🔗 Share this article European Cup Matches This Evening: Marseille v Newcastle & More Greetings to a fresh evening of electrifying Champions League football. Nine matches are scheduled for tonight, with 3 English teams in play. Chelsea meet Barça in the standout fixture of the evening, while The Magpies travel to Marseille and City host Leverkusen. League Table It's the midway point of the group phase, so the rankings is taking form. All six English teams are presently in the top 12, however there are only 2 points separating 5th and 16th position, so there's a whiff of uncertainty about the whole thing. Everything is to play for. Tonight’s Fixtures Here are tonight’s matches, all kicking off at 8pm except where noted: Ajax 0-1 Benfica (5.45pm) Galatasaray 0-0 Union SG (5.45pm) Bodo/Glimt v Juventus Chelsea v Barcelona Villarreal meet Dortmund Leverkusen visit Man City Marseille v Newcastle Napoli v Qarabag Athletic Bilbao clash with Slavia Prague Lineup Changes Fofana, Moises Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Gusto and Estevao join the Blues lineup. Dropped are Adarabioyo, Santos, Jamie Gittens, Joao Pedro and Delap. Yamal starts for Barça; Marcus Rashford is on the bench. The Blues (probable four-three-three) Robert Sanchez; James, Fofana, Chalobah, Marc Cucurella; Malo Gusto, Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez; Estevao, Neto, Garnacho. Subs: Kjell Scherpen, Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Liam Delap, Bynoe-Gittens, Andrey Santos, Joao Pedro, Jorrel Hato, Leo George, Acheampong, Marc Guiu, Facundo Buonanotte. Barça (probable 4-2-3-1): Joan Garcia; Kounde, Araujo, Pau Cubarsi, Balde; Eric Garcia, De Jong; Lamine Yamal, Lopez, Torres; Lewandowski. Substitutes: Wojciech Szczesny, Kochen, Raphinha, Marcus Rashford, Andreas Christensen, Marc Casado, Gerard, Dani Olmo, Bernal, Dario Fernandez, Bardghji. Official Vincic (Slovenia). Previous Encounters The only previous meeting involving Marseille and Newcastle was the Europa League semi-final of 2004, claimed by an rising superstar from Ivory Coast. Manchester City and Bayer Leverkusen have not faced each other previously. Chelsea and Barcelona have some past encounters. Early Match Updates Only a single goal in the first half of the two early games. Samuel Dahl's 6th-minute sizzler has given Benfica under Mourinho a 1-0 advantage at the Dutch side. Marseille v Newcastle Preview Even though Newcastle traveled to the French south fresh from their restorative 2-1 home Premier League victory over Manchester City on the weekend, and having beaten Union SG, the Portuguese side and Athletic Bilbao in the Champions League, their only on the road win since the start of April came in Brussels at Union SG. It's not that Eddie Howe was overly keen to talk about the mental side of this away form issue. “The European Cup is different to domestic games,” said the coach, whose team are sixth in the Champions League standings, with 9 pts from a possible 12 and automatic progression to the knockout phase nearly secured. “I am not sure if you can draw parallels between them.” A dedicated live feed is available for Barcelona vs Chelsea. Scott Murray, the minute-by-minute equivalent of Maradona is handling for that.