The month of February saw six matches break the 1 million viewer mark with 3 of them coming on February 10. Manchester City and Leicester City kicked things off by drawing a total of 1.245 million viewers on NBC and Universo, which ranked as the fourth most-watched soccer match of 2018. Later that night Univision’s Liga MX doubleheader gave us the two most-watched soccer matches of 2018 thus far as Tigres hosted Club América before an audience of 1.479 million and was followed by Chivas and Santos Laguna playing before 1.36 million American TV viewers.
Manchester City’s 3-0 dismantling of Arsenal in the Carabao Cup Final drew 672,000 viewers on ESPN, marking the tournaments most-watched final in recent years with a 197% increase in viewership from the 2017 Final on beIN Sports.
The February 20 Champions League Round of 16 meeting between Chelsea and Barcelona provided FOX Sports 1 with its largest audience for a Champions League match this season at 411,000 viewers. Real Madrid’s meeting with Paris Saint-Germain, meanwhile, averaged more than 300,000 viewers.
Here are the most-watched soccer games on US TV for February 2-27, 2018:
Rank | Date | Competition | Teams | TV1 | TV2 | Total |
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1 | 2/10/18 | Liga MX | Tigres / América | Univision; 1479000 | UDN; — | 1,479,000 |
2 | 2/10/18 | Liga MX | Chivas / Santos | Univision; 1360000 | UDN; — | 1,360,000 |
3 | 2/10/18 | Premier League | Man City / Leicester City | NBC; 1127000 | Unvso; 118000 | 1,245,000 |
4 | 2/24/18 | Liga MX | America / Tijuana | Univision; 1245000 | 1,245,000 | |
5 | 2/3/18 | Liga MX | América / Lobos | Univision; 1096000 | UDN; — | 1,096,000 |
6 | 2/3/18 | Premier League | Arsenal / Everton | NBC; 877000 | Telemundo; 123000 | 1,000,000 |
7 | 2/11/18 | Premier League | Newcastle / Man Utd | NBCSN; 790000 | Telemundo; 189000 | 979,000 |
8 | 2/11/18 | Premier League | Southampton / Liverpool | NBCSN; 701000 | Telemundo; 256000 | 957,000 |
9 | 2/17/18 | Liga MX | Chivas / Pachuca | Univision; 943000 | 943,000 | |
10 | 2/24/18 | Premier League | Watford / Everton | NBC; 904000 | Unvso; 28000 | 932,000 |
11 | 2/4/18 | Premier League | Liverpool / Spurs | NBCSN; 692000 | Telemundo; 203000 | 895,000 |
12 | 2/25/18 | Premier League | Man Utd / Chelsea | NBCSN; 689000 | Telemundo; 200000 | 889,000 |
13 | 2/25/18 | Liga MX | Pumas / Chivas | Univision; 888000 | 888,000 | |
14 | 2/24/18 | Liga MX | Tigres / Morelia | Univision; 859000 | 859,000 | |
15 | 2/3/18 | Liga MX | Monterrey / León | Univision; 859000 | UDN; — | 859,000 |
16 | 2/13/18 | Liga MX | Club America / Morelia | Univision; 824000 | 824,000 | |
17 | 2/4/18 | Liga MX | Pumas / Tigres | Univision; 811000 | UDN; — | 811,000 |
18 | 2/17/18 | Liga MX | Tigres / Atlas | Univision; 800000 | 800,000 | |
19 | 2/14/18 | Liga MX | Monterrey / Cruz Azul | Univision; 785000 | 785,000 | |
20 | 2/10/18 | Liga MX | Cruz Azul / Necaxa | UniMás; 745000 | UDN; — | 745,000 |
21 | 2/11/18 | Liga MX | Toluca / Monterrey | Univision; 732000 | UDN; — | 732,000 |
22 | 2/25/18 | EFL Cup | Arsenal / Man City | ESPN; 672000 | —; — | 672,000 |
23 | 2/17/17 | Liga MX | Cruz Azul / Puebla | Univision; 640000 | 640,000 | |
24 | 2/12/18 | Premier League | Chelsea / West Brom | NBCSN; 605000 | Unvso; 16000 | 621,000 |
25 | 2/3/18 | Premier League | Man Utd / Huddersfield | NBCSN; 505000 | Unvso; 74000 | 579,000 |
26 | 2/13/18 | Liga MX | Atlas / Necaxa | Univision; 569000 | 569,000 | |
27 | 2/2/18 | Liga MX | Atlas / Cruz Azul | —; — | UDN; 568000 | 568,000 |
28 | 2/18/18 | Liga MX | Veracruz / America | Univision; 567000 | 567,000 | |
29 | 2/28/18 | Champions League | America / Saprissa | Univision; 537000 | 537,000 | |
30 | 2/18/18 | Liga MX | Toluca / Santos | Univision; 531000 | 531,000 | |
31 | 2/2/18 | Liga MX | Puebla / Chivas | —; — | UDN; 442000 | 442,000 |
32 | 2/21/18 | Champions League | Saprissa / America | Univision; 437000 | 437,000 | |
33 | 2/25/18 | Liga MX | Santos / Cruz Azul | Univision; 418000 | 418,000 | |
34 | 2/20/18 | UEFA CL | Chelsea / Barcelona | FS1; 411000 | FOXD; — | 411,000 |
35 | 2/9/18 | Liga MX | Tijuana / Querétaro | —; — | UDN; 407000 | 407,000 |
36 | 2/28/18 | Champions League | Chivas / Cibao | Univision; 401000 | 401,000 | |
37 | 2/14/18 | UEFA CL R16 | Real Madrid / PSG | FS1; 392000 | ESPND; — | 392,000 |
38 | 2/18/18 | La Liga | Betis / Real Madrid | —; — | beIE; 388000 | 388,000 |
39 | 2/24/18 | Premier League | Liverpool / West Ham | CNBC; 354000 | Unvso; 27000 | 381,000 |
40 | 2/10/18 | Premier League | Spurs / Arsenal | CNBC; 327000 | Unvso; 45000 | 372,000 |
41 | 2/4/18 | Premier League | Crystal Palace / Newcastle | NBCSN; 334000 | —; — | 334,000 |
42 | 2/9/18 | Liga MX | Morelia / Pumas | —; — | UDN; 334000 | 334,000 |
43 | 2/3/18 | Premier League | Burnley / Man City | NBCSN; 265000 | Unvso; 64000 | 329,000 |
44 | 2/17/18 | La Liga | Eibar / Barcelona | —; — | beIE; 323000 | 323,000 |
45 | 2/22/18 | Champions League | Cibao / Chivas | Univision; 318000 | 318,000 | |
46 | 2/25/18 | Premier League | Crystal Palace / Spurs | NBCSN; 304000 | —; — | 304,000 |
47 | 2/27/18 | Champions League | Tigres / Herediano | Univision; 294000 | 294,000 | |
48 | 2/27/18 | Liga MX | Tijuana / Montagua | Univision; 275000 | 275,000 | |
49 | 2/13/18 | UEFA CL R16 | Juventus / Spurs | FS1; 270000 | ESPND; — | 270,000 |
50 | 2/18/18 | FA Cup | Rochdale / Spurs | FS1; 268000 | FOXD; — | 268,000 |
51 | 2/3/18 | Liga MX | Querétaro / Veracruz | —; — | UDN; 264000 | 264,000 |
52 | 2/21/18 | UEFA CL R16 | Sevilla / Man Utd | FS1; 260000 | FOXD; — | 260,000 |
53 | 2/11/18 | Liga MX | Veracruz / Pachuca | —; — | UDN; 250000 | 250,000 |
54 | 2/5/18 | Premier League | Watford / Chelsea | NBCSN; 212000 | Unvso; 33000 | 245,000 |
55 | 2/24/18 | Liga MX | Lobos / Veracruz | Univision; 216000 | 216,000 | |
56 | 2/20/18 | Champions League | Herediano / Tigres | Univision; 211000 | 211,000 | |
57 | 2/16/18 | Liga MX | Morelia / Lobos | Univision; 202000 | 202,000 | |
58 | 2/10/18 | Premier League | Stoke / Brighton | CNBC; 187000 | —; — | 187,000 |
59 | 2/3/18 | Liga MX | Pachuca / Morelia | —; — | Gala; 176000 | 176,000 |
60 | 2/21/18 | Champions League | Motagua / Tijuana | Univision; 156000 | 156,000 | |
61 | 2/3/18 | Bundesliga | Mainz / Bayern | UniMás; 151000 | UDN; — | 151,000 |
62 | 2/22/18 | Champions League | Olimpia / NY Red Bulls | Univision; 143000 | 143,000 | |
63 | 2/17/18 | FA Cup | Huddersfield / Man Utd | FS2; 142000 | —; — | 142,000 |
64 | 2/3/18 | Bundesliga | Mönchengladbach / Leipzig | UniMás; 138000 | UDN; — | 138,000 |
65 | 2/23/18 | Liga MX | Puebla / Necaxa | Univision; 122000 | 122,000 | |
66 | 2/23/18 | La Liga | Barcelona / Girona | beIN; 107000 | beIE; — | 107,000 |
67 | 2/24/18 | Bundesliga | Bayern Munich / Hertha | Univision; 92000 | 92,000 | |
68 | 2/10/18 | Premier League | West Ham / Watford | —; — | Unvso; 73000 | 73,000 |
69 | 2/4/18 | La Liga | Espanyol / Barcelona | beIN; 68000 | beIE; — | 68,000 |
70 | 2/10/18 | UEFA Futsal Euro | Portugal / Spain | —; — | UDN; 62000 | 62,000 |
71 | 2/17/18 | Bundesliga | Schalke / Hoffenheim | Univision; 33000 | 33,000 | |
72 | 2/18/18 | Bundesliga | Augsburg / Stuttgart | Univision; 28000 | 28,000 | |
73 | 2/25/18 | Bundesliga | Leverkusen / Schalke | Univision; 22000 | 22,000 | |
74 | 2/24/18 | Bundesliga | Bremen / Hamburg | Univision; 16000 | 16,000 | |
75 | 2/9/18 | Bundesliga | Leipzig / Augsburg | —; — | UDN; 13000 | 13,000 |
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