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Goal drought

Meaning in football (soccer), with examples

nounCommon term

In football (soccer), goal drought means: A prolonged period in which a player or team fails to score goals.

In Turkish: gol kuraklığı, uzun süre gol atamama

How it is used

End or break a goal drought are common; there is no fixed number of matches in the expression.

Example sentences

  1. Her late header ended a goal drought that had lasted six matches.

    The goal marks the end of a run without scoring.

  2. The manager defended his striker throughout the goal drought.

    The phrase describes a continuing performance spell rather than one missed chance.

Common collocations

  • end a goal drought
  • break a goal drought
  • prolonged goal drought
  • strikerAn attacking player who plays closest to the opponents' goal and whose main job is to score goals.
  • scoreTo get a goal by putting the ball into the opponents' net. As a noun, the score is the number of goals each team has at a given moment.

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