Serie A and La Liga both kicked off last weekend on the networks of beIN SPORTS. La Liga’s opening weekend viewership peaked Sunday afternoon when 294,000 watched Real Madrid face off against Real Sociedad on beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS en Español. Saturday’s match between Barcelona and Real Betis drew 238,000. The two Serie A matches that were broadcast on beIN SPORTS, including Gonzalo Higuain’s Juventus debut, both averaged 32,000 viewers.

MLS TV viewing figures saw a rise after disastrous numbers during the Rio Olympics. Three weeks of Olympic competition saw MLS’ average viewership on all networks fall below 300,000 for the first time this season, with matches on FOX Sports 1 attracting nearly 30,000 viewers fewer than last season.

Compared to the opening weekend of the season, Premier League viewership on the networks of NBC Sports dropped nearly 33% for gameweek 2, peaking during the Saturday 10am ET window as 416,000 watched Liverpool take on Burnley on NBCSN and 150,000 viewed Chelsea face Watford on CNBC. This Saturday should provide a boost to Premier League numbers as Manchester United take on Hull City at 12:30 pm ET on the NBC over-the-air network.

Domestic numbers for the week:

Date Competition Start Time Home Away Network 1 Network 2 Total
8/12/16 Olympics (W) 12:00 PM United States Sweden NBCSN; 1,850,000 1,850,000
8/19/16 MLS 11:00 PM San Jose Earthquakes Houston Dynamo UniMás; 153,000 Univision Deportes; 21,000 174,000
8/20/16 MLS 3:30 PM New York City FC Los Angeles Galaxy ESPN; 219,000 ESPN Deportes; Not available 219,000
8/20/16 NASL 9:00 PM Rayo OKC Miami FC beIN Sports; 3,000 3,000
8/21/16 MLS 3:00 PM DC United New York Red Bulls ESPN; 220,000 ESPN Deportes; Not available 220,000
8/21/16 MLS 9:30 PM Seattle Sounders Portland Timers Fox Sports 1; 148,000 Fox Deportes; 16,000 164,000

Foreign numbers for the week:

Date Competition Start Time Team 1 Team 2 Network 1 Network 2 Total
8/15/16 Premier League 3:00 PM Chelsea West Ham United USA; 314,000 314,000
8/16/16 UEFA CL Playoff 2:45 PM BSC Young Boys Mönchengladbach Fox Sports 2; 9000 ESPN Deportes; Not available 9,000
8/16/16 UEFA CL Playoff 2:45 PM Steaua Bucuresti Manchester City Fox Sports 1; 67,000 Fox Deportes; 50,000 117,000
8/16/16 CONCACAF CL 8:00 PM Central Sporting Kansas City Univision Deportes; 65,000 65,000
8/16/16 Copa MX 10:00 PM Club América Venados FC Univision Deportes; 285,000 285,000
8/17/16 UEFA CL Playoff 2:45 PM AS Roma FC Porto Fox Sports 2; 24,000 ESPN Deportes; Not available 24,000
8/17/16 UEFA CL Playoff 2:45 PM Celtic Hapoel Beer Sheva Fox Soccer Plus; Not available Fox Deportes; 11,000 11,000
8/17/16 Spanish Supercopa 4:45 PM Barcelona Sevilla ESPN2; 124,000 ESPN Deportes; Not available 124,000
8/17/16 CONCACAF CL 8:00 PM Monterrey Árabe Unido Univision Deportes; 144,000 144,000
8/17/16 CONCACAF CL 10:00 PM Herediano Tigres Univision Deportes; 141,000 141,000
8/18/16 CONCACAF CL 8:00 PM Suchitepéquez Real Estelí Univision Deportes; 63,000 63,000
8/18/16 CONCACAF CL 10:00 PM Pumas Honduras Progreso Univision Deportes; 115,000 115,000
8/19/16 La Liga 2:45 PM Malaga Osasuna beIN Español; 22,000 22,000
8/19/16 Ligue 1 2:45 PM Lyon Caen beIN Sports; 14,000 14,000
8/19/16 Premier League 3:00 PM Manchester United Southampton USA; 348,000 348,000
8/20/16 Premier League 7:30 AM Stoke City Manchester City NBCSN; 258,000 NBC Universo; 16,000 274,000
8/20/16 Premier League 10:00 AM Watford Chelsea CNBC; 150,000 150,000
8/20/16 Premier League 10:00 AM Burnley Liverpool NBCSN; 416,000 416,000
8/20/16 La Liga 12:15 PM Barcelona Real Betis beIN Sports; 67,000 beIN Español; 171,000 238,000
8/20/16 Premier League 12:30 PM Leicester City Arsenal CNBC; 397,000 397,000
8/20/16 La Liga 2:15 PM Granada Villareal beIN Español; 85,000 85,000
8/20/16 Serie A 2:45 PM Juventus Fiorentina beIN Sports; 32,000 32,000
8/20/16 Primeira Liga 3:30 PM FC Porto Estoril Univision Deportes; 49,000 49,000
8/20/16 La Liga 4:15 PM Sevilla Espanyol beIN Español; 29,000 29,000
8/20/16 Liga MX 6:00 PM Cruz Azul Santos Laguna Univision Deportes; 258,000 258,000
8/20/16 Liga MX 8:00 PM Tigres Pachuca Univision; Not available Univision Deportes; 367,000 ?
8/20/16 Liga MX 10:00 PM Chivas Atlas FC Univision; Not available Univision Deportes; 408,000 ?
8/21/16 Premier League 8:30 AM Sunderland Middlesbrough NBCSN; 202,000 202,000
8/21/16 Premier League 11:00 AM West Ham United AFC Bournemouth CNBC; 254,000 254,000
8/21/16 Serie A 12:00 PM AC Milan Torino beIN Sports; 32,000 32,000
8/21/16 Liga MX 1:00 PM Pumas Monterrey Univision; 642,000 Univision Deportes; 208,000 850,000
8/21/16 La Liga 2:15 PM Real Sociedad Real Madrid beIN Sports; 99,000 beIN Español; 195,000 294,000
8/21/16 La Liga 4:15 PM Atletico Madrid Alaves beIN Sports; 64,000 beIN Español; 100,000 164,000
8/21/16 Liga MX 7:00 PM Puebla Club América Univision Deportes; 563,000 563,000

Major League Soccer averages:

Overall ESPN ESPN2 ESPND FOX FS1 FOXD Univision UniMás UDN
290,725 325,400 201,500 46,000 498,000 170,000 35,375 827,000 169,150 68,750

Other league averages:

League Average
NASL 6,524
NWSL 0
Liga MX 637,280
Premier League 385,417
Championship 18,167
Bundesliga 0
La Liga 111,625
Serie A 32,000
Ligue 1 11,667
Eredivisie 27,000