Which Premier League team is travelling the furthest over the festive period?

You’ve just had a month off and Christmas is on the horizon. The last thing you want to be doing is travelling up and down the country enjoying vast stretches of mundane British motorway for hours on end.

Unfortunately, teams have absolutely no say in their fixture scheduling. It’s pot luck. You get what you’re given. While some teams, including Tottenham, will barely have to move over the festive period, others have drawn the shortest of straws in regards to travel.

Here are the five Premier League outfits that’ll be racking up the most milage during their first three league games back after Christmas. Please note, the distances recorded are only approximations between the two stadiums (not how the crow flies) and we’ve only noted the distance going one way.

We’ve also included the milage teams notched on their travels during the Carabao Cup fourth round.

The Reds had to make the short trip to the Etihad for their fourth-round cup tie with Manchester City, but their first Premier League fixture since mid-November saw them visit Villa Park on Boxing Day.

That’s a 98-mile trip, but the majority of their festive mileage arrives in their 2023 opener as they take on Brentford in west London. That’s a 216-mile coach trip on a Monday afternoon.

Forest were also in Carabao Cup action last week as they beat second-tier Blackburn Rovers 4-1 at Ewood Park. That trip was a hefty 121 miles.

Steve Cooper’s side will also be playing away twice in the Premier League over the festive period. Their first league game back is at Old Trafford (90 miles) before they begin the new year at home to Chelsea.

Forest then return to the road three days later on Wednesday night as they travel down to the South Coast to take on Southampton. They’ll accumulate close to 400 miles by the time they’re done.

Brighton were beaten by Charlton away from home in the cup and Roberto De Zerbi’s men were on the road once again on Boxing Day as they travelled west to St. Mary’s.

These two trips notched just 132 miles, however. The overwhelming majority of their festive mileage arrives on 3 January when they visit Everton. The distance between Goodison Park and the Amex is a huge 271 miles.

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