World Cup numbers roll in

While the lack of a US team has clearly left a mark on FIFA World Cup viewership, the battle between Argentina and Iceland on Saturday still handed FOX Sports with an average of 2,973,000 viewers on the FOX broadcast network according to Nielsen, ranking as the most-watched game of the tournament for FOX and FS1, and the most-watched English-language soccer telecast in the U.S. since 2016. The match totaled 3,127,000 viewers across FOX and FOX Sports streaming and was up 15% from the 2014 Group Stage average in preferable time slots and excluding U.S. matches.

Meanwhile, the battle between Spain and Portugal handed FOX Sports with more than 3.2 million viewers across its platforms on Friday, according to Nielsen. The linear telecast on FOX reeled in 2,924,000 viewers, peaking at 3,660,000 viewers from 3:30 to 3:45p with average viewership rising 13% from the 2014 Group Stage average, not including US matches.

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