Univision’s coverage of the first round of the Liga MX Clasura averaged 883,000 viewers, up 16% from 760,000 in the opening round of the 2016 Apertura. Viewership peaked Saturday night with the most-viewed soccer match last week as nearly 1.6 million tuned into Univision’s coverage of the match between Chivas and Pumas. Four of the top five most viewed matches this week came from Liga MX as Univision has its best Liga MX weekend since averaging 832,000 viewers in early September of last year.
FOX Sports kicked off their 3rd Round coverage of the 2016/2017 English FA Cup with Manchester City’s 5-0 drubbing of West Ham United on Friday. The match averaged a respectable 137,000 viewers on FOX Sports 1, greater than any Friday afternoon Bundesliga fixture on the network this season and up from 95,000 in 2016’s corresponding fixture between Exeter City and Liverpool. FOX Sports averaged 211,000 viewers over the nine broadcasted matches on FOX Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, and Fox Deportes.
La Liga made its return to American television as Real Madrid took on Granada at 7 AM Eastern on Saturday, the match posted Real Madrid’s worst viewership numbers since they kicked off at 6 AM against Leganes on November 6th. The next day, Barcelona’s match ranked as the club’s 6th most viewed La Liga match of the season as 474,000 watched the Blaugrana draw away to Villarreal.
Here are the most-watched soccer games on US TV for January 2-9, 2017:
Rank
Home
Away
Competition
Date
TV1
TV2
Total
1
Chivas
Pumas
Liga MX
1/7/17
Univision; 943000
UDN; 649000
1,592,000
2
Tigres
Santos
Liga MX
1/7/17
Univision; 686000
UDN; 366000
1,052,000
3
Toluca
Atlas
Liga MX
1/8/17
Univision; 434000
UDN; 182000
616,000
4
West Ham
Man Utd
Premier League
1/2/17
NBCSN; 508000
Unvso; 54000
562,000
5
Cruz Azul
Necaxa
Liga MX
1/7/17
—; —
UDN; 499000
499,000
6
Villarreal
Barcelona
La Liga
1/8/17
beIN; 122000
beIE; 352000
474,000
7
Preston
Arsenal
FA Cup
1/7/17
FS1; 369000
FOXD; 86000
455,000
8
Spurs
Chelsea
Premier League
1/4/17
NBCSN; 394000
Unvso; 35000
429,000
9
Puebla
Monterrey
Liga MX
1/8/17
—; —
UDN; 407000
407,000
10
Athletic
Barcelona
Copa Del Rey
1/5/17
beIN; 61000
beIE; 316000
377,000
11
Sunderland
Liverpool
Premier League
1/2/17
NBCSN; 355000
—; —
355,000
12
Spurs
Aston Villa
FA Cup
1/8/17
FS1; 313000
FOXD; 36000
349,000
13
Bournemouth
Arsenal
Premier League
1/3/17
NBCSN; 319000
Unvso; 25000
344,000
14
Real Madrid
Sevilla
Copa Del Rey
1/4/17
beIN; 71000
beIE; 227000
298,000
15
Liverpool
Plymouth Argyle
FA Cup
1/8/17
FS1; 242000
FOXD; 37000
279,000
16
Man Utd
Reading
FA Cup
1/7/17
FS1; 208000
FOXD; 46000
254,000
17
León
Pachuca
Liga MX
1/7/17
—; —
Gala; 249000
249,000
18
Sutton Utd
AFC Wimbledon
FA Cup
1/7/17
FS1; 214000
FOXD; 28000
242,000
19
West Ham
Man City
FA Cup
1/6/17
FS1; 137000
FOXD; 42000
179,000
20
Real Sociedad
Sevilla
La Liga
1/7/17
—; —
beIE; 142000
142,000
21
Real Madrid
Granada
La Liga
1/7/17
beIN; 25000
beIE; 98000
123,000
22
Eibar
Atletico Madrid
La Liga
1/7/17
—; —
beIE; 105000
105,000
23
Middlesbrough
Leicester City
Premier League
1/2/17
NBCSN; 100000
—; —
100,000
24
Man City
Burnley
Premier League
1/2/17
CNBC; 82000
—; —
82,000
25
Las Palmas
Atlético Madid
Copa Del Rey
1/3/17
beIN; 17000
beIE; 63000
80,000
26
Chelsea
Peterborough
FA Cup
1/8/17
FS2; 71000
—; —
71,000
27
Las Palmas
Sporting
La Liga
1/7/17
—; —
beIE; 70000
70,000
28
Real Sociedad
Villarreal
Copa Del Rey
1/4/17
beIN; 18000
beIE; 50000
68,000
29
Celta Vigo
Malaga
La Liga
1/8/17
—; —
beIE; 64000
64,000
30
Valencia
Celta Vigo
Copa Del Rey
1/3/17
beIN; 14000
beIE; 44000
58,000
31
Cambridge Utd
Leeds Utd
FA Cup
1/9/17
FS2; 46000
FOXD; 7000
53,000
32
Real Betis
Leganes
La Liga
1/8/17
—; —
beIE; 45000
45,000
33
Espanyol
Deportivo
Copa Del Rey
1/6/17
—; —
beIE; 30000
30,000
34
Napoli
Sampdoria
Serie A
1/7/17
beIN; 23000
—; —
23,000
35
Barrow
Rochdale
FA Cup
1/7/17
FS2; 17000
—; —
17,000
36
Genoa
Roma
Serie A
1/8/17
beIN; 17000
—; —
17,000
37
Monaco
Ajaccio
Coupe de France
1/6/17
beIN; 15000
—; —
15,000
38
Milan
Caliari
Serie A
1/8/17
beIN; 12000
—; —
12,000
Most-watched leagues on US TV
League
Average
Liga MX
883,000
Premier League
452,333
MLS
292,365
La Liga
145,481
NWSL
88,500
Bundesliga
79,458
Primeira Liga
33,000
Serie A
26,370
Championship
15,688
Ligue 1
14,389
NASL
7,000
SEE MORE: Access our archives of US TV ratings for soccer.
HT SportsTVRatings
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