That's not right though, is it? The other team could be the side that will be closer by the 46th game.
There's probably discussions from last season where we wanted Burnley to win because they were playing someone closer to us. How did that turn out?
That said, we nearly all do as you say...
Because over 46 games you'd expect to them to be less of a threat.
You know, like Bournemouth were when they started off well and most said they'd run out of steam.