Without groove, having no goals (9)
I believe the answer is:
scoreless
'without groove' is the definition.
('groove' can be 'score' (thesaurus) so maybe 'without groove' can be ''scoreless')
I can't explain the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scoreless that I've seen before include "Lacking success in sport" , "not yet ready to play?" , "Lacking goals?" , "Such boring draws" .)