Premier League: 898,000 viewers for Manchester United - Leicester City on Sky Sports

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Manchester United FC - Leicester City FC (4-1), the opening game of Matchday 6 of the 2016-17 Premier League drew 898,000 viewers on average in the United Kingdom on the pay-TV channel Sky Sports 1, on Saturday, 24/09/2016 (kick-off at 12:30 local BST, with pre-match programming from 11:30). This figure represented an audience share of 12.5% across all the UK public.

Arsenal FC - Chelsea FC (3-0) drew 717,000 viewers on average on the pay-TV channel BT Sport 1, on Saturday, 24/09/2016 (kick-off at 17:30 local BST, with pre-match programming from 18:00), for a 4.3% audience share.

West Ham United FC - Southampton FC (0-3) drew 827,000 viewers on average on Sky Sports 1 on Sunday, 25/09/2016 (kick-off at 16:00 local BST, wiht pre-match programming from 15:30), for a 7.1% audience share.

Burnley FC - Watford FC (2-0), the closing game of Matchday 6, drew 481,000 viewers on average on Sky Sports 1, on Monday, 26/09/2016 (kick-off at 20:00 local BST, with pre-match programming from 19:00), for an audience share of 2.5%.

2016-17 Premier League: TV audiences for games on BT Sport

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