wanderers 1:0 90′
101 4/25/10 H Stoke City 7:0 90′
102 5/2/10 A Liverpool 0:2 90′
103 5/9/10 H Wigan Athletic 8:0 90′
104 8/14/10 H West Bromwich Albion 6:0 90′
105 8/21/10 A Wigan Athletic 0:6 90′
106 8/28/10 H Stoke City 2:0 90′
107 9/19/10 H Blackpool 4:0 90′
108 10/3/10 H Arsenal 2:0 90′
109 10/16/10 A Aston Villa 0:0 90′
110 10/23/10 H Wolverhampton Wanderers 2:0 90′
111 11/10/10 H Fulham 1:0 90′
112 12/29/10 H Bolton Wanderers 1:0 90′
113 1/15/11 H Blackburn Rovers 2:0 90′
114 1/24/11 A Bolton Wanderers 0:4 90′
115 2/14/11 A Fulham 0:0 90′
116 3/20/11 H Manchester City 2:0 90′
117 4/9/11 H Wigan Athletic 1:0 90′
118 4/23/11 H West Ham United 3:0 90′
119 8/14/11 A Stoke City 0:0 90′
120 11/5/11 A Blackburn Rovers 0:1 90′
121 11/26/11 H Wolverhampton Wanderers 3:0 90′
122 12/3/11 A Newcastle United 0:3 90′
123 1/14/12 H Sunderland 1:0 90′
124 1/21/12 A Norwich City 0:0 90′
125 2/25/12 H Bolton Wanderers 3:0 90′
126 3/10/12 H Stoke City 1:0 90′
127 3/24/12 H Tottenham Hotspur 0:0 90′
128 4/21/12 A Arsenal 0:0 90′
129 8/19/12 A Wigan Athletic 0:2 90′
130 8/25/12 H Newcastle United 2:0 90′
131 9/15/12 A Queens Park Rangers 0:0 90′
132 9/22/12 H Stoke City 1:0 90′
133 11/25/12 H Manchester City 0:0 90′
134 11/28/12 H Fulham 0:0 90′
135 12/23/12 H Aston Villa 8:0 90′
136 12/26/12 A Norwich City 0:1 90′
137 1/12/13 A Stoke City 0:4 90′
138 3/2/13 H West Bromwich Albion 1:0 90′
139 3/17/13 H West Ham United 2:0 90′
140 4/17/13 A Fulham 0:3 90′
141 4/28/13 H Swansea City 2:0 90′
142 5/5/13 A Manchester United 0:1 90′
143 8/18/13 H Hull City 2:0 90′
144 8/26/13 A Manchester United 0:0 90′
145 9/21/13 H Fulham 2:0 90′
146 11/23/13 A West Ham United 0:3 90′
147 12/23/13 A Arsenal 0:0 90′
148 12/26/13 H Swansea City 1:0 90′
149 1/1/14 A Southampton 0:3 90′
150 1/11/14 A Hull City 0:2 90′
151 1/29/14 H West Ham United 0:0 90′
152 2/3/14 A Manchester City 0:1 90′
153 2/8/14 H Newcastle United 3:0 90′
154 2/22/14 H Everton 1:0 90′
155 3/8/14 H Tottenham Hotspur 4:0 90′
156 3/22/14 H Arsenal 6:0 90′
157 4/5/14 H Stoke City 3:0 90′
158 4/13/14 A Swansea City 0:1 90′
N/A 10/5/14 H Arsenal 2:0 66′
159 12/13/14 H Hull City 2:0 90′
160 1/10/15 H Newcastle United 2:0 90′
161 1/17/15 A Swansea City 0:5 90′
162 2/11/15 H Everton 1:0 90′
163 8/24/15 H Liverpool 0:0 90′
164 8/29/15 A Newcastle United 0:1 90′
165 9/12/15 H Stoke City 2:0 90′
166 10/4/15 H Manchester United 3:0 90′
167 10/17/15 A Watford 0:3 90′
168 10/31/15 A Swansea City 0:3 90′

The four results highlighted in red text are games where his side have kept clean sheets but where Čech has not played the full 90 minutes.