Saturday afternoon’s Premier League match between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur posted 1.16 million viewers on the NBC broadcast network. This number ties the match between Hull City and Manchester United in the opening round of fixtures as the second most watched Premier League match on NBC this season. This also marks the fourth consecutive week that a Premier League match has drawn more than 1 million viewers.
It was another huge weekend for Liga MX as the two most popular clubs in Mexico, Club América and Chivas de Guadalajara, featured on the Univision network Saturday night. Over 1.7 million people watched as Club América fell to Tigres by a score of 4-2. Following that match, 1.55 million saw Chivas lose to the now league leaders Club Tijuana. Both clubs will not feature on the Univision network like this again until February 11th with the Súper Clásico occurring the following week on February 18.
The Bundesliga returned from its annual winter break last Friday on FOX Sports 1 in what was the least watched Friday night fixture on the network since Köln defeated Freiburg 3-0 on September 16. Viewership unsurprisingly peaked on Sunday when Bayer Leverkusen, with Mexican International Javier Hernández took on a Hertha Berlin side that featured US International John Brooks. FOX Sports 1 and FOX Deportes combined to produce 103,000 viewers for the match.
Here are the most-watched soccer games on US TV for January 17-23, 2017:
Rank
Home
Away
Competition
Date
TV1
TV2
Total
1
Tigres
América
Liga MX
1/21/17
Univision; 973000
UDN; 747000
1,720,000
2
Chivas
Tijuana
Liga MX
1/21/17
Univision; 868000
UDN; 682000
1,550,000
3
Man City
Spurs
Premier League
1/21/17
NBC; 1160000
Unvso; 93000
1,253,000
4
Toluca
Chiapas
Liga MX
1/22/17
Univision; 574000
—; —
574,000
5
Cruz Azul
Monterrey
Liga MX
1/21/17
—; —
UDN; 534000
534,000
6
Stoke City
Man Utd
Premier League
1/21/17
NBCSN; 487000
Unvso; 41000
528,000
7
Chelsea
Hull City
Premier League
1/22/17
NBCSN; 516000
—; —
516,000
8
Eibar
Barcelona
La Liga
1/22/17
beIN; 104000
beIE; 391000
495,000
9
Arsenal
Burnley
Premier League
1/22/17
NBCSN; 406000
Unvso; 55000
461,000
10
América
Santos
Copa MX
1/18/17
—; —
UDN; 401000
401,000
11
Real Madrid
Malaga
La LIga
1/21/17
beIN; 111000
beIE; 215000
326,000
12
Real Madrid
Celta Vigo
Copa del Rey
1/18/17
beIN; 45000
beIE; 271000
316,000
13
Real Sociedad
Barcelona
Copa del Rey
1/19/17
beIN; 81000
beIE; 217000
298,000
14
Liverpool
Swansea City
Premier League
1/21/17
NBCSN; 255000
Unvso; 38000
293,000
15
Puebla
Querétaro
Liga MX
1/22/17
—; —
UDN; 281000
281,000
16
Querétaro
Cruz Azul
Copa MX
1/18/17
—; —
Gala; 208000
208,000
17
León
Pumas
Liga MX
1/21/17
—; —
Gala; 173000
173,000
18
Panama
Honduras
Copa Centroamericana
1/17/17
—; —
UDN; 144000
144,000
19
Panama
El Salvador
Copa Centroamericana
1/20/17
—; —
UDN; 138000
138,000
20
Honduras
Costa Rica
Copa Centroamericana
1/20/17
—; —
UDN; 137000
137,000
21
Villarreal
Valencia
La Liga
1/21/17
—; —
beIE; 134000
134,000
22
Plymouth
Liverpool
FA Cup
1/18/17
FS1; 111000
FOXD; 20000
131,000
23
Real Betis
Sporting
La Liga
1/22/17
—; —
beIE; 131000
131,000
24
Panama
Costa Rica
Copa Centroamericana
1/22/17
—; —
UDN; 130000
130,000
25
Athletic
Atletico Madrid
La Liga
1/22/17
—; —
beIE; 121000
121,000
26
Southampton
Leicester City
Premier League
1/22/17
NBCSN; 121000
—; —
121,000
27
León
Morelia
Copa MX
1/18/17
—; —
UDN; 105000
105,000
28
Leverkusen
Hertha
Bundesliga
1/22/17
FS1; 24000
FOXD; 79000
103,000
29
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Copa Centroamericana
1/22/17
—; —
UDN; 96000
96,000
30
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Copa Centroamericana
1/17/17
—; —
UDN; 89000
89,000
31
Atlético Madrid
Eibar
Copa del Rey
1/19/17
beIN; 24000
beIE; 64000
88,000
32
Alaves
Leganes
La Liga
1/21/17
—; —
beIE; 79000
79,000
33
Crystal Palace
Everton
Premier League
1/21/17
CNBC; 56000
—; —
56,000
34
El Salvador
Belize
Copa Centroamericana
1/17/17
—; —
UDN; 54000
54,000
35
Freiburg
Bayern
Bundesliga
1/20/17
FS1; 54000
—; —
54,000
36
Bremen
Dortmund
Bundesliga
1/21/17
FS1; 49000
—; —
49,000
37
Leipzig
Frankfurt
Bundesliga
1/21/17
FS2; 13000
FOXD; 34000
47,000
38
Lincoln City
Ipswich Town
FA Cup
1/17/17
FS1; 35000
FOXD; 6000
41,000
39
Milan
Napoli
Serie A
1/21/17
beIN; 40000
—; —
40,000
40
Belize
Honduras
Copa Centroamericana
1/22/17
—; —
UDN; 40000
40,000
41
Porto
Rio Ave
Primeira Liga
1/21/17
—; —
UDN; 37000
37,000
42
Nicaragua
Belize
Copa Centroamericana
1/20/17
—; —
UDN; 34000
34,000
43
Alcorcón
Alavés
Copa del Rey
1/18/17
beIN; 7000
beIE; 24000
31,000
44
Mainz
Köln
Bundesliga
1/22/17
FS2; 13000
FOXD; 15000
28,000
45
Morocco
Togo
Africa Cup of Nations
1/20/17
beIN; 25000
—; —
25,000
46
Mali
Egypt
Africa Cup of Nations
1/17/17
beIN; 23000
—; —
23,000
47
Gabon
Burkina Faso
Africa Cup of Nations
1/18/17
beIN; 21000
—; —
21,000
48
Ghana
Uganda
Africa Cup of Nations
1/17/17
beIN; 20000
—; —
20,000
49
Augsburg
Hoffenheim
Bundesliga
1/21/17
FS2; 3000
FOXD; 15000
18,000
50
Osasuna
Sevilla
La Liga
1/22/17
—; —
beIE; 18000
18,000
51
Las Palmas
Deportivo
La Liga
1/20/17
—; —
beIE; 17000
17,000
52
Palermo
Inter Milan
Serie A
1/22/17
beIN; 17000
—; —
17,000
53
Marítimo
Sporting CP
Primeira Liga
1/21/17
—; —
UDN; 13000
13,000
54
Côte d’Ivoire
Congo DR
Africa Cup of Nations
1/20/17
beIN; 12000
—; —
12,000
55
Algeria
Tunisia
Africa Cup of Nations
1/19/17
beIN; 10000
—; —
10,000
56
Juventus
Lazio
Serie A
1/22/17
beIN; 10000
—; —
10,000
57
Zimbabwe
Tunisia
Africa Cup of Nations
1/23/17
beIN; 8000
—; —
8,000
Average viewing audiences for soccer leagues on US TV:
League
Average
Liga MX
836,750
Premier League
467,975
MLS
292,365
La Liga
149,110
NWSL
88,500
Bundesliga
78,182
Primeira Liga
31,842
Serie A
25,792
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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