World Cup 2018: Croatia v England watched by 1m in Wales

Ivan Perisic equalised for Croatia in the 68th minute

A peak audience of 1.05 million in Wales tuned in for England's World Cup semi-final defeat against Croatia.

Gareth Southgate's men lost 2-1 after a Mario Mandzukic goal in extra time sent Croatia to their first World Cup final.

Overnight viewing figures showed 1.05 million people tuned in to ITV Wales between 21:15 and 21:30 BST.

This dwarfed the 767,000 who watched England v Sweden in the quarter-final, as well as the 864,000 who watched Wales v England in the Six Nations.

However, it could not top the peak of 1.3 million people who watched Wales lose 2-0 to Portugal in the Euro 2016 semi-final.

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At its peak, 75% of the TV viewing audience in Wales watched Croatia v England.

A peak audience of 26.5 million people watched England go out of the World Cup on ITV - with an average of 24.3 million, bigger than the London 2012 opening ceremony and the highest football audience on any single channel in the UK.

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However, these figures does not take into account people watching in pubs or on outdoor big screens.

ITV said there were also a record 4.3 million requests to watch it online on ITV Hub.