🔗 Share this article European Cup Matches Tonight: Marseille v Newcastle & Additional Games Greetings to a fresh night of electrifying Champions League football. Nine matches are set for this evening, including three English clubs in play. The Blues take on Barcelona in the key fixture of the evening, while Newcastle visit the French side and Manchester City host Bayer Leverkusen. League Table It's the midway stage of the league stage, meaning the standings is beginning to form. Each of the six English sides are presently in the upper twelve, however there are only 2 points separating fifth and 16th position, so there's a sense of uncertainty about the whole thing. It’s all up for grabs. This Evening's Games Here are tonight’s fixtures, all starting at 8:00 PM unless stated: Ajax 0-1 Benfica (5.45pm) Galatasaray 0-0 Union SG (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 Wesley Fofana, Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Malo Gusto and Estevao join the Chelsea side. Out go Tosin Adarabioyo, Andrey Santos, Gittens, Joao Pedro and Liam Delap. Yamal is in the starting lineup for Barcelona; Marcus Rashford is among the substitutes. Chelsea (possible 4-3-3) Sanchez; Reece James, Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Cucurella; Gusto, Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez; Estevao, Neto, Garnacho. Substitutes: Jorgensen, Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Delap, Bynoe-Gittens, Santos, Joao Pedro, Hato, George, Joshua Acheampong, Marc Guiu, Buonanotte. Barça (probable four-two-three-one): Garcia; Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Cubarsi, Balde; Eric Garcia, De Jong; Lamine Yamal, Fermin Lopez, Torres; Robert Lewandowski. Substitutes: Wojciech Szczesny, Kochen, Raphinha, Marcus Rashford, Christensen, Casado, Gerard, Dani Olmo, Bernal, Dro Fernandez, Bardghji. Referee Slavko Vincic (Slovenian). Past Meetings The sole past encounter involving Marseille and Newcastle was the Uefa Cup semifinal of 2004, won by an rising superstar from Ivory Coast. Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester City have not faced each other previously. Barcelona and Chelsea have a notable history. Early Match Updates Just one goal during the opening period of the early fixtures. Samuel Dahl's sixth-minute goal has earned Benfica under Mourinho a 1-0 lead away to the Dutch side. Newcastle’s Trip to Marseille Even though Newcastle traveled to the south of France fresh from their restorative 2-1 home English top-flight victory against Manchester City on Saturday, and having defeated Union SG, the Portuguese side and Bilbao in the Champions League, their only on the road win since the start of April came in Brussels at Union Saint-Gilloise. Not that Howe was overly keen to discuss the psychological aspect of this away form issue. “The Champions League is distinct from domestic games,” said the coach, whose team are 6th in the Champions League standings, with 9 points from a possible 12 and automatic qualification to the last 16 almost within touching distance. “I am not sure if you can draw parallels between them.” We have a separate live blog for Barcelona vs Chelsea. Scott Murray, the MBM equivalent of Maradona is handling for that.