🔗 Share this article European Cup Matches Tonight: Marseille v Newcastle & More Welcome to another night of electrifying Champions League football. Nine games are set for this evening, with 3 British clubs in action. Chelsea take on Barça in the standout match of the evening, whilst Newcastle visit the French side and City host Bayer Leverkusen. Current Standings We're at the midway stage of the league stage, so the rankings is starting to take shape. Each of the six English sides are presently in the top 12, however there are only 2 pts separating 5th and 16th position, thus there's a hint of uncertainty about the whole thing. Everything is to play for. This Evening's Games Here are tonight’s matches, each starting at 8:00 PM unless stated: Ajax 0-1 Benfica (17:45) Galatasaray 0-0 Union SG (17:45) Bodo/Glimt v Juventus Chelsea v Barcelona Villarreal meet Dortmund Man City v Leverkusen Newcastle travel to Marseille Qarabag play Napoli Slavia Prague v Athletic Bilbao Squad Updates Fofana, Moises Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Malo Gusto and Estevao all come into the Blues side. Dropped are Tosin Adarabioyo, Santos, Gittens, Joao Pedro and Delap. Lamine Yamal is in the starting lineup for Barcelona; Rashford is among the substitutes. The Blues (probable 4-3-3) Robert Sanchez; James, Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Cucurella; Gusto, Caicedo, Enzo; Estevao, Neto, Alejandro Garnacho. Subs: Jorgensen, Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Delap, Bynoe-Gittens, Andrey Santos, Pedro, Hato, Leo George, Joshua Acheampong, Marc Guiu, Buonanotte. Barça (possible four-two-three-one): Joan Garcia; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Garcia, Frenkie de Jong; Lamine Yamal, Fermin Lopez, Ferran Torres; Robert Lewandowski. Substitutes: Szczesny, Kochen, Raphinha, Rashford, Andreas Christensen, Casado, Gerard, Dani Olmo, Noah Darvich, Dro Fernandez, Bardghji. Official Vincic (Slovenian). Previous Encounters The only previous meeting involving Newcastle and Marseille was the Uefa Cup semifinal of 2003-04, won by an rising superstar from Côte d'Ivoire. Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester City have never met before. Barcelona and Chelsea have a peedie bit of history. Initial Game Reports Only a single goal during the opening period of the early fixtures. Dahl's 6th-minute goal has earned Benfica under Mourinho a 1-0 advantage at Ajax. Newcastle’s Trip to Marseille Even though The Magpies arrived in the south of France fresh from their restorative two-one home English top-flight victory over Manchester City on Saturday, and having beaten Union SG, the Portuguese side and Athletic Bilbao in the Champions League, their sole away victory since the start of 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 Champions League is distinct from domestic games,” said the coach, whose side are 6th in the Champions League standings, with 9 pts from a possible 12 and direct progression to the last 16 almost within touching distance. “I am not sure if you can draw parallels between them.” A dedicated live feed is available for Chelsea v Barcelona. Scott Murray, the minute-by-minute equivalent of Maradona is handling for that.