Champions League: 5.76 million viewers for Hoffenheim - Liverpool on ZDF and Sky in Germany

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (Bundesliga) - Liverpool FC (Premier League), 1-2, the first leg match of the 2017-18 Champions League Play-off round, drew an average of 5.57 million viewers in Germany on the German public channel ZDF on Tuesday, 15/08/2017 (kick-off at 20:45 CET).

This figure represented an audience share of 20.4%, and allowed the public channel to achieve the best performance of the day in the German television market. The game was also broadcast on a channel of Sky Deutschland, which drew 190,000 subscribers on average.

In the UK, Hoffenheim - Liverpool drew an average of 605,000 subscribers on the pay-TV channel BT Sport 2. Audience share: 3.4%.

• Return match of this play-off round tie: Liverpool FC - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on Wednesday, 23/08/2017, kick-off at 20:45 CET.

Hoffenheim - Liverpool drew 1.8 million viewers in Italy and Spain

Italy

• The free-TV channel Canale 5 (Mediaset group) drew 1.23 million viewers on average.
  • Audience share: 8.78%

Spain

• The free-TV channel La Sexta (Atresmedia group) drew 576,000 viewers on average.
  • Audience share: 5.8%
  …