🔗 Share this article European Cup Matches Tonight: Manchester City v Bayer Leverkusen & Additional Games Welcome to a fresh night of exciting European Cup soccer. Nine fixtures are scheduled for this evening, featuring 3 English clubs in action. Chelsea face Barcelona in the standout fixture of the evening, whilst The Magpies travel to the French side and City host Leverkusen. Group Rankings It's the midway point of the league stage, so the table is beginning to form. All six British teams are currently in the top 12, but there are only 2 pts between fifth and 16th position, so there's a hint of snakes and ladders about the whole thing. All remains open. Match Schedule These are this evening's games, all starting at 8:00 PM unless stated: Ajax 0-1 Benfica (17:45) Union SG and Galatasaray level at 0-0 (17:45) Juventus face Bodo/Glimt Barcelona take on Chelsea Dortmund v Villarreal Leverkusen visit Man City Newcastle travel to Marseille Qarabag play Napoli Athletic Bilbao clash with Slavia Prague Squad Updates Wesley Fofana, Moises Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Malo Gusto and Estevao are included in the Chelsea team. Out go Adarabioyo, Santos, Gittens, Pedro and Delap. Yamal starts for Barça; Rashford is on the bench. Chelsea (possible 4-3-3) Robert Sanchez; James, Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Cucurella; Malo Gusto, Caicedo, Enzo; Estevao, Pedro Neto, Alejandro Garnacho. Subs: Kjell Scherpen, Tosin Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Liam Delap, Bynoe-Gittens, Santos, Pedro, Jorrel Hato, George, Acheampong, Guiu, Buonanotte. Barcelona (probable 4-2-3-1): Garcia; Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Pau Cubarsi, Balde; Eric Garcia, De Jong; Yamal, Fermin Lopez, Ferran Torres; Robert Lewandowski. Substitutes: Wojciech Szczesny, Diego Kochen, Raphinha, Marcus Rashford, Andreas Christensen, Marc Casado, Gerard, Dani Olmo, Noah Darvich, Dario Fernandez, Bardghji. Referee Vincic (Slovenian). Past Meetings The sole past encounter involving 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 not faced each other previously. Barcelona and Chelsea have some past encounters. Initial Game Reports Only a single goal during the opening period of the two early games. Samuel Dahl's 6th-minute strike has given Jose Mourinho’s Benfica a one-nil lead away to the Dutch side. Newcastle’s Trip to Marseille Although The Magpies arrived in the French south fresh from their confidence-boosting 2-1 home English top-flight victory against Manchester City on Saturday, and having beaten Union SG, the Portuguese side and Bilbao in the European Cup, their sole on the road win since the start of April came in the Belgian capital at Union Saint-Gilloise. Not that Eddie Howe was overly keen to discuss the mental side of this travel sickness. “The Champions League is distinct from domestic games,” said the coach, whose side are sixth in the Champions League standings, with 9 points from a possible 12 and direct progression to the last 16 almost within touching distance. “I am not sure if you can draw parallels between them.” A dedicated live feed is available for Chelsea v Barcelona. Murray, the minute-by-minute equivalent of Maradona is handling for that.