There is supposed to be a minimum of 3 hours between each competitive fixture, but that doesn't necessarily hold if the daily update (@01:30 GMT) occurs between fixtures.
In my long history of playing the game, the fixture-setter had a tendency to favour the far-eastern teams with respect to setting times for their home fixtures, and I have commented on this several times to Nordeus support, obviously without any effect.
In this situation I have tended to set the team up the previous evening, defensive posture, and gone to bed. More often that not there's been a favourable result.