Nine is making hay with its new English Premier League broadcast deal, as 1.14 million Australians tuned in to see a live free-to-air game on Saturday night. Airing at 9.30pm after the Parramatta Eels v Sydney Roosters NRL match, Tottenham’s 2-0 away win against Manchester City had an average national audience of 326,000. The Premier League game was the top rating program of the night for viewers aged between 25 and 54 years old. The same fixture was also the most viewed football match ever on Stan Sport, and the second most viewed live event on the platform, after the Rugby World Cup final in 2023. It was the second of three games Nine is airing on its main free-to-air channel. Last week’s Aston Villa v Newcastle United match had 855,000 viewers, with an average audience of 236,000.