The best clean sheet this week is not the best run

2026-09-03

Man City have the best clean sheet chance in Gameweek 3, 41.3% at home to Coventry. Arsenal are 38.8% against Chelsea, Brentford 37.7% against Sunderland. If you're buying a defender for one weekend, that's the order.

There's a new column next to those numbers, Next 6 CS%, and it doesn't agree. It averages the same probability over the six fixtures in the grid below. Arsenal come out at 47%, the best run on the page. City 33%, Brentford 22%.

City's 33% hides a wide swing. United away in GW4 is 18%, Sunderland at home in GW5 is 48%, which is higher than this weekend. I posted on Wednesday that City's 41% was really about the Coventry fixture. The full run says Coventry at home isn't even their best one.

ClubGW3 clean sheetNext 6 CS%
Arsenal38.8%47%
Man City41.3%33%
Brentford37.7%22%
Coventry4%17%

Coventry's 4% at City is the lowest clean sheet number in Gameweek 3, and their next six still average 17%, ahead of Hull and Ipswich. Coventry, Hull and Ipswich only came up this summer, so those three ratings rest on two Premier League matches and move a lot with every result. The table marks the rows.

The clean sheet table, every club and both columns.

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Updated 07 Oct 2026 · GoalIQ model predictions are statistical estimates for fun and analysis, not betting advice, and not a gambling service.