**With only Matchday 1 of the 2026-27 UEFA Conference League league phase completed, the race for the most clean sheets remains wide open among dozens of goalkeepers.** Brighton’s 4-0 win, Copenhagen’s 3-0 shutout, and similar clean-sheet results for sides like Gent, Twente, Mjällby, and Sint-Truiden have given multiple keepers an early edge after one fixture, while most others sit at zero following matches with goals conceded. Five further league-phase rounds plus knockout progression create a long runway for form, defensive organization, fixture difficulty, and squad rotation to reshape totals. The tight clustering around 50% for the majority of listed names, with modest discounts only for a few early leaders like Bart Verbruggen, reflects this high uncertainty and the even distribution of realistic paths to the top tally.