🔗 Share this article Champions League Matches This Evening: Manchester City v Bayer Leverkusen & Additional Games Greetings to a fresh night of exciting European Cup football. 9 games are planned for this evening, including 3 British clubs in action. The Blues meet Barcelona in the marquee fixture of the evening, whilst Newcastle visit Marseille and City host Leverkusen. Current Standings It's the halfway stage of the league stage, meaning the rankings is starting to take shape. All six British sides are currently in the top 12, but there are only 2 pts separating 5th and sixteenth place, so there's a whiff of snakes and ladders about the whole thing. It’s all up for grabs. Match Schedule These are tonight’s matches, each kicking off at 8pm except where noted: Benfica lead Ajax 1-0 (17:45) Galatasaray 0-0 Union SG (5.45pm) Juventus face Bodo/Glimt Chelsea v Barcelona Villarreal meet Dortmund Man City v Leverkusen Marseille v Newcastle Qarabag play Napoli Slavia Prague v Athletic Bilbao Lineup Changes Wesley Fofana, Moises Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Malo Gusto and Estevao all come into the Blues team. Excluded are Adarabioyo, Santos, Jamie Gittens, Pedro and Liam Delap. Lamine Yamal starts for Barça; Marcus Rashford is on the bench. The Blues (possible four-three-three) Robert Sanchez; Reece James, Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Cucurella; Malo Gusto, Moises Caicedo, Enzo; Estevao, Neto, Alejandro Garnacho. Substitutes: Jorgensen, Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Delap, Bynoe-Gittens, Santos, Joao Pedro, Jorrel Hato, George, Acheampong, Guiu, Facundo Buonanotte. Barça (probable four-two-three-one): Joan Garcia; Jules Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Eric Garcia, Frenkie de Jong; Lamine Yamal, Fermin Lopez, Torres; Lewandowski. Substitutes: Szczesny, Diego Kochen, Raphinha, Marcus Rashford, Christensen, Marc Casado, Gerard, Dani Olmo, Noah Darvich, Dario Fernandez, Roony Bardghji. Referee Vincic (Slovenia). Previous Encounters The only previous meeting between Newcastle and Marseille was the Uefa Cup semifinal of 2004, claimed by an emerging superstar from Côte d'Ivoire. Manchester City and Bayer Leverkusen have not faced each other previously. Chelsea and Barcelona have some past encounters. Initial Game Reports Just one goal in the first half of the two early games. Dahl's sixth-minute strike has earned Benfica under Mourinho a 1-0 advantage away to Ajax. Newcastle’s Trip to Marseille Although Newcastle arrived in the French south fresh from their confidence-boosting two-one home Premier League victory over City on the weekend, and having defeated Union Saint-Gilloise, Benfica and Athletic Bilbao in the European Cup, their only on the road victory since the start of April came in Brussels at Union SG. It's not that Eddie Howe was overly keen to discuss the psychological aspect of this away form issue. “The Champions League is different to domestic games,” said the manager, whose side are 6th in the European table, with nine points from a possible 12 and direct progression to the knockout phase nearly secured. “I don’t know if you can draw parallels between them.” A dedicated live feed is available for Chelsea v Barcelona. Scott Murray, the minute-by-minute version of Maradona is on duty for that.