Liverpool’s 2-0 victory over Manchester United on Sunday was the second Premier League match of 2020 to surpass one million viewers, drawing a combined 1.202 million across NBCSN and Telemundo. Telemundo’s 382,000 viewers is the most that have watched a match on the network since Liverpool met Manchester City in November 2019.
The Premier League’s second match on NBC of 2020 averaged 843,000 viewers, down nearly 30% from a week prior, but still above average for the network this season. After 20 broadcasts, the Premier League on NBC is averaging 801,750 viewers per match.
LaLiga viewership peaked at just over 291,000 this past week when Barcelona hosted Granada, down a slight 4% from the league’s peak viewership earlier this month when Barcelona traveled to Espanyol.
AC Milan’s late win against Udinese was watched by 76,000 viewers on ESPN2, the first Serie A match we have found data for in months. The highest recorded audience for Serie A available to us was 246,000 viewers for a match featuring Roma and Juventus in May 2019 that averaged 246,000 viewers.
| Rank | Date | Competition | Teams | Network | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1/19 | Premier League | Liverpool / Man United | NBCSN: 820000 / Telemundo: 382000 | 1,202,000 |
| 2 | 1/18 | Premier League | Newcastle / Chelsea | NBC: 843000 / Universo: 70000 | 913,000 |
| 3 | 1/18 | Premier League | Arsenal / Sheffield United | NBCSN: 559000 / Universo: 31000 | 590,000 |
| 4 | 1/19 | Liga MX Clausura | Toluca / Necaxa | Univision: 529000 | 529,000 |
| 5 | 1/18 | Liga MX Clausura | Monterrey / Morelia | FOXD: 310000 | 310,000 |
| 6 | 1/19 | Premier League | Burnley / Leicester City | NBCSN: 309000 | 309,000 |
| 7 | 1/19 | La Liga | Barcelona / Granada | beIN SPORTS: 36929 / beIN Español: 254586 | 291,515 |
| 8 | 1/17 | Liga MX Clausura | Atlas / Puebla | TUDN: 288000 | 288,000 |
| 9 | 1/18 | Premier League | Watford / Spurs | NBCSN: 248000 / Universo: 15000 | 263,000 |
| 10 | 1/16 | Liga MX Clausura | Juárez / Pumas | TUDN: 154000 | 154,000 |
| 11 | 1/18 | La Liga | Real Madrid / Sevilla | beIN SPORTS: 11913 / beIN Español: 122495 | 134,408 |
| 12 | 1/18 | La Liga | Eibar / Atlético Madrid | beIN SPORTS: 22549 / beIN Español: 68458 | 91,007 |
| 13 | 1/19 | Bundesliga | Hertha / Bayern | UniMás: 88000 | 88,000 |
| 14 | 1/19 | Serie A | Milan / Udinese | ESPN2: 76000 | 76,000 |
| 15 | 1/19 | La Liga | Athletic Bilbao / Celta Vigo | beIN SPORTS: 15346 / beIN Español: 52381 | 67,727 |
| 16 | 1/20 | Liga MX Femenil | Tigres / Toluca | TUDN: 63000 | 63,000 |
| 17 | 1/17 | Liga MX Femenil | Cruz Azul / Atlas | TUDN: 43000 | 43,000 |
| 18 | 1/19 | La Liga | Villarreal / Espanyol | beIN SPORTS: 7113 / beIN Español: 33334 | 40,447 |
| 19 | 1/18 | Liga MX Femenil | Pumas / Monterrey | TUDN: 38000 | 38,000 |
| 20 | 1/18 | La Liga | Osasuna / Valladolid | beIN Español: 36102 | 36,102 |
| 21 | 1/20 | Liga MX Femenil | América / Santos | TUDN: 27000 | 27,000 |
| 22 | 1/19 | La Liga | Betis / Real Sociedad | beIN SPORTS: 994 / beIN Español: 25772 | 26,766 |
| 23 | 1/15 | Ligue 1 | AS Monaco / PSG | beIN SPORTS: 9822 / beIN Español: 16241 | 26,063 |
| 24 | 1/17 | Bundesliga | Schalke / Mönchengladbach | TUDN: 26000 | 26,000 |
| 25 | 1/17 | La Liga | Leganes / Getafe | beIN SPORTS: 2663 / beIN Español: 18688 | 21,351 |
| 26 | 1/18 | Bundesliga | Hoffenheim / Frankfurt | TUDN: 12000 | 12,000 |
| 27 | 1/16 | French Cup | FC Pau / Bordeaux | beIN SPORTS: 2278 / beIN Español: 6253 | 8,531 |
| 28 | 1/18 | French Cup | Nantes / Lyonnais | beIN SPORTS: 8285 | 8,285 |
| 29 | 1/18 | Turkish Super League | Gaziantespor / Fenerbahçe | beIN SPORTS: 749 / beIN Español: 7389 | 8,138 |
| 30 | 1/19 | French Cup | Lorient / PSG | beIN SPORTS: 2607 / beIN Español: 5459 | 8,066 |
HT: ShowBuzz Daily
What’s really jarring are the beIN vs beIN en Espanol splits for all the matches. The English version is virtually irrelevant it seems. But hey, I was one of only 7,113 to watch (2nd half) the very entertaining Villarreal vs Espanyol match last Sunday on beIN! This after watching Lecce vs Inter which I assume didn’t get many viewers either.
As millions of people were watching Liverpool vs Manchester United on Jan 19th, I was watching SC Paderborn vs Bayer Leverkusen on FS2. Rob Turner & Lutz Pfannensteil were the commentators from the Benteler Arena. Bundesliga is my favorite league, football as it’s meant to be.
Correction: The commentator was Rob Daly, not Rob Turner, both are great to listen to.
The America vs. Tigres; as well as the San Luis vs. Cruz Azul numbers are missing.
Liverpool vs Man Utd should’ve been on NBC main network – ratings would’ve been even higher:.
Would’ve been a great prelude to NFL playoff games if advertised better.