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Nielsen Ratings for Portsmouth v Liverpool on ESPN2

By Christopher Harris

Updated on
April 23, 2016

If you’ve watched a lot of Premier League football on television this season, you’ve seen plenty of matches involving Burnley and Portsmouth in addition to the Big Four and other teams. Surprisingly, the games involving Burnley and Portsmouth have done quite well in the TV ratings game as we again see from last weekend’s match between Portsmouth and Liverpool, which was shown on ESPN2.

Here are the TV ratings for all of the Premier League games shown on ESPN2 so far this season:

Top Nielsen Ratings for Premier League Games on ESPN2: August through December 12, 2009:

Liverpool v Aston Villa, 8/24/2009, Monday, 3pm ET, 398391 viewers
Portsmouth v Manchester United, 11/28/2009, Saturday, 10am, 396995
Wigan v Man United, 8/22/2009, Saturday, 10am, 374799
Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur, 10/31/2009, Saturday, 8:45am, 325187
Manchester City v West Ham United, 9/28/2009, Monday, 3pm, 293600
Portsmouth v Burnley, 12/5/2009, Saturday, 7:45am, 278,078
Portsmouth v Liverpool, 12/12/2009, Saturday, 7:45am, 276,160
Portsmouth v Everton, 9/26/2009, Saturday, 7:45am, 270927
Bolton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur, 10/3/2009, Saturday, 10am, 265508
Tottenham v Sunderland, 11/7/2009, Saturday, 10am, 259831
Chelsea v Burnley, 8/29/2009, Saturday, 7:45am, 253934
Liverpool v Burnley, 9/12/2009, Saturday, 10am, 253779
Aston Villa v Manchester City, 10/5/2009, Monday, 3pm, 248956
Liverpool v Manchester City, 11/21/2009, Saturday, 7:45am, 236247
Fulham v Hull City, 10/19/2009, Monday, 3pm, 209207
Aston Villa v Chelsea, 10/17/2009, Saturday, 7:45am, 206886
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Aston Villa, 10/24/2009, Saturday, 7:45am, 204882
Stoke City v Wigan Athletic, 12/12/09, Saturday, 7:45am, 202,000
Burnley v Sunderland, 9/19/2009, Saturday, 7:45am, 199380
Liverpool v Birmingham City, 11/9/2009, Monday, 3pm, 182138
Chelsea v Hull City, 8/15/2009, Saturday, 7:45am, 164485

Throughout the season, stay on top of the TV schedule for games featuring Premier League clubs by visiting the Premier League TV guide, which is updated every week.

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