The confrontation between Aston Villa and Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-final return of the Champions League not only marked the spirits by its breathtaking scenario, but also by its audience performance for Canal+ Foot. Despite the defeat of the Parisians (3-2), who still qualified for the semi-finals thanks to their 3-1 victory in the first leg, the meeting brought together 2.57 million viewers in front of Canal+ Foot, representing 13.5% of audience share.
A peak at 3 million spectators was even recorded during the meeting, according to the audience data from Médiamétrie. This performance allows the sports channel to sign its second best historic audience, just behind the PSG-Dortmund semi-final of May 7, 2024 which had captured 2.89 million fans (13.6% of PDA). The broadcast also propelled the “Canal Champions Club” to its seasonal record with 1.06 million viewers for the debrief.
Third best audience of the evening on TV
Remarkable, Canal+ Foot has raised in third place in the evening audiences, behind “Face à Face” on France 3 and “Koh-Lanta” on TF1, thus ahead of M6 and its film “The Chamber of Wonders” (1.54 million, 8.3%) as well as France 2 with its animal documentary (1.47 million, 7.7%), according to Ozap. If this match has not broken the season’s audience record for the Champions League, held by the meeting to go between PSG and Aston Villa (2.73 million), it nevertheless confirms the massive attraction of the Parisian club European performances for French viewers.
PSG, qualified for the semi-finals, will face the winner of the duel between Real Madrid and Arsenal, whose return match follows a 3-0 victory of the Londoners in the first leg.
