🔗 Share this article European Cup Fixtures This Evening: Manchester City v Bayer Leverkusen & Additional Games Welcome to another night of exciting European Cup football. 9 fixtures are planned for this evening, featuring three British clubs in play. Chelsea face Barcelona in the standout match of the evening, while Newcastle travel to Marseille and City welcome Leverkusen. Group Rankings It's the midway stage of the league phase, so the standings is taking form. All six English clubs are currently in the top 12, but there are only 2 points separating fifth and 16th place, so there's a whiff of volatility about the whole thing. It’s all up for grabs. This Evening's Games Here are this evening's games, all kicking off at 8pm unless stated: Benfica lead Ajax 1-0 (17:45) Galatasaray 0-0 Union SG (5.45pm) Bodo/Glimt v Juventus Barcelona take on Chelsea Villarreal meet Dortmund Leverkusen visit Man City Marseille v Newcastle Qarabag play Napoli Athletic Bilbao clash with Slavia Prague Squad Updates Fofana, Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Malo Gusto and Estevao all come into the Blues team. Out go Adarabioyo, Andrey Santos, Gittens, Joao Pedro and Delap. Lamine Yamal is in the starting lineup for Barcelona; Marcus Rashford is on the bench. Chelsea (probable 4-3-3) Robert Sanchez; James, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella; Malo Gusto, Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez; Estevao, Pedro Neto, Garnacho. Subs: Kjell Scherpen, Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Delap, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Andrey Santos, Pedro, Hato, George, Acheampong, Marc Guiu, Buonanotte. Barcelona (possible 4-2-3-1): Joan Garcia; Jules Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Eric Garcia, De Jong; Yamal, Fermin Lopez, Ferran Torres; Lewandowski. Substitutes: Szczesny, Diego Kochen, Raphinha, Marcus Rashford, Christensen, Casado, Gerard, Olmo, Bernal, Dro Fernandez, Roony Bardghji. Referee Vincic (Slovenia). Past Meetings The sole past encounter between Newcastle and Marseille was the Uefa Cup semi-final of 2004, claimed by an rising superstar from Ivory Coast. 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 in the first half of the early fixtures. Samuel Dahl's 6th-minute sizzler has earned Benfica under Mourinho a one-nil advantage at Ajax. Marseille v Newcastle Preview Even though Newcastle traveled to the French south fresh from their restorative 2-1 home Premier League win against Manchester City on Saturday, and having beaten Union Saint-Gilloise, the Portuguese side and Athletic Bilbao in the Champions League, their only on the road victory since the start of April came in the Belgian capital at Union SG. It's not that Eddie Howe was overly keen to discuss the mental side of this away form issue. “The Champions League is distinct from Premier League games,” said the manager, whose team are sixth in the Champions League standings, with nine points from a possible 12 and automatic qualification to the knockout phase nearly secured. “I am not sure if you can compare them.” We have a separate live blog for Barcelona vs Chelsea. Scott Murray, the minute-by-minute equivalent of Maradona is handling for that.