Everyone knows Nick Pope has been a revelation for Newcastle United since his transfer from Burnley in the summer, with the England international completing a run of 10 clean sheets in a row in all competitions, going back to November.
It is also a celebrated fact on Tyneside that Newcastle have recorded 12 Premier League shut-outs in 20 games, conceding only 11 goals in the process. While Southampton's Che Adams ended Pope's clean sheet run in the 2-1 Carabao Cup victory in midweek, the Magpies' defence continues to be the platform on which their success is built.
But where do those clean sheets and goals-against stats place Pope and his Magpies defence next to the best-ever goalkeepers and meanest defences in the history of the Premier League?
