🔗 Share this article European Cup Fixtures Tonight: Manchester City v Bayer Leverkusen & More Welcome to a fresh night of exciting Champions League soccer. Nine games are planned for tonight, with three British clubs in action. Chelsea meet Barcelona in the standout fixture of the evening, while Newcastle travel to Marseille and City host Leverkusen. Group Rankings It's the midway point of the league stage, meaning the table is taking form. All six British sides are currently in the top 12, however there are only two pts between fifth and sixteenth place, thus there's a hint of snakes and ladders about the whole thing. All remains open. Tonight’s Fixtures Here are this evening's matches, all starting at 8pm 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 Marseille v Newcastle Qarabag play Napoli Athletic Bilbao clash with Slavia Prague Team News Wesley Fofana, Caicedo, Garnacho, Gusto and Estevao are included in the Chelsea side. Excluded are Adarabioyo, Santos, Jamie Gittens, Joao Pedro and Liam Delap. Yamal starts for Barcelona; Marcus Rashford is on the bench. Chelsea (probable 4-3-3) Robert Sanchez; Reece James, Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Cucurella; Malo Gusto, Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez; Estevao, Pedro Neto, Alejandro Garnacho. Subs: Kjell Scherpen, Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Delap, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Andrey Santos, Pedro, Hato, George, Acheampong, Guiu, Buonanotte. Barcelona (possible four-two-three-one): Joan Garcia; Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Pau Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Garcia, Frenkie de Jong; Yamal, Lopez, Ferran Torres; Lewandowski. Subs: Wojciech Szczesny, Kochen, Raphinha, Marcus Rashford, Andreas Christensen, Casado, Gerard, Dani Olmo, Bernal, Dario Fernandez, Roony Bardghji. Referee Slavko Vincic (Slovenian). Past Meetings The only previous meeting involving Newcastle and Marseille was the Europa League semi-final of 2003-04, claimed by an emerging star from Ivory Coast. Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester City have not faced each other previously. Chelsea and Barcelona have some past encounters. Early Match Updates Just one goal during the opening period of the early fixtures. Dahl's 6th-minute strike has earned Jose Mourinho’s Benfica a 1-0 lead away to the Dutch side. Newcastle’s Trip to Marseille Even though The Magpies arrived in the French south coming off their confidence-boosting two-one home English top-flight win over City on the weekend, and having defeated Union Saint-Gilloise, the Portuguese side and Bilbao in the Champions League, their sole away win since early April came in Brussels at Union Saint-Gilloise. It's not that Eddie Howe was eager 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 European table, with nine points from a available twelve and automatic qualification to the last 16 nearly secured. “I don’t know if you can draw parallels between them.” A dedicated live feed is available for Chelsea v Barcelona. Murray, the MBM equivalent of Maradona is handling for that.