Most-watched soccer games on US TV for December 18-30, 2018

Real Madrid lifted their fourth FIFA Club World Cup trophy this December, making them the most successful club in the tournament’s history. The 8-match tournament averaged 129,125 viewers on Spanish-language networks Telemundo and Universo. Viewership peaked at 316,000 for the final between European champions Real Madrid and Al-Ain who represented the host nation United Arab Emirates as victors of the UAE Pro-League. Viewership was down 28% from Telemundo’s first Club World Cup Final broadcast in 2017 that saw Real Madrid defeat South American champions Grêmio.

NBCSN’s Premier League Matches on December 26 delivered the most-watched non-weekend/holiday observed viewership for Boxing Day since 2013, posting an audience average of 385,000 viewers, up 6% from 2017. NBCSN’s largest Boxing Day audience came with the 10AM kickoff between top of the league Liverpool and struggling Newcastle United averaging 480,000 viewers on NBCSN with an additional 55,000 watching in Spanish on Universo.

Juventus’ 2-1 victory over Sampdoria early on the morning of December 29 delivered 77,000 viewers on ESPN2, the first viewership number we’ve been able to see for Serie A since Juventus defeated Inter Milan before 105,000 on December 7.

Rank	Date	Competition	Teams	TV1	Total
1	12/29	Premier League	Liverpool / Arsenal	NBC: 935000 / Unvso: 116000	1,051,000
2	12/22	Premier League	Cardiff / Man Utd	NBC: 964000 / Unvso: 29000	993,000
3	12/30	Premier League	Man Utd / Bournemouth	NBCSN: 563000 / Telemundo: 259000	822,000
4	12/26	Premier League	Liverpool / Newcastle	NBCSN: 480000 / Unvso: 55000	535,000
5	12/22	Premier League	Crystal Palace / Man City	NBCSN: 473000	473,000
6	12/29	Premier League	Spurs / Wolves	NBCSN: 465000	465,000
7	12/26	Premier League	Brighton / Arsenal	NBCSN: 440000	440,000
8	12/30	Premier League	Southampton / Man City	NBCSN: 361000 / Unvso: 68000	429,000
9	12/23	Premier League	Everton / Spurs	NBCSN: 409000	409,000
10	12/26	Premier League	Watford / Chelsea	NBCSN: 409000	409,000
11	12/22	FIFA Club World Cup	Real Madrid / Al Ain	Telemundo: 316000	316,000
12	12/21	Premier League	Wolves / Liverpool	NBCSN: 222000 / Unvso: 23000	245,000
13	12/19	FIFA Club World Cup	Kashima Antlers / Real Madrid	Telemundo: 237000	237,000
14	12/22	Premier League	Arsenal / Burnley	NBCSN: 237000	237,000
15	12/18	FIFA Club World Cup	ES Tunis / Chivas	Unvso: 185000	185,000
16	12/22	Premier League	Chelsea / Leicester	CNBC: 153000	153,000
17	12/30	Premier League	Crystal Palace / Chelsea	NBCSN: 139000	139,000
18	12/19	Bundesliga	Bayern / Leipzig	FS1: 108000 / UDN: 28000	136,000
19	12/21	Bundesliga	Dortmund / Mönchengladbach	FS1: 81000 / UDN: 26000	107,000
20	12/26	Premier League	Fulham / Wolves	NBCSN: 101000	101,000
21	12/18	Bundesliga	Düsseldorf / Dortmund	FS1: 85000	85,000
22	12/29	Friendly	Club América / Santos	UDN: 85000	85,000
23	12/29	Serie A	Juventus / Sampdoria	ESPN2: 77000	77,000
24	12/22	FIFA Club World Cup	Kashima Antlers / River Plate	Unvso: 36000	36,000
25	12/18	FIFA Club World Cup	River Plate / Al Ain	Telemundo: 32000	32,000
26	12/19	Bundesliga	Schalke / Leverkusen	UDN: 21000	21,000
27	12/23	Bundesliga	Augsburg / Wolfsburg	UDN: 18000	18,000
28	12/22	Bundesliga	Leverkusen / Hertha	UDN: 13000	13,000
29	12/18	Bundesliga	Hertha / Augsburg	UDN: 7000	7,000