🔗 Share this article European Cup Fixtures This Evening: Manchester City v Bayer Leverkusen & More Greetings to another night of thrilling Champions League soccer. Nine matches are set for tonight, with three English teams in action. The Blues meet Barcelona in the marquee fixture of the evening, whilst The Magpies visit Marseille and City host Leverkusen. League Table We're at the halfway point of the group phase, so the standings is taking form. Each of the six English sides are presently in the upper twelve, however there are only two points separating 5th and 16th position, thus there's a hint of snakes and ladders about the entire situation. All remains open. This Evening's Games Here are this evening's fixtures, all starting at 8:00 PM except where noted: Ajax 0-1 Benfica (5.45pm) Galatasaray 0-0 Union SG (17:45) Juventus face Bodo/Glimt Barcelona take on Chelsea Villarreal meet Dortmund Leverkusen visit Man City Newcastle travel to Marseille Napoli v Qarabag Athletic Bilbao clash with Slavia Prague Squad Updates Wesley Fofana, Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Malo Gusto and Estevao all come into the Chelsea side. Out go Tosin Adarabioyo, Andrey Santos, Jamie Gittens, Joao Pedro and Liam Delap. Yamal is in the starting lineup for Barcelona; Marcus Rashford is among the substitutes. Chelsea (possible four-three-three) Sanchez; James, Wesley Fofana, Chalobah, Marc Cucurella; Gusto, Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez; Estevao, Pedro Neto, Garnacho. Substitutes: Jorgensen, Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Liam Delap, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Santos, Joao Pedro, Hato, Leo George, Acheampong, Guiu, Buonanotte. Barcelona (probable 4-2-3-1): Garcia; Jules Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Eric Garcia, Frenkie de Jong; Yamal, Lopez, Torres; Lewandowski. Substitutes: Wojciech Szczesny, Kochen, Raphinha, Marcus Rashford, Andreas Christensen, Casado, Gerard, Dani Olmo, Noah Darvich, Dario Fernandez, Bardghji. Official Slavko Vincic (Slovenian). Historical Context The sole past encounter between Newcastle and Marseille was the Uefa Cup semi-final of 2003-04, won by an emerging superstar from Ivory Coast. Manchester City and Bayer Leverkusen have never met before. Barcelona and Chelsea have a notable history. Initial Game Reports Only a single goal in the first half of the early fixtures. Dahl's 6th-minute sizzler has earned Benfica under Mourinho a 1-0 lead at the Dutch side. Newcastle’s Trip to Marseille Although Newcastle arrived in the French south coming off their confidence-boosting two-one home English top-flight victory against Manchester City on the weekend, and having beaten Union Saint-Gilloise, Benfica and Athletic Bilbao in the Champions League, their sole on the road victory since early April came in Brussels at Union SG. Not that Eddie Howe was overly keen to discuss the psychological aspect of this away form issue. “The European Cup is distinct from domestic games,” said the coach, whose team are 6th in the European table, with nine points from a possible twelve and automatic qualification to the last 16 nearly secured. “I am not sure if you can draw parallels between them.” We have a separate live blog for Chelsea v Barcelona. Murray, the minute-by-minute version of Diego Maradona is handling for that.