🔗 Share this article European Cup Matches This Evening: Manchester City v Bayer Leverkusen & Additional Games Welcome to a fresh night of exciting European Cup soccer. Nine fixtures are planned for tonight, with 3 English teams in action. Chelsea take on Barça in the marquee fixture of the night, while Newcastle travel to the French side and City host Leverkusen. Group Rankings It's the midway point of the group stage, so the standings is beginning to form. All six British teams are presently in the top 12, however there are only 2 pts separating fifth and 16th place, thus there's a sense of snakes and ladders about the entire situation. It’s all up for grabs. This Evening's Games Here are tonight’s fixtures, all starting at 8pm unless stated: Benfica lead Ajax 1-0 (17:45) Galatasaray 0-0 Union SG (5.45pm) Bodo/Glimt v Juventus Barcelona take on Chelsea Villarreal meet Dortmund Leverkusen visit Man City Newcastle travel to Marseille Napoli v Qarabag Slavia Prague v Athletic Bilbao Lineup Changes Fofana, Caicedo, Garnacho, Malo Gusto and Estevao are included in the Chelsea team. Dropped are Tosin Adarabioyo, Andrey Santos, Jamie Gittens, Pedro and Liam Delap. Lamine Yamal starts for Barça; Marcus Rashford is on the bench. The Blues (probable 4-3-3) Robert Sanchez; Reece James, Fofana, Chalobah, Marc Cucurella; Gusto, Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez; Estevao, Pedro Neto, Alejandro Garnacho. Subs: Kjell Scherpen, Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Liam Delap, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Andrey Santos, Pedro, Hato, George, Joshua Acheampong, Guiu, Buonanotte. Barcelona (possible four-two-three-one): Garcia; Jules Kounde, Araujo, Pau Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Eric Garcia, Frenkie de Jong; Lamine Yamal, Fermin Lopez, Torres; Lewandowski. Substitutes: Szczesny, Kochen, Raphinha, Rashford, Christensen, Marc Casado, Gerard, Dani Olmo, Bernal, Dro Fernandez, Roony Bardghji. Referee Slavko Vincic (Slovenian). Previous Encounters The sole past encounter involving Newcastle and Marseille was the Uefa Cup semi-final of 2004, won by an rising star from Ivory Coast. Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester City have never met before. Chelsea and Barcelona have some past encounters. Early Match Updates Just one goal during the opening period of the two early games. Samuel Dahl's sixth-minute sizzler has earned Benfica under Mourinho a one-nil lead away to Ajax. Newcastle’s Trip to Marseille Although The Magpies traveled to the French south coming off their confidence-boosting 2-1 home Premier League victory over City on the weekend, and having defeated Union SG, the Portuguese side and Athletic Bilbao in the European Cup, their sole on the road win since early April came in the Belgian capital at Union Saint-Gilloise. It's not that Eddie Howe was eager to discuss the mental side of this travel sickness. “The European Cup is different to domestic games,” said the manager, whose team are sixth in the European table, with 9 points from a possible twelve and direct qualification to the knockout phase nearly secured. “I don’t know if you can draw parallels between them.” A dedicated live feed is available for Chelsea v Barcelona. Scott Murray, the minute-by-minute equivalent of Maradona is handling for that.