FA Cup final: Arsenal - Chelsea draws 7.87 million viewers on BBC One (audience share: 47%)

Arsenal FC (Premier League) - Chelsea FC (Premier League), 2-1, the 2016-17 Emirates FA Cup final, drew 7.877 million viewers on average in the UK on the public free-TV channel BBC One on Saturday, 27/05/2017 (kick-off at 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET)

This figure represented an audience share of 47%, and ranked the British public channel in second place in the British television market for the day of 27/05/2017.

Manchester United FC (Premier League) - Crystal Palace (Premier League), 2-1, the 2015-16 Emirates FA Cup final, drew 6.5 million viewers on average on BBC One on Saturday, 21/05/2016.

• Traditionally, the start of the final of the FA Cup was on Saturday at 15:00 BST (16:00 CET).
• Between 2012 and 2014, the kick-off was at 17:15 GMT (18:15 CET).
• The kickoff of the 2014-15 final was at 17:30 BST (18:30 CET).
• The kick-off for the 2015-16 final was at 15:00 BST (16:00 CET).