Are Rangers and Celtic ready for the Champions League?

Rangers also tried to prepare more for Europe’s elite in pre-season, as they played Spanish side Levante, who finished fourth in the top-flight last term, and won 1-0.

Potter’s side are top of the SWPL having scored 43 goals already (including 10 in Sunday’s win over Dundee United) without conceding a single one.

But until now they’ve played a United side who narrowly avoided relegation last term, newly-promoted Queen’s Park, and part-timers Montrose, Partick Thistle and Aberdeen.

Arsenal finished third in the WSL last term and were just five points behind eventual winners Chelsea, and have England stars Leah Williamson, Beth Mead and Alessio Russo in their ranks, as well as Spain’s World Cup and multiple Champions League winner Mariona Caldentey.

To name but a few. However, they have yet to get their new campaign underway, which could help Rangers.

“I don’t think we’re going to face a tougher test,” Potter told BBC Scotland’s Behind the Goals podcast.

“You’ve got to thrive under it, this is the biggest test we can have, we’ve had a really good year, let’s go and test ourselves and see where we’re at.”

But for a team who have rarely had to put their bodies on the line defensively, to go into a game where they know possession is going to be limited adds another level of difficulty.

“Even though we’ve not been tested [defensively], we’ve worked to nullify teams,” the former England midfielder added.

“The importance of us playing Levante in pre-season is because we knew it would be a similar test.

“They made us suffer for long periods and that’s something we wanted to feel.

“We’ve tried to replicate those moments. You’ve got to try and do as much as you can with what you’ve got and that’s what we’ve tried to do.”