Europa League: 2.17 million viewers in France for Man United - Saint-Étienne on W9 (share: 9.7%)

Manchester United FC (Premier League) - AS Saint-Étienne (Ligue 1), 3-0, the first leg Round of 32 match of the 2016-17 Europa League, drew 2.172 million viewers on average in France on private, free-TV channel W9, on Thursday 16/02/2017 (kick-off at 21:05 CET).

This figure represented a 9.7% audience share, and ranked the channel of the M6 group second in the French TV market during prime time on 16/02/2017.

This is the best audience for W9 since the mark recorded by Olympique Lyonnais - Juventus (0-1) in quarter-final of the 2013-14 Europa League, which drew 2.19 million viewers on average, on 03/04/2014, for an audience share of 8.8%.

• Manchester United - AS Saint-Étienne was also broadcast live in France by the pay-TV channel beIN Sports 1, whose audience was not disclosed.
  • The Europa League return leg match between AS Saint-Étienne - Manchester United is scheduled on Wednesday, 22/02/2017 (kick-off at 18:00).