If you were asked which team has kept the most clean sheets in England’s top four tiers this season, you would be forgiven for thinking that it was either Liverpool or Manchester City.
However, while the Premier League’s top teams continue to dazzle us with their exhilarating attacking football, there is a team all the way down in England’s fourth tier making a name for themselves at the other end of the pitch.
Forest Green Rovers currently sit at the top of League Two for the very first time in their history, and this is largely down to their unrivalled defensive record.
The West Country club have kept a total of 11 clean sheets in 16 games so far this season, which amounts to clean sheets in a whopping 69% of their games.
Most Clean Sheets in 2019/20 - Top Four Tier Teams in All Domestic Competitions
Forest Green Rovers - 11
Ipswich Town - 8
Newport County - 8
Oxford United - 7
Coventry City - 7
Colchester United - 7
Exeter City - 7
Walsall - 7
Recognized as the world’s first vegan football club, Forest Green is extremely unique.
Situated on top of a hill in the small Gloucestershire village of Nailsworth, the New Lawn is one of the quirkiest stadiums in the Football League.
Forest Green have lost just 2 of their 12 league games this term and have picked up an impressive tally of 24 points (at an average of 2 points per game).
They have also conceded only 6 league goals so far (at an average of 0.5 goals per game).
Forest Green finished 5th in League Two last season, but agonizingly missed out on promotion following defeat to Tranmere in the play-offs.
Many doubted whether the team would be able to emulate their success of last year, but it seems as though the players have picked up where they left off last season and a push for promotion is on the cards once again.
Forest Green travel to Exeter City for a top of the table clash on Saturday. Exeter are 2nd in League Two – 1 point off top spot – and it’s set to be a thriller as Forest Green go in search of yet another clean sheet.