After the close of the international break, the English Premier League and German Bundesliga both returned to American airwaves on Saturday. The mid table clash between Crystal Palace and West Ham on the over-the-air NBC network averaged 104% more viewers than FOX’s match between Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen on its over-the-air network. This continues the trend of Premier League games on NBC demolishing Bundesliga on FOX ratings. Overall for the weekend, the Bundesliga averaged 128,800 viewers when in direct competition to the Premier League, which averaged 393,600 viewers.

Bob Bradley’s managerial debut at Swansea City, in direct competition with Man City/Everton on NBCSN, averaged just 130,000 viewers on CNBC. That number should not be a surprise to many. So far this season, CNBC is averaging just slightly more than 130,000 viewers for secondary kickoffs when another (typically bigger) game is airing on NBCSN. NBCSN is averaging 418,000 viewers during simultaneous broadcasts.

The Premier League returns to NBC this upcoming Saturday afternoon whereas the Bundesliga’s Saturday afternoon match will air on Fox Sports 2 because of college football.

Here are the most-watched soccer games on US TV for October 12-17, 2016:

Rank Date Competition Kickoff Home Away TV 1 TV 2 Total
1 10/15/16 Liga MX 10:00 PM Club América Tijuana Univision; 979000 Univision Deportes; 464000 1,443,000
2 10/15/16 Premier League 12:30 PM Crystal Palace West Ham NBC; 604000 NBC Universo; 12000 616,000
3 10/16/16 Liga MX 7:00 PM Puebla Chivas —; — Univision Deportes; 550000 550,000
4 10/16/16 Liga MX 1:00 PM Toluca Pumas Univision; 357000 Univision Deportes; 148000 505,000
5 10/15/16 Premier League 10:00 AM Manchester City Everton NBCSN; 359000 NBC Universo; 35000 394,000
6 10/17/16 Premier League 3:00 PM Liverpool Manchester United NBCSN; 371000 —; — 371,000
7 10/15/16 Bundesliga 12:30 PM Werder Bremen Bayer Leverkusen FOX; 296000 Fox Deportes; 75000 371,000
8 10/15/16 La Liga 2:45 PM Real Betis Real Madrid beIN SPORTS; 82000 beIN Español; 271000 353,000
9 10/16/16 Premier League 11:00 AM Southamton Burnley NBCSN; 282000 NBC Universo; 17000 299,000
10 10/15/16 La Liga 10:15 AM Barcelona Deportivo beIN SPORTS; 81000 beIN Español; 203000 284,000
11 10/15/16 Liga MX 6:00 PM Chiapas Monterrey —; — Univision Deportes; 281000 281,000
12 10/15/16 Premier League 7:30 AM Chelsea Leicester City NBCSN; 255000 NBC Universo; 25000 280,000
13 10/15/16 Liga MX 8:00 PM Tigres Necaxa —; — Univision Deportes; 256000 256,000
14 10/16/16 Premier League 8:30 AM Middlesbrough Watford NBCSN; 236000 NBC Universo; 13000 249,000
15 10/16/16 MLS 5:00 PM Portland Timbers Colorado Rapids ESPN; 178000 ESPN Deportes; — 178,000
16 10/16/16 MLS 3:00 PM Montreal Impact Toronto FC ESPN; 161000 ESPN Deportes; — 161,000
17 10/15/16 La Liga 12:30 PM Atletico Madrid Granada —; — beIN Español; 139000 139,000
18 10/15/16 Premier League 10:00 AM Arsenal Swansea City CNBC; 130000 —; — 130,000
19 10/14/16 Bundesliga 2:30 PM Borussia Dortmund Hertha Berlin Fox Sports 1; 90000 Fox Deportes; 13000 103,000
20 10/16/16 La Liga 2:45 PM Villarreal Celta —; — beIN Español; 79000 79,000
21 10/16/16 Bundesliga 9:30 AM Mainz Darmstadt Fox Sports 1; 56000 Fox Deportes; 13000 69,000
22 10/16/16 La Liga 10:15 AM Athletic Bilbao Real Sociedad —; — beIN Español; 68000 68,000
23 10/16/16 La Liga 12:30 PM Sporting Valencia —; — beIN Español; 67000 67,000
24 10/15/16 Bundesliga 9:30 AM Frankfurt Bayern Munich Fox Sports 1; 64000 ; — 64,000
25 10/15/16 Liga MX 8:06 PM Pachuca Santos Laguna Telemundo; Not available NBC Universo; 62000 62,000
26 10/17/16 U-17 World Cup (W) 9:00 AM Venezuela North Korea Fox Sports 2; 28000 NBC Universo; 3000 31,000
27 10/15/16 Championship 12:30 PM Aston Villa Wolves beIN SPORTS; 26000 —; — 26,000
28 10/15/16 Bundesliga 9:30 AM Mönchengladbach Hamburg Fox Sports 2; 12000 Fox Deportes; 11000 23,000
29 10/14/16 La Liga 2:45 PM Las Palmas Espanyol —; — beIN Español; 19000 19,000
30 10/17/16 U-17 World Cup (W) 12:00 PM Spain Japan Fox Sports 2; 15000 —; — 15,000
31 10/12/16 NASL 7:30 PM Carolina Railhawks Rayo OKC beIN Sports; 10000 beIN Español; 5000 15,000
32 10/16/16 Bundesliga 11:30 AM Wolfsburg RB Leipzig Fox Sports 2; 14000 —; — 14,000
33 10/15/16 NASL 7:30 PM Indy Eleven Carolina Railhawks —; — beIN Español; 12000 12,000
34 10/14/16 Ligue 1 2:45 PM Nice Lyon beIN SPORTS; 9000 —; — 9,000
35 10/16/16 Serie A 9:00 AM Inter Milan Cagliari beIN SPORTS; 7000 —; — 7,000
36 10/14/16 Ligue 1 1:00 PM Toulouse Monaco beIN SPORTS; 3000 —; — 3,000
37 10/17/16 Serie A 2:45 PM Palermo Torino beIN SPORTS; 3000 —; — 3,000

2016 MLS TV averages:

Overall ESPN ESPN2 ESPND FOX FS1 FOXD Univision UniMás UDN
280,148 295,704 201,500 46,000 658,000 157,960 34,367 827,000 163,560 69,417

2016 Most popular soccer leagues on US TV:

League Average
Liga MX 690,818
Premier League 419,614
UEFA CL 374,500
MLS 280,148
La Liga 133,552
NWSL 88,500
Bundesliga 78,645
Primeira Liga 38,400
Serie A 31,389
Eredivisie 28,200
Championship 17,600
Ligue 1 11,833
NASL 7,563

SEE MORE: Access our archives of US TV ratings for soccer.

HT SportsTVRatings