Saturday afternoon’s Bundesliga clash between Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen on FOX Sports 2 and Fox Deportes delivered the league’s highest cable viewership so far this season. No doubt thanks in part to the lack of a Premier League match airing in the same time slot. It was also the highest viewed Bundesliga match on FOX Sports 2, beating almost every game carried on FOX Sports 1 so far with the exception being the Friday afternoon match on September 9 between Bayern Munich and Schalke, another game that faced no Premier League competition.
Also on FOX Sports, the National Women’s Soccer League has averaged 70,200 viewers on FOX Sports 1 from the league’s first broadcast on September 7th through this weekend’s semifinal stage of the playoffs. That is only around 30,000 viewers fewer than the average MLS match has delivered on Fox Sports 1 within the same timeframe. The NWSL final can be seen this upcoming Sunday, September 9th at 5 pm on Fox Sports 1.
It was another great weekend for Liga MX as the league averaged over 800,000 viewers per match window and a total viewership of over 4.125 million. This past weekend saw two matches break the one million viewer mark on Univision as both Club América and Chivas continue to be huge television draws for the league.
Here are the TV viewing audiences:
Domestic numbers for the week:
Date | Competition | Start Time | Home | Away | Network 1 | Network 2 | Total |
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9/28/16 | MLS | 7:30 PM | Toronto FC | Orlando City SC | Fox Sports 1; 87000 | Fox Deportes; 38000 | 125,000 |
9/28/16 | NASL | 8:00 PM | Miami FC | Ottawa Fury | beIN Sports; 1000 | —; — | 1,000 |
9/30/16 | MLS | 8:00 PM | Houston Dynamo | New York City FC | UniMás; 137000 | Univision Deportes; 72000 | 209,000 |
9/30/16 | NWSL | 8:00 PM | Washington Spirit | Chicago Red Stars | Fox Sports 1; 63000 | —; — | 63,000 |
10/2/16 | MLS | 1:00 PM | Orlando City SC | Montreal Impact | ESPN; 220000 | ESPN Deportes; — | 220,000 |
10/2/16 | NASL | 7:00 PM | Rayo OKC | Carolina Railhawks | beIN Sports; 3000 | —; — | 3,000 |
10/2/16 | MLS | 8:00 PM | Vancouver Whitecaps | Seattle Sounders | Fox Sports 1; 129000 | Fox Deportes; 20000 | 149,000 |
10/2/16 | NWSL | 5:42 PM* | Portland Thorns | West New York Flash | Fox Sports 1; 105000 | —; — | 105,000 |
* indicates that the game was joined in progress at the listed time
Foreign numbers for the week:
Date | Competition | Start Time | Team 1 | Team 2 | Network 1 | Network 2 | Total |
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9/27/16 | UEFA Champions League | 2:45 PM | Borussia Dortmund | Real Madrid | Fox Sports 1; 263000 | Fox Deportes; 244000 | 507,000 |
9/27/16 | UEFA Champions League | 2:45 PM | CSKA Moscow | Tottenham Hotspur | Fox Sports 2; 37000 | —; — | 37,000 |
9/27/16 | UEFA Champions League | 2:45 PM | AS Monaco | Bayer Leverkusen | ESPN2; 90000 | —; — | 90,000 |
9/27/16 | CONCACAF CL | 8:00 PM | New York Red Bulls | Antigua GFC | —; — | Univision Deportes; 78000 | 78,000 |
9/28/16 | UEFA Champions League | 2:45 PM | Mönchengladbach | Barcelona | Fox Sports 1; 111000 | —; — | 111,000 |
9/28/16 | UEFA Champions League | 2:45 PM | Celtic | Manchester City | Fox Sports 2; 73000 | —; — | 73,000 |
9/28/16 | UEFA Champions League | 2:45 PM | Atlético Madrid | Bayern Munich | ESPN2; 211000 | Fox Deportes; 104000 | 315,000 |
9/29/16 | UEFA Europa League | 11:00 AM | Gabala | Mainz | Fox Sports 2; 20000 | —; — | 20,000 |
9/29/16 | UEFA Europa League | 1:00 PM | Sparta Praha | Inter Milan | Fox Sports 1; 55000 | —; — | 55,000 |
9/29/16 | UEFA Europa League | 1:00 PM | Schalke 04 | Salzburg | Fox Sports 2; 29000 | —; — | 29,000 |
9/29/16 | UEFA Europa League | 3:00 PM | Manchester United | Zorya Luhansk | Fox Sports 1; 149000 | —; — | 149,000 |
9/29/16 | UEFA Europa League | 3:00 PM | Roma | Astra Giurgiu | Fox Sports 2; 39000 | —; — | 39,000 |
9/29/16 | CONCACAF CL | 8:00 PM | Olímpia | Police United | —; — | Univision Deportes; 51000 | 51,000 |
9/29/16 | CONCACAF CL | 10:00 PM | W Connection | Honduras Progreso | —; — | Univision Deportes; 54000 | 54,000 |
9/30/16 | U-17 World Cup (W) | 8:00 AM | Venezuela | Germany | Fox Sports 2; 2000 | —; — | 2,000 |
9/30/16 | U-17 World Cup (W) | 10:00 AM | Mexico | New Zealand | Fox Sports 2; 9000 | —; — | 9,000 |
9/30/16 | Bundesliga | 2:30 PM | RB Leipzig | Augsburg | Fox Sports 2; 25000 | —; — | 25,000 |
9/30/16 | Ligue 1 | 2:45 PM | Rennes | Guingamp | beIN SPORTS; 6000 | —; — | 6,000 |
9/30/16 | La Liga | 2:45 PM | Real Sociedad | Real Betis | —; — | beIN Español; 30000 | 30,000 |
9/30/16 | Premier League | 3:00 PM | Everton | Crystal Palace | USA; 197000 | —; — | 197,000 |
10/1/16 | Premier League | 7:30 AM | Swansea City | Liverpool | NBCSN; 336000 | NBC Universo; 30000 | 366,000 |
10/1/16 | U-17 World Cup (W) | 9:00 AM | Nigeria | Brazil | Fox Sports 1; 39000 | —; — | 39,000 |
10/1/16 | Bundesliga | 9:30 AM | Bayern Munich | Köln | Fox Sports 2; 49000 | —; — | 49,000 |
10/1/16 | Bundesliga | 9:30 AM | Freiburg | Frankfurt | —; — | Fox Deportes; 38000 | 38,000 |
10/1/16 | Premier League | 10:00 AM | Hull City | Chelsea | NBCSN; 460000 | —; — | 460,000 |
10/1/16 | La Liga | 10:15 AM | Sevilla | Alaves | —; — | beIN Español; 45000 | 45,000 |
10/1/16 | U-17 World Cup (W) | 11:00 AM | United States | Paraguay | Fox Soccer Plus; — | NBC Universo; 11000 | 11,000 |
10/1/16 | Bundesliga | 12:30 PM | Bayer Leverkusen | Borussia Dortmund | Fox Sports 2; 68000 | FOX Deportes; 168000 | 236,000 |
10/1/16 | La Liga | 12:30 PM | Osasuna | Las Palmas | —; — | beIN Español; 76000 | 76,000 |
10/1/16 | Serie A | 2:45 PM | Udinese | Lazio | beIN SPORTS; 21000 | —; — | 21,000 |
10/1/16 | La Liga | 2:45 PM | Deportivo | Sporting | —; — | beIN Español; 70000 | 70,000 |
10/1/16 | Liga MX | 6:00 PM | Cruz Azul | Veracruz | —; — | Univision Deportes; 349000 | 349,000 |
10/1/16 | Liga MX | 6:00 PM | Querétaro | Santos Laguna | —; — | Galavision; 152000 | 152,000 |
10/1/16 | Liga MX | 8:00 PM | Monterrey | Club América | Univision; 842000 | Univision Deportes; 558000 | 1,400,000 |
10/1/16 | Liga MX | 8:06 PM | León | Tigres | —; — | Galavision; 155000 | 155,000 |
10/1/16 | Liga MX | 10:00 PM | Chivas | Monarcas Morelia | Univision; 788000 | Univision Deportes; 512000 | 1,300,000 |
10/2/16 | La Liga | 6:00 AM | Valencia | Atletico Madrid | —; — | beIN Español; 10000 | 10,000 |
10/2/16 | Premier League | 7:00 AM | Manchester United | Stoke City | NBCSN; 240000 | —; — | 240,000 |
10/2/16 | Serie A | 8:00 AM | Empoli | Juventus | beIN SPORTS; 9000 | —; — | 9,000 |
10/2/16 | Premier League | 9:15 AM | Spurs | Manchester City | NBCSN; 513000 | —; — | 513,000 |
10/2/16 | Bundesliga | 9:30 AM | Wolfsburg | Mainz | Fox Sports 1; 26000 | —; — | 26,000 |
10/2/16 | La Liga | 10:00 AM | Real Madrid | Eibar | beIN SPORTS; 79000 | beIN Español; 298000 | 377,000 |
10/2/16 | Bundesliga | 11:30 AM | Schalke 04 | Mönchengladbach | Fox Sports 2; 15000 | Fox Deportes; 12000 | 27,000 |
10/2/16 | Premier League | 11:30 AM | Burnley | Arsenal | NBCSN; 419000 | —; — | 419,000 |
10/2/16 | La Liga | 12:30 PM | Malaga | Athletic | —; — | beIN Español; 138000 | 138,000 |
10/2/16 | Liga MX | 1:00 PM | Pumas | Chiapas | Univision; 328000 | Univision Deportes; 190000 | 518,000 |
10/2/16 | La Liga | 2:45 PM | Celta Vigo | Barcelona | beIN SPORTS; 95000 | beIN Español; 393000 | 488,000 |
10/2/16 | Liga MX | 7:00 PM | Puebla | Pachuca | —; — | Univision Deportes; 251000 | 251,000 |
10/2/16 | Serie A | 11:15 PM | AC Milan | Sassuolo | beIN SPORTS; 39000 | —; — | 39,000 |
10/3/16 | U-17 World Cup (W) | 9:00 AM | Spain | New Zealand | Fox Sports 2; 0 | —; — | 0 |
10/3/16 | U-17 World Cup (W) | 12:00 PM | Germany | Canada | Fox Sports 2; 15000 | —; — | 15,000 |
Major League Soccer averages:
Overall | ESPN | ESPN2 | ESPND | FOX | FS1 | FOXD | Univision | UniMás | UDN |
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282,721 | 305,800 | 201,500 | 46,000 | 658,000 | 157,960 | 34,367 | 827,000 | 163,560 | 69,417 |
Other league averages:
League | Average |
---|---|
Liga MX | 678,674 |
Premier League | 427,105 |
UEFA CL | 374,500 |
La Liga | 132,098 |
NWSL | 70,200 |
Bundesliga | 69,000 |
Primeira Liga | 38,400 |
Serie A | 34,688 |
Eredivisie | 28,200 |
Championship | 16,667 |
Ligue 1 | 12,444 |
NASL | 7,069 |
HT: SportsTVRatings.
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