Saturday afternoon’s Premier League match between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur posted 1.16 million viewers on the NBC broadcast network. This number ties the match between Hull City and Manchester United in the opening round of fixtures as the second most watched Premier League match on NBC this season. This also marks the fourth consecutive week that a Premier League match has drawn more than 1 million viewers.
It was another huge weekend for Liga MX as the two most popular clubs in Mexico, Club América and Chivas de Guadalajara, featured on the Univision network Saturday night. Over 1.7 million people watched as Club América fell to Tigres by a score of 4-2. Following that match, 1.55 million saw Chivas lose to the now league leaders Club Tijuana. Both clubs will not feature on the Univision network like this again until February 11th with the Súper Clásico occurring the following week on February 18.
The Bundesliga returned from its annual winter break last Friday on FOX Sports 1 in what was the least watched Friday night fixture on the network since Köln defeated Freiburg 3-0 on September 16. Viewership unsurprisingly peaked on Sunday when Bayer Leverkusen, with Mexican International Javier Hernández took on a Hertha Berlin side that featured US International John Brooks. FOX Sports 1 and FOX Deportes combined to produce 103,000 viewers for the match.
Here are the most-watched soccer games on US TV for January 17-23, 2017:
Rank | Home | Away | Competition | Date | TV1 | TV2 | Total |
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1 | Tigres | América | Liga MX | 1/21/17 | Univision; 973000 | UDN; 747000 | 1,720,000 |
2 | Chivas | Tijuana | Liga MX | 1/21/17 | Univision; 868000 | UDN; 682000 | 1,550,000 |
3 | Man City | Spurs | Premier League | 1/21/17 | NBC; 1160000 | Unvso; 93000 | 1,253,000 |
4 | Toluca | Chiapas | Liga MX | 1/22/17 | Univision; 574000 | —; — | 574,000 |
5 | Cruz Azul | Monterrey | Liga MX | 1/21/17 | —; — | UDN; 534000 | 534,000 |
6 | Stoke City | Man Utd | Premier League | 1/21/17 | NBCSN; 487000 | Unvso; 41000 | 528,000 |
7 | Chelsea | Hull City | Premier League | 1/22/17 | NBCSN; 516000 | —; — | 516,000 |
8 | Eibar | Barcelona | La Liga | 1/22/17 | beIN; 104000 | beIE; 391000 | 495,000 |
9 | Arsenal | Burnley | Premier League | 1/22/17 | NBCSN; 406000 | Unvso; 55000 | 461,000 |
10 | América | Santos | Copa MX | 1/18/17 | —; — | UDN; 401000 | 401,000 |
11 | Real Madrid | Malaga | La LIga | 1/21/17 | beIN; 111000 | beIE; 215000 | 326,000 |
12 | Real Madrid | Celta Vigo | Copa del Rey | 1/18/17 | beIN; 45000 | beIE; 271000 | 316,000 |
13 | Real Sociedad | Barcelona | Copa del Rey | 1/19/17 | beIN; 81000 | beIE; 217000 | 298,000 |
14 | Liverpool | Swansea City | Premier League | 1/21/17 | NBCSN; 255000 | Unvso; 38000 | 293,000 |
15 | Puebla | Querétaro | Liga MX | 1/22/17 | —; — | UDN; 281000 | 281,000 |
16 | Querétaro | Cruz Azul | Copa MX | 1/18/17 | —; — | Gala; 208000 | 208,000 |
17 | León | Pumas | Liga MX | 1/21/17 | —; — | Gala; 173000 | 173,000 |
18 | Panama | Honduras | Copa Centroamericana | 1/17/17 | —; — | UDN; 144000 | 144,000 |
19 | Panama | El Salvador | Copa Centroamericana | 1/20/17 | —; — | UDN; 138000 | 138,000 |
20 | Honduras | Costa Rica | Copa Centroamericana | 1/20/17 | —; — | UDN; 137000 | 137,000 |
21 | Villarreal | Valencia | La Liga | 1/21/17 | —; — | beIE; 134000 | 134,000 |
22 | Plymouth | Liverpool | FA Cup | 1/18/17 | FS1; 111000 | FOXD; 20000 | 131,000 |
23 | Real Betis | Sporting | La Liga | 1/22/17 | —; — | beIE; 131000 | 131,000 |
24 | Panama | Costa Rica | Copa Centroamericana | 1/22/17 | —; — | UDN; 130000 | 130,000 |
25 | Athletic | Atletico Madrid | La Liga | 1/22/17 | —; — | beIE; 121000 | 121,000 |
26 | Southampton | Leicester City | Premier League | 1/22/17 | NBCSN; 121000 | —; — | 121,000 |
27 | León | Morelia | Copa MX | 1/18/17 | —; — | UDN; 105000 | 105,000 |
28 | Leverkusen | Hertha | Bundesliga | 1/22/17 | FS1; 24000 | FOXD; 79000 | 103,000 |
29 | El Salvador | Nicaragua | Copa Centroamericana | 1/22/17 | —; — | UDN; 96000 | 96,000 |
30 | Costa Rica | Nicaragua | Copa Centroamericana | 1/17/17 | —; — | UDN; 89000 | 89,000 |
31 | Atlético Madrid | Eibar | Copa del Rey | 1/19/17 | beIN; 24000 | beIE; 64000 | 88,000 |
32 | Alaves | Leganes | La Liga | 1/21/17 | —; — | beIE; 79000 | 79,000 |
33 | Crystal Palace | Everton | Premier League | 1/21/17 | CNBC; 56000 | —; — | 56,000 |
34 | El Salvador | Belize | Copa Centroamericana | 1/17/17 | —; — | UDN; 54000 | 54,000 |
35 | Freiburg | Bayern | Bundesliga | 1/20/17 | FS1; 54000 | —; — | 54,000 |
36 | Bremen | Dortmund | Bundesliga | 1/21/17 | FS1; 49000 | —; — | 49,000 |
37 | Leipzig | Frankfurt | Bundesliga | 1/21/17 | FS2; 13000 | FOXD; 34000 | 47,000 |
38 | Lincoln City | Ipswich Town | FA Cup | 1/17/17 | FS1; 35000 | FOXD; 6000 | 41,000 |
39 | Milan | Napoli | Serie A | 1/21/17 | beIN; 40000 | —; — | 40,000 |
40 | Belize | Honduras | Copa Centroamericana | 1/22/17 | —; — | UDN; 40000 | 40,000 |
41 | Porto | Rio Ave | Primeira Liga | 1/21/17 | —; — | UDN; 37000 | 37,000 |
42 | Nicaragua | Belize | Copa Centroamericana | 1/20/17 | —; — | UDN; 34000 | 34,000 |
43 | Alcorcón | Alavés | Copa del Rey | 1/18/17 | beIN; 7000 | beIE; 24000 | 31,000 |
44 | Mainz | Köln | Bundesliga | 1/22/17 | FS2; 13000 | FOXD; 15000 | 28,000 |
45 | Morocco | Togo | Africa Cup of Nations | 1/20/17 | beIN; 25000 | —; — | 25,000 |
46 | Mali | Egypt | Africa Cup of Nations | 1/17/17 | beIN; 23000 | —; — | 23,000 |
47 | Gabon | Burkina Faso | Africa Cup of Nations | 1/18/17 | beIN; 21000 | —; — | 21,000 |
48 | Ghana | Uganda | Africa Cup of Nations | 1/17/17 | beIN; 20000 | —; — | 20,000 |
49 | Augsburg | Hoffenheim | Bundesliga | 1/21/17 | FS2; 3000 | FOXD; 15000 | 18,000 |
50 | Osasuna | Sevilla | La Liga | 1/22/17 | —; — | beIE; 18000 | 18,000 |
51 | Las Palmas | Deportivo | La Liga | 1/20/17 | —; — | beIE; 17000 | 17,000 |
52 | Palermo | Inter Milan | Serie A | 1/22/17 | beIN; 17000 | —; — | 17,000 |
53 | Marítimo | Sporting CP | Primeira Liga | 1/21/17 | —; — | UDN; 13000 | 13,000 |
54 | Côte d’Ivoire | Congo DR | Africa Cup of Nations | 1/20/17 | beIN; 12000 | —; — | 12,000 |
55 | Algeria | Tunisia | Africa Cup of Nations | 1/19/17 | beIN; 10000 | —; — | 10,000 |
56 | Juventus | Lazio | Serie A | 1/22/17 | beIN; 10000 | —; — | 10,000 |
57 | Zimbabwe | Tunisia | Africa Cup of Nations | 1/23/17 | beIN; 8000 | —; — | 8,000 |
Average viewing audiences for soccer leagues on US TV:
League | Average |
---|---|
Liga MX | 836,750 |
Premier League | 467,975 |
MLS | 292,365 |
La Liga | 149,110 |
NWSL | 88,500 |
Bundesliga | 78,182 |
Primeira Liga | 31,842 |
Serie A | 25,792 |
Championship | 15,688 |
Ligue 1 | 14,389 |
NASL | 7,000 |
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