FOX Scores Most-Watched Non-U.S. Men's Group Stage Match on English-Language Television in Last 28 Years

FOX Sports recorded its most-watched FIFA World Cup(TM) day to date for the 2018 tournament, with three Saturday matches averaging nearly four million viewers (3,875,000). Leading the day, the dramatic Germany-Sweden Group Stage match won by Germany, on a stunning stoppage-time goal from Toni Kroos, scored 5,397,000 viewers according to Nielsen Media Research. Including streaming, the match drew 5,636,000 viewers.

Peaking at 6,736,000 viewers, the German victory was the most-watched non-U.S. Men's World Cup Group Stage match on English-language television since at least 1990.

Match viewership was up +108% from the 2014 World Cup Group Stage average, excluding U.S. matches (2,592,000) and up +189% from the 2010 World Cup Group Stage average, excluding U.S. matches (1,868,000).

In addition, Germany-Sweden was the most-watched English-Language soccer telecast since the FIFA Women's World Cup Final(TM) on FOX (22,317,000 on FOX alone for the full telecast).

In other matches Saturday, Mexico beat Korea Republic, 2-1, delivering 4,646,000 viewers across Fox Sports platforms (4,433,000 on linear television), the second-most-watched match of this year's tournament on FOX or FS1. Belgium routed Tunisia 5-2 in the early morning match of the day, delivering an average of 1,951,000 viewers, making it the most-watched early morning match of the 2018 tournament to date.

Through Match Day 10, World Cup viewership across FOX and FS1 is averaging 2,125,000 viewers:

· +14% from the 2010 Group Stage average, excluding U.S. matches (1,868,000)

· +2% from the average of the last four World Cups through Match Day 10, excluding U.S. matches (2,084,000)

· +25% from the complete Group Stage average of the last four World Cups, excluding U.S. matches (1,704,000)

FOX Sports Saturday digital highlights include:

· The Germany-Sweden match was the top-performing streaming match of the day, with an average minute audience of 239,000 and 689,000 unique streamers

· Through Day 10, Fox Sports has delivered 906 million total minutes of streaming content (matches, shoulder programming and VOD)

· Saturday was the second-best day of the tournament for Snap, with 10.4 million Publisher Story views; 90.5 million total story views through Day 10

For more news and information on Fox Sports and its coverage on the FIFA World Cup(TM), visit Fox Sports Press Pass.

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