🔗 Share this article European Cup Action This Evening: Manchester City v Bayer Leverkusen & Additional Games Welcome to another evening of electrifying Champions League soccer. 9 fixtures are planned for this evening, featuring 3 British teams in play. Chelsea take on Barcelona in the marquee fixture of the night, while The Magpies visit the French side and Manchester City welcome Bayer Leverkusen. Group Rankings It's the halfway stage of the group stage, meaning the rankings is taking form. Each of the six English clubs are presently in the top 12, however there are only two pts separating 5th and sixteenth position, thus there's a hint of snakes and ladders about the whole thing. Everything is to play for. Tonight’s Fixtures Here are this evening's fixtures, all starting at 8pm except where noted: Benfica lead Ajax 1-0 (17:45) Galatasaray 0-0 Union SG (5.45pm) Bodo/Glimt v Juventus Chelsea v Barcelona Villarreal meet Dortmund Leverkusen visit Man City Newcastle travel to Marseille Qarabag play Napoli Slavia Prague v Athletic Bilbao Lineup Changes Fofana, Moises Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Gusto and Estevao join the Blues lineup. Dropped are Adarabioyo, Santos, Gittens, Pedro and Liam Delap. Lamine Yamal starts for Barça; Marcus Rashford is on the bench. Chelsea (probable four-three-three) Sanchez; James, Fofana, Chalobah, Marc Cucurella; Malo Gusto, Moises Caicedo, Enzo; Estevao, Pedro Neto, Garnacho. Substitutes: Kjell Scherpen, Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Liam Delap, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Andrey Santos, Pedro, Jorrel Hato, George, Joshua Acheampong, Marc Guiu, Facundo Buonanotte. Barça (possible four-two-three-one): Joan Garcia; Jules Kounde, Araujo, Pau Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Eric Garcia, De Jong; Yamal, Lopez, Ferran Torres; Robert Lewandowski. Subs: Wojciech Szczesny, Diego Kochen, Raphinha, Marcus Rashford, Andreas Christensen, Casado, Gerard, Olmo, Bernal, Dario Fernandez, Bardghji. Official Vincic (Slovenian). Past Meetings The sole past encounter involving Marseille and Newcastle was the Europa League semifinal of 2003-04, claimed by an rising superstar from Côte d'Ivoire. Manchester City and Bayer Leverkusen have never met before. Chelsea and Barcelona have some past encounters. Early Match Updates Only a single goal during the opening period of the early fixtures. Samuel Dahl's 6th-minute strike has given Benfica under Mourinho a 1-0 advantage away to the Dutch side. Newcastle’s Trip to Marseille Although The Magpies traveled to the south of France fresh from their restorative 2-1 home Premier League victory over City on Saturday, and having beaten Union SG, the Portuguese side and Athletic Bilbao in the Champions League, their sole on the road win since early April came in the Belgian capital at Union Saint-Gilloise. It's not that Howe was overly keen to talk about the mental side of this away form issue. “The Champions League is different to domestic games,” said the coach, whose side are 6th in the European table, with nine points from a available 12 and direct qualification to the last 16 almost within touching distance. “I am not sure if you can compare them.” A dedicated live feed is available for Chelsea v Barcelona. Murray, the minute-by-minute equivalent of Maradona is handling for that.