Ligue 1 Conforama: PSG - Lille draws 960,000 subscribers, record for a Friday match on Canal+ Sport

Paris Saint-Germain - LOSC Lille (2-1), matchday 12 of the 2018-19 Ligue 1 Conforama season, drew an average of 960,000 subscribers on Canal+ Sport, with a peak audience of 1.147 million at the end of the game, on Friday 02/11/2018 (kick-off at 20:45 CET), according to data from the audience measurement institute Médiamétrie.

This is a record audience and audience share (22.3%) for a Ligue 1 match broadcast on Friday night on Canal+ Sport. The previous record was held by the FC Metz - Paris Saint-Germain match, on 08/09/2017 (750,000 subscribers with a peak audience of 913,000 late in the game).

Meanwhile, Montpellier Hérault Sport Club - Olympique de Marseille (3-0), on Matchday 12, drew an average of 1.08 million subscribers, on Sunday 04/11/2018 (kick-off at 21:00 CET). This figure represented an audience share of 4.8%, which ranked Canal+ fifth in the French television market for prime time on 04/11/2018.

The first game between the two teams last season, at the Stade de La Mosson (22,000 capacity), was watched by 1.3 million viewers on average on Canal+ on 03/12/2017…