Of the soccer games shown live on US cable and satellite channels last weekend, seven of the top 10 most-watched games were televised on NBCSN. Six of them were Premier League matches, while the seventh was the Olympic qualifying game between the United States and Mexico women’s teams.
It was an exceedingly good Sunday morning for NBCSN’s coverage of the Premier League as a combined audience of 1.6 million people watched the triple header featuring Arsenal vs. Leicester (7am-9am ET), Aston Villa vs. Liverpool (9-11am ET) and Manchester City vs. Spurs (11am-1pm ET).
On the other end of the spectrum, the Bundesliga suffered another disappointing weekend. This time, an average of 32,000 people watched the Bundesliga matches across FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports 2 and FOX Deportes. Even the clash between Bayern Munich and Augsburg was only watched by 38,000 people.
Altogether, the most-viewed soccer game on any FOX network last weekend was the 56,000 who watched Schalke vs. Mainz on Friday, February 12.
Unfortunately for FOX and the Bundesliga, the audience who tuned in to Bayer Leverkusen against Bayern Munich two weeks ago didn’t help increase FOX’s numbers this past weekend. At this point, you have to wonder whether FOX Sports has given up on trying to promote the league.
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Pos. | Teams | No. of viewers | TV Network | Game time (ET) | Date |
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1 | Man City vs. Spurs | 725,000 | NBCSN | 11am-1pm | Sun, Feb 14 |
2 | Aston Villa vs. Liverpool | 470,000 | NBCSN | 9-11am | Sun, Feb 14 |
3 | Tigres vs. Tijuana | 464,000 | Univision Deportes | 8-10pm | Sat., Feb 13 |
4 | Chelsea vs. Newcastle | 450,000 | NBCSN | 12:30-2:30pm | Sat., Feb 13 |
5 | Everton vs. WBA | 445,000 | NBCSN | 10am-Noon | Sat., Feb 13 |
6 | Arsenal vs. Leicester | 406,000 | NBCSN | 7-9am | Sun, Feb 14 |
7 | Sunderland vs. Man United | 389,000 | NBCSN | 7:45-9:45am | Sat., Feb 13 |
8 | Cruz Azul vs. Queretaro | 277,000 | Univision Deportes | 6-8pm | Sat., Feb 13 |
9 | USWNT vs. Mexico | 229,000 | NBCSN | 9:30-11:30pm | Sat., Feb 13 |
10 | Chivas vs. Leon | 221,000 | Univision Deportes | 1-3pm | Sun, Feb 14 |
11 | Barcelona vs. Celta | 174,000 | beIN SPORTS | 2:30-4:30pm | Sun, Feb 14 |
12 | Norwich vs. West Ham | 166,000 | USA | 10am-Noon | Sat., Feb 13 |
13 | Real Madrid vs. Athletic Bilbao | 103,000 | beIN SPORTS | 10am-Noon | Sat., Feb 13 |
14 | Napoli vs. Juventus | 102,000 | beIN SPORTS | 2:45-4:45pm | Sat., Feb 13 |
15 | Schalke vs. Mainz | 56,000 | FOX Sports 1 | 2:30-4:30pm | Fri., Feb 12 |
16 | Monchengladbach vs. Hamburg | 43,000 | FOX Sports 1 | 9:30-11:30am | Sun, Feb 14 |
17 | PSG vs. Lille | 38,000 | beIN SPORTS | 12-2pm | Sat., Feb 13 |
18 | Frankfurt vs. Cologne | 38,000 | FOX Deportes | 12:30-2:30pm | Sat., Feb 13 |
19 | Bayern vs. Augsburg | 38,000 | FOX Sports 2 | 11:30am-1:30pm | Sun, Feb 14 |
20 | NEC vs. PSV | 34,000 | Univision Deportes | 10:30am-12:30pm | Sun, Feb 14 |
21 | Hannover vs. Dortmund | 26,000 | FOX Deportes | 9:30-11:30am | Sat., Feb 13 |
22 | Getafe vs. Atletico Madrid | 25,000 | beIN SPORTS | 12:15-2:15pm | Sun, Feb 14 |
23 | Frankfurt vs. Cologne | 22,000 | FOX Sports 2 | 12:30-2:30pm | Sat., Feb 13 |
24 | Hannover vs. Dortmund | 20,000 | FOX Sports 2 | 9:30-11:30am | Sat., Feb 13 |
25 | Sporting CP vs. Nacional | 19,000 | Univision Deportes | 1:30-3:30pm | Sat., Feb 13 |
26 | Monchengladbach vs. Hamburg | 17,000 | FOX Deportes | 9:30-11:30am | Sun, Feb 14 |
27 | Genoa vs. AC Milan | 4,000 | beIN SPORTS | 6:30-8:30am | Sun, Feb 14 |
28 | Fulham vs. QPR | 3,000 | beIN SPORTS | 7:30-9:30am | Sat., Feb 13 |
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