Premier League: 975,000 viewers for Chelsea - Liverpool on Sky Sports (audience share: 5.3%)

Chelsea FC - Liverpool FC (1-2), the opening match of Matchday 5 of the 2016-17 Premier League season, drew an average of 975,000 viewers in the UK on the pay-TV channel Sky Sports 1, on Friday, 16/09/2016 (kick-off at 20:00 local BST, with pre-match programming from 18:30). This figure represented an audience share of 5.3% over the whole of the British public.

Watford FC - Manchester United FC (3-1) drew 545,000 viewers on the pay-TV channel BT Sport 1, on Sunday, 18/09/2016 (kick-off at 12:00 local BST, with pre-match programming from 11:30), for an audience share of 7%.

Crystal Palace FC - Stoke City FC (4-1) drew 471,000 viewers on the pay-TV channel Sky Sports 1, on Sunday, 18/09/2016 (kick-off at 14:15 local BST, with pre-match programming from 14:30), for an audience share of 5.1%.

Tottenham Hotspur FC - Sunderland AFC (1-0), the closing match of Matchday 5 of the 2016-17 Premier League season, drew an average of 844,000 viewers on the pay-TV channel Sky Sports 1, on Sunday, 18/09/2016 (kick-off at 16:30 local BST, with pre-match programming from 16:15), for an audience share…