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Rangers have a slightly kinder draw in a geographical sense compared to their Old Firm rivals, with a total distance of 4,615 miles.
Porto proves the longest journey of the lot, while landing in Holland (Feyenoord) and Switzerland (Young Boys) should not bring with it any jet lag.
There is no proven correlation between flight times/distance and performance but longer journeys naturally give less time for preparation and complicate arrangements with regards to returning home.
All of the British clubs’ away fixtures are in the early kick-off slots save for United’s trip to Astana and Arsenal’s test in Vitoria, which get started even earlier at 3.50pm UK time.
Manchester United will be spending a lot of time on planes for their away trips (Image: Getty)
United still face a tricky schedule when they play Astana in Kazakhstan, however, with the Thursday night match nevertheless kicking off at 9.50pm local time, 65 hours before Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men welcome Aston Villa to Old Trafford at 3pm on the Sunday.
Arsenal have no such worries and should be able to fly back the same night their games take place if they wish, with the latest local time kick-off against Standard Liege (7.55pm) on the final matchday.
Wolves have the same situation in their fixtures, with kick-off in Turkey (7.55pm) the latest of the lot in the second round of matches.
Celtic’s latest start is in Romania against Cluj when they are set to hear the final whistle around 11pm, but otherwise face easy returns from Rome and Brittany.
Rangers should similarly be prepared for weekend fixtures with Matchday 3’s trip to Porto the latest local kick-off time at 7.55pm.