It’s part of the reason why Premier League tickets are like gold dust and viewing figures for football on TV are so consistently high. The BBC’s flagship Premier League highlights programme, Match of the Day, drew its highest individual programme audience since 2016. Our pay TV competitors and your second channel! External Link, Bright Palace unlucky to lose against Everton In the United States and China, viewing figures for the Premier League were up on 2017/18. 'It's happening!' Your phone number won't be shared with any other members of the group. NBC’s simultaneous coverage of all 10 final-day matches attracted more than 2.2million, a 19 per cent rise on the previous season. Manchester United v Chelsea was watched by 2,183,019 people, Manchester United v Liverpool by 2,139,490 people, and Tottenham v Liverpool by 2,063,426 people. Part of the M11 motorway has been closed, Essex Police confirmed, Princes George and Louis fascinated by David Attenborough's shark tooth in adorable new pictures, Sir David, 94, brought the tooth with him to meet William, Kate, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Louis at Kensington Palace. That made it the second most-watched match in the channel's history, only trailing Manchester United's defeat to Manchester City in 2012. Tests done in an NHS hospital and Public Health England lab have been affected, Student becomes one of youngest in UK ever to die from bowel cancer at age of just 18, EXCLUSIVE: Charlotte Simpson complained about stomach pains - then was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, Fatal shooting of police sergeant inside London station was captured on CCTV camera, The suspect in the killing of Met Police Sgt Matiu (Matt) Ratana remains in a critical condition in hospital, and four crime scenes are being "painstakingly" searched, Thousands of students confined to rooms amid fears they may miss Christmas, Thousands of students are currently confined to their rooms following a surge in cases at institutions including Glasgow, Manchester Metropolitan and Edinburgh Napier, Boris Johnson 'did not impose new lockdown over fears Rishi Sunak would quit', The Chancellor reportedly said imposing new national restrictions such as a lockdown would make his job almost impossible. Liverpool lead the way with an average of 1,662,801 people tuning in to watch each of their league games. Our football hospitality packages include Premier League tickets for many grounds around the country, along with a varied selection of different food, drink and entertainment alternatives. Manchester United's win at Liverpool was also shown in more countries than any other fixture - over 200. An estimated 700m people worldwide tuned into their last meeting in March 2015, when Steven Gerrard was sent off seconds after coming on and Juan Mata's scissor-kick stunner sealed victory for United at Anfield. Lineker also presented England's Euro 2012 defeat to Italy and wins over Colombia and Sweden at the World Cup in 2018. The Canal was Manchester’s attempt to challenge that control and as such to directly challenge the city of Liverpool itself. English football boasts some of the fiercest and most entertaining rivalries in the world. Meanwhile, a certain Sir Alex Ferguson would take charge of Manchester United in 1989. Sign up now to The Football Project newsletter to get all the latest Premier League news straight to your inbox! English football boasts some of the fiercest and most entertaining rivalries in the world. TV viewing figures for Premier League matches rose by 5% last season as the league showed a "partial recovery from a slump the previous year," according to Martyn Ziegler of the LONDON TIMES. The cities of Manchester and Liverpool, after all, sit just 30 miles apart in the North West of England, and that has led to significant friction through history. Sky also recorded its highest average live audience for four years and had its best viewing figures for a single match in seven seasons when Man City hosted Liverpool. Juan Mata scored a scissor-kick goal against Liverpool in March, Why Man Utd were able to win after final whistle, Hodgson slams handball rule as 'nonsense', Lampard rues more mistakes | Bilic slams handball call, Hamilton avoids penalty and keeps Sochi pole, Hamilton explains 'stressful' ride to dramatic pole, Hits and misses: Lucky Man Utd, leaky Chelsea, Manchester United v Liverpool: The biggest game in football, We would like your feedback, please fill in our survey. The Premier League is a global brand and the choice of matches to be shown by television companies Sky Sports, BT Sport and more are often under intense scrutiny. That’s compared to 656,400 for Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur, 645,467 for Bournemouth v Everton and 641,800 for Southampton v Manchester United. Is this due to the ease of watching games on the move on mobile devices (which the statistics don’t take into account), or are there more inherent reasons that have caused this fall in viewing figures?