🔗 Share this article Champions League Matches This Evening: Manchester City v Bayer Leverkusen & More Greetings to another night of exciting European Cup soccer. Nine fixtures are planned for tonight, featuring 3 English teams in play. Chelsea face Barça in the key fixture of the evening, while Newcastle visit the French side and City welcome Bayer Leverkusen. League Table We're at the midway stage of the group stage, meaning the rankings is taking form. All six British clubs are presently in the top 12, however there are only two points separating 5th and sixteenth place, so there's a whiff of snakes and ladders about the entire situation. Everything is to play for. Tonight’s Fixtures Here are this evening's matches, each starting at 8:00 PM unless stated: Ajax 0-1 Benfica (5.45pm) Union SG and Galatasaray level at 0-0 (5.45pm) Bodo/Glimt v Juventus Chelsea v Barcelona Dortmund v Villarreal Man City v Leverkusen Newcastle travel to Marseille Qarabag play Napoli Athletic Bilbao clash with Slavia Prague Lineup Changes Fofana, Caicedo, Garnacho, Malo Gusto and Estevao all come into the Chelsea team. Excluded are Adarabioyo, Andrey Santos, Gittens, Pedro and Delap. Lamine Yamal starts for Barça; Marcus Rashford is on the bench. Chelsea (probable 4-3-3) Robert Sanchez; James, Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Cucurella; Gusto, Moises Caicedo, Enzo; Estevao, Pedro Neto, Alejandro Garnacho. Substitutes: Jorgensen, Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Delap, Bynoe-Gittens, Santos, Joao Pedro, Hato, George, Joshua Acheampong, Marc Guiu, Buonanotte. Barça (possible four-two-three-one): Garcia; Jules Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Balde; Garcia, De Jong; Lamine Yamal, Lopez, Torres; Lewandowski. Substitutes: Szczesny, Kochen, Raphinha, Rashford, Andreas Christensen, Marc Casado, Gerard, Olmo, Bernal, Dro Fernandez, Bardghji. Referee Vincic (Slovenia). Previous Encounters The sole past encounter between Newcastle and Marseille was the Europa League semifinal of 2004, claimed by an emerging superstar from Ivory Coast. Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester City have not faced each other previously. Chelsea and Barcelona have some past encounters. Initial Game Reports Only a single goal during the opening period of the early fixtures. Dahl's sixth-minute goal has earned Jose Mourinho’s Benfica a one-nil lead away to Ajax. Marseille v Newcastle Preview Even though Newcastle traveled to the French south fresh from their confidence-boosting 2-1 home English top-flight victory over City on the weekend, and having beaten Union Saint-Gilloise, Benfica and Athletic Bilbao in the European Cup, their sole away victory since early April came in Brussels at Union SG. It's not that Eddie Howe was overly keen to talk about the psychological aspect of this away form issue. “The European Cup is distinct from domestic games,” said the manager, whose side are sixth in the Champions League standings, with nine pts from a available 12 and automatic progression to the knockout phase nearly secured. “I am not sure if you can compare them.” We have a separate live blog for Chelsea v Barcelona. Scott Murray, the minute-by-minute equivalent of Maradona is handling for that.