Man Utd become first club to pass 500 Premier League clean sheets

The bulk of United’s clean sheets are shared by three keepers, with David De Gea leading the way on 147, according to the Premier League.

Peter Schmeichel is next up, with 112, while van der Sar kept opposition forwards at bay on 94 occasions for United.

Fabien Barthez (34), Roy Carroll (26), Tim Howard, Tomasz Kuszczak (both 16), Raimond van der Gouw (12), Mark Bosnich (11) and Anders Lindegaard (9) are also key contributors to the record.

For the completists out there, the following United keepers have also been credited with clean sheets in the Premier League: Ben Foster, Sergio Romero, Gary Walsh, Dean Henderson, Kevin Pilkington, Victor Valdes, Paul Rachubka, Ben Amos and Joel Pereira.