Bump in FS1 viewers for UEFA Champions League

• by Paul Kennedy  @pkedit, Feb 22, 2015

Last week's matches between Paris St. Germain and Chelsea and Real Madrid and Schalke 04 ranked as the fourth and fifth most-watched UEFA Champions League matches ever on Fox Sports 1.

Paris St. Germain’s 1-1 draw with Chelsea averaged 501,000 viewers, a rise of of 27 percent over Manchester City-Barcelona on the same match day in 2014 while the gain in the adults 18-49 demographic were 41 percent. Wednesday’s match featuring last year’s champion, Real Madrid, and Schalke averaged 461,000 viewers.
 
Monday's FA Cup match between Manchester United and Preston North End drew 267,000 viewers, a 57 percent increase over the lone FA Cup fifth-round match on FOX Sports 1 last year between Everton and Swansea City (170,000).