Watch Premier League matches with a million fewer people – Observer

Nearly a million people watched Primeira Liga soccer matches in stadiums – a million fewer than in the 2019/2020 season, according to reports on Friday. Newspaper. If in the first half of that season there were 177,054 spectators in the stadiums in 153 matches, now there were only 775,804 spectators in the same number of matches – minus 951,250.

Benfica suffered a drop of more than 50%. It is followed by the Futebol Clube do Porto with a drop of 32.2% and Sporting with a 28.2% – that is, the Big Three lost 43.3% of attendance. In all, there were about 411,000 fewer people compared to the 2019/2020 season, which was halted in the middle due to the Covid-19 epidemic.

However, they were not the ones who scored the most cuts: Boavista lost 76.1% of spectators in the stadiums, which are now less than 80 thousand. It’s the biggest drop in the Primeira Liga. Next comes Marítimo with 68.1% fewer spectators; Then Belenenses SAD by 68% lower. Of the 15 clubs already in the Primeira Liga in 2019/2020, Paços de Ferreira had the lowest reduction: 15.1%.