🔗 Share this article Champions League Action Tonight: Manchester City v Bayer Leverkusen & Additional Games Welcome to a fresh night of electrifying European Cup soccer. 9 matches are set for tonight, including three English clubs in play. Chelsea face Barcelona in the standout fixture of the night, whilst Newcastle travel to the French side and City welcome Bayer Leverkusen. Current Standings We're at the halfway point of the group phase, so the rankings is starting to take shape. All six English sides are presently in the upper twelve, however there are only 2 points separating 5th and 16th place, so there's a hint of snakes and ladders about the entire situation. It’s all up for grabs. This Evening's Games Here are this evening's games, each starting at 8:00 PM except where noted: Ajax 0-1 Benfica (17:45) Union SG and Galatasaray level at 0-0 (5.45pm) Bodo/Glimt v Juventus Barcelona take on Chelsea Dortmund v Villarreal Leverkusen visit Man City Marseille v Newcastle Napoli v Qarabag Slavia Prague v Athletic Bilbao Team News Wesley Fofana, Caicedo, Garnacho, Malo Gusto and Estevao all come into the Chelsea team. Dropped are Tosin Adarabioyo, Andrey Santos, Gittens, Joao Pedro and Delap. Lamine Yamal starts for Barcelona; Rashford is on the bench. The Blues (probable 4-3-3) Sanchez; Reece James, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella; Gusto, Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez; Estevao, Neto, Alejandro Garnacho. Substitutes: Kjell Scherpen, Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Delap, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Santos, Pedro, Hato, Leo George, Acheampong, Marc Guiu, Facundo Buonanotte. Barça (probable 4-2-3-1): Joan Garcia; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Balde; Eric Garcia, Frenkie de Jong; Yamal, Fermin Lopez, Ferran Torres; Lewandowski. Substitutes: Szczesny, Diego Kochen, Raphinha, Marcus Rashford, Christensen, Marc Casado, Gerard, Dani Olmo, Noah Darvich, Dario Fernandez, Roony Bardghji. Referee Vincic (Slovenian). Past Meetings The sole past encounter between Newcastle and Marseille was the Uefa Cup semi-final of 2003-04, claimed by an emerging superstar from Ivory Coast. Manchester City and Bayer Leverkusen have never met before. Chelsea and Barcelona have a notable history. Initial Game Reports Just one goal in the first half of the early fixtures. Dahl's 6th-minute sizzler has earned Benfica under Mourinho a one-nil advantage away to Ajax. Marseille v Newcastle Preview Even though Newcastle arrived in the south of France coming off their restorative 2-1 home Premier League victory against Manchester City on the weekend, and having beaten Union SG, the Portuguese side and Athletic Bilbao in the European Cup, their sole away victory since early April came in the Belgian capital at Union SG. It's not that Eddie Howe was overly keen to discuss the psychological aspect of this travel sickness. “The Champions League is distinct from domestic games,” said the coach, whose team are sixth in the European table, with nine points from a available 12 and automatic progression to the last 16 nearly secured. “I am not sure if you can compare them.” We have a separate live blog for Chelsea v Barcelona. Scott Murray, the MBM version of Diego Maradona is on duty for that.