Most-watched soccer games on US TV for November 13-26, 2018

Last Saturday afternoon’s London Derby between Spurs and Chelsea averaged 824,000 views on the NBC broadcast network, the most for a Premier League match on NBC since September 1. The Premier League has seen more than a 13% drop in viewership in October and November when compared to the first two months of the season, shedding over 100,000 average viewers per match.

Mexico’s two matches against Argentina were unsurprisingly the two most-watched matches of the November international break with both matches averaging 879,000 viewers across UniMás and Univision Deportes. The United States’ away trip to England and Italy averaged just 363,000 viewers on ESPN2, FOX Sports 1 and UniMás with the match against England grabbing the most viewers at 455,000.

The MLS Conference Finals first leg matches were the least watched since 2015 with a 15% drop in viewership compared to last season. ESPN’s broadcast accounted for most of that with Atlanta United’s 3-0 victory over the New York Red Bulls earning 85,000 fewer viewers than the Columbus Crew and Toronto FC’s 0-0 draw to open the Conference Finals in 2017.

Rank	Date	Competition	Teams	TV1	Total
1	11/24	Liga MX Apertura	Chivas / Tigres	Univision: 604000 / UDN: 299000	903,000
2	11/24	Premier League	Spurs / Chelsea	NBC: 824000 / Unvso: 75000	899,000
3	11/16	Int’l Friendly	Argentina / Mexico	UniMás: 512000 / UDN: 367000	879,000
4	11/20	Int’l Friendly	Argentina / Mexico	UniMás: 474000 / UDN: 405000	879,000
5	11/24	Liga MX Apertura	Club América / Veracruz	Univision: 562000 / UDN: 283000	845,000
6	11/25	Liga MX Apertura	Pumas / Santos	Univision/UDN: 524000	524,000
7	11/15	Int’l Friendly	England / USMNT	ESPN2: 310000 / UniMás: 145000	455,000
8	11/24	Premier League	West Ham / Man City	NBCSN: 348000 / Unvso: 49000	397,000
9	11/18	UEFA Nations League	England / Croatia	ESPN2: 210000 / UDN: 126000	336,000
10	11/25	MLS Eastern Championship	Atlanta United / New York Red Bulls	ESPN: 334000	334,000
11	11/25	Premier League	Bournemouth / Arsenal	NBCSN: 262000 / Unvso: 26000	288,000
12	11/23	Liga MX Apertura	Morelia / Cruz Azul	UDN: 281000	281,000
13	11/18	UEFA Nations League	Switzerland / Belgium	UniMás/UDN: 279000	279,000
14	11/20	Int’l Friendly	Italy / USMNT	FS1: 208000 / UniMás: 63000	271,000
15	11/17	UEFA Nations League	Italy / Portugal	UniMás: 266000	266,000
16	11/24	Copa Libertadores	River Plate / Boca Juniors (postponed)	FOX Deportes: 265000	265,000
17	11/25	Premier League	Wolves / Huddersfield	NBCSN: 265000	265,000
18	11/23	Liga MX Apertura	Puebla / Tijuana	UDN: 243000	243,000
19	11/25	MLS Western Championship	Portland Timbers / Sporting Kansas City	FS1: 237000	237,000
20	11/16	UEFA Nations League	Netherlands / France	UniMás: 85000 / UDN: 121000	206,000
21	11/24	Liga MX Apertura	Querétaro / Necaxa	UDN: 175000	175,000
22	11/26	Premier League	Burnley / Newcastle	NBCSN: 130000	130,000
23	11/25	Liga MX Apertura	Lobos / Toluca	UDN: 128000	128,000
24	11/19	UEFA Nations League	Germany / Netherlands	UniMás/UDN: 123000	123,000
25	11/24	Bundesliga	Bayern / Düsseldorf	UniMás: 117000	117,000
26	11/24	Liga MX Apertura	Monterrey / Atlas	FOXD: 106000	106,000
27	11/18	UEFA Nations League	Northern Ireland / Austria	UDN: 101000	101,000
28	11/17	UEFA Nations League	Turkey / Sweden	UDN: 80000	80,000
29	11/24	Liga MX Apertura	Pachuca / León	Gala: 77000	77,000
30	11/20	Int’l Friendly	France / Uruguay	Gala: 66000	66,000
31	11/17	CONCACAF Nations League Q	Nicaragua / Haiti	UDN: 48000	48,000
32	11/15	UEFA Nations League	Croatia / Spain	Gala: 43000	43,000
33	11/25	Bundesliga	Freiburg / Bremen	UDN: 26000	26,000
34	11/13	Int’l Friendly (W)	Scotland / USWNT	UDN: 24000	24,000
35	11/17	UEFA Nations League	Serbia / Montenegro	UDN: 23000	23,000
36	11/24	Bundesliga	Schalke / Nürnberg	UDN: 20000	20,000