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David Raya, Arsenal's goalkeeper, won the Premier League Golden Glove award for the 2023/24 season with 16 clean sheets, showcasing Arsenal's defensive prowess. In the 2024/25 season, Matz Sels of Nottingham Forest has emerged as a strong contender for the Golden Glove, leading the standings with 13 clean sheets and propelling his team into Champions League contention. Raya remains a close competitor, playing a crucial role in Arsenal's defense as they aim for a second-place league finish and a UEFA Champions League semifinal appearance. Everton's Jordan Pickford is also in the race, though he trails behind with fewer clean sheets. The Golden Glove is awarded to the goalkeeper with the most clean sheets each season, and it has been a prestigious accolade since its inception in the 2004/05 season, with Petr Cech holding the single-season record of 24 clean sheets.

Dive Deeper:

• David Raya secured the Premier League Golden Glove award for the 2023/24 season by achieving 16 clean sheets, underscoring Arsenal's strong defensive performance as they narrowly missed out on the title to Manchester City.

• Matz Sels has taken the lead in the 2024/25 Golden Glove race with 13 clean sheets, playing a vital role in Nottingham Forest's unexpected push for a Champions League spot, surpassing expectations set for more favored goalkeepers like Ederson and Alisson.

• David Raya remains a formidable contender in the current season, significantly contributing to Arsenal's robust defense as they contend for the Premier League's second position and make a deep run in the UEFA Champions League.

• Jordan Pickford, who was the runner-up in the previous Golden Glove race, is still in contention this season, though he has some ground to make up to catch the leaders.

• The Golden Glove is awarded annually to the goalkeeper with the most clean sheets, and it has become a prestigious award since its introduction in the 2004/05 season, with Petr Cech setting the highest record with 24 clean sheets in that inaugural season.

• Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya was the winner of the Premier League Golden Glove award for 2023/24.

• The Spaniard finished with 16 clean sheets, underlining the Gunners' defensive strength throughout a campaign in which they finished just short in a title race eventually won by Manchester City.

• At the start of the season, Raya was thought likely be the man to beat again in 2024/25, with his main contenders expected to come in the form of Man City's Ederson and Liverpool No. 1 Alisson. However, Arsenal's early struggles opened the door for other more surprising challengers such as Andre Onana of Manchester United and Matz Sels of Nottingham Forest.

• As the season has worn on, it's been Sels who has taken command of the race, helping lead Nottingham Forest into a challenge for a Champions League place. He's been chased closely by Raya, who has been a key component of Arsenal's smothering defence as they bid for a second-place finish in the Premier League while reaching the UEFA Champions League semifinals.

• Everton's Jordan Pickford was runner-up in last season's Golden Glove race, and England's No. 1 is firmly in the hunt again this time around, although he has ground to make up.

• MORE: Premier League top goalscorers 2024/25

• Premier League clean sheets 2024/25

  The Sporting News will be tracking the clean sheets tally during every matchday of the 2024/25 Premier League season.

• Updated after Bournemouth vs. Aston Villa on Saturday, May 10

• Rank	Player	Club	Clean Sheets	Matches (90 mins)
  1.	Matz Sels	N. Forest	13	35
  2.	David Raya	Arsenal	12	35
  3.	Jordan Pickford	Everton	10	36
  =	Dean Henderson	Crystal Palace	10	35
  5.	Andre Onana	Man United	9	33
  =	Alisson	Liverpool	9	25
  =	Ederson	Man City	9	24
  8.	Robert Sanchez	Chelsea	8	29

  What is the Premier League Golden Glove award? The Golden Glove is awarded to the goalkeeper who keeps the most clean sheets in a single Premier League season. A 'clean sheet' refers to a full game in which a team does not concede a goal.

• If more than one keeper has managed the same number of shutouts in a single season, the Golden Glove prize is shared. That happened in 2021/22 when Manchester City's Ederson and Liverpool's Alisson each kept 20 clean sheets for their respective sides.

• The award has been given out every season since the 2004/05 campaign. Petr Cech of Chelsea was the first winner, managing 24 clean sheets in that campaign for Chelsea — a figure that is still the single-season record in the competition.

• Last season, David Raya won the award after managing 16 shut-outs for Arsenal, who finished second in the standings behind champions Manchester City.

• Premier League Golden Glove winners

  Season	Goalkeeper	Team	Clean sheets
  2004/05	Petr Cech	Chelsea	24
  2005/06	Pepe Reina	Liverpool	20
  2006/07	Pepe Reina	Liverpool	19
  2007/08	Pepe Reina	Liverpool	18
  2008/09	Edwin van der Sar	Man United	21
  2009/10	Petr Cech	Chelsea	17
  2010/11	Joe Hart	Man City	18
  2011/12	Joe Hart	Man City	17
  2012/13	Joe Hart	Man City	18
  2013/14	Petr Cech /  Wojciech Szczesny	Chelsea / Arsenal	16
  2014/15	Joe Hart	Man City	14
  2015/16	Petr Cech	Arsenal	16
  2016/17	Thibaut Courtois	Chelsea	16
  2017/18	David de Gea	Man United	18
  2018/19	Alisson	Liverpool	21
  2019/20	Ederson	Man City	16
  2020/21	Ederson	Man City	19
  2021/22	Alisson /  Ederson	Liverpool /  Man City	20
  2022/23	David de Gea	Man United	17
  2023/24	David Raya	Arsenal	16

  Premier League 2024/25 TV channels, live streams

  Region	TV	Streaming
  Australia	—	Optus Sport
  Canada	—	Fubo Canada
  India	Star Sports	Disney+, Hotstar, JioTV
  UK	Sky Sports, TNT Sports	NOW TV, Sky Go, Amazon Prime, Discovery Plus
  USA	USA Network, Telemundo, Universo	Fubo, Peacock

  UK: Matches are carried across Sky Sports and TNT Sports' streaming and TV platforms, with select matches on Amazon Prime. TNT Sports can be streamed via Discovery Plus.

• USA: Select matches are televised on USA Network (English) and Telemundo or Universo (Spanish), and all three channels can be streamed on Fubo. The rest of the matches are streamed on NBC platform Peacock for subscribers.

• Canada: Every Premier League game this season is live streamed exclusively via Fubo in Canada.

• Australia: Fans in Australia can stream every match live and on demand on Optus Sport.

• India: Star Sports network has the rights to show Premier League matches in India. As well as an English broadcast on Star Sports Select, select matches will be available via regional feeds on Star Sports 3 (in Bengali, English, Kannada, Malayalam), Star Sports 1 (Bangla) and Star Sports 1 (Tamil).