2017 Supercopa de España: 6.3 million viewers for FC Barcelona - Real Madrid CF on Telecinco

FC Barcelona (LaLiga Santander) - Real Madrid CF (LaLiga Santander), 1-3, the first leg of the 2017 Supercopa de España, at the Camp Nou (99,354 capacity) drew 6.35 million viewers on average on the private, free-TV channel Telecinco on Sunday, 13/08/2017 (kick-off at 22:00 CET). The audience reached a peak of 7,539,000 viewers at 23:47 CET.

This figure represented an audience share of 46.8%, and allows the channel of the Mediaset España group to rank first in the Spanish television market for prime time on 13/08/2017. This is the best average audience for one match of the two-leg Spanish Super Cup over the last three editions (see below).

The return leg, Real Madrid CF - FC Barcelona, will take place at the Santiago Bernabeu (81,044 capacity) on Wednesday, 16/08/2017 (kick-off at 23:00 CET).

2016 Supercopa de España: 5.1 million viewers over the two matches on Telecinco

• FC Barcelona - Sevilla FC (3-0), the second leg of the 2016 Supercopa de España (won by Barça 5-0 on aggregate), enabled the private, free-TV channel Telecinco (owned by the Mediaset España group) to draw an…