🔗 Share this article European Cup Action Tonight: Manchester City v Bayer Leverkusen & More Greetings to another night of exciting Champions League football. Nine games are set for tonight, featuring three British teams in play. The Blues meet Barcelona in the key fixture of the night, while Newcastle visit Marseille and City host Bayer Leverkusen. Current Standings We're at the halfway stage of the group stage, so the rankings is starting to take shape. All six British sides are currently in the top 12, but there are only two pts between 5th and sixteenth position, thus there's a whiff of uncertainty about the whole thing. All remains open. Tonight’s Fixtures These are tonight’s games, each starting at 8pm unless stated: Benfica lead Ajax 1-0 (5.45pm) Union SG and Galatasaray level at 0-0 (5.45pm) Juventus face Bodo/Glimt Barcelona take on Chelsea Dortmund v Villarreal Leverkusen visit Man City Marseille v Newcastle Napoli v Qarabag Athletic Bilbao clash with Slavia Prague Team News Wesley Fofana, Moises Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Gusto and Estevao all come into the Chelsea team. Dropped are Tosin Adarabioyo, Santos, Gittens, Joao Pedro and Liam Delap. Yamal is in the starting lineup for Barça; Rashford is among the substitutes. The Blues (probable 4-3-3) Robert Sanchez; James, Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Cucurella; Malo Gusto, Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez; Estevao, Pedro Neto, Alejandro Garnacho. Subs: Jorgensen, Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Liam Delap, Bynoe-Gittens, Santos, Joao Pedro, Hato, Leo George, Acheampong, Marc Guiu, Facundo Buonanotte. Barcelona (possible 4-2-3-1): Joan Garcia; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Garcia, Frenkie de Jong; Lamine Yamal, Lopez, Ferran Torres; Lewandowski. Subs: Wojciech Szczesny, Diego Kochen, Raphinha, Rashford, Andreas Christensen, Casado, Gerard, Olmo, Noah Darvich, Dro Fernandez, Roony Bardghji. Official Vincic (Slovenian). Historical Context The only previous meeting involving Newcastle and Marseille was the Europa League semi-final of 2004, won by an rising star from Ivory Coast. Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester City have not faced each other previously. Chelsea and Barcelona have a peedie bit of history. Initial Game Reports Just one goal in the first half of the two early games. Samuel Dahl's sixth-minute strike has given Benfica under Mourinho a one-nil lead at the Dutch side. Marseille v Newcastle Preview Even though The Magpies traveled to the French south coming off their restorative 2-1 home Premier League victory over City on Saturday, and having beaten Union Saint-Gilloise, the Portuguese side and Athletic Bilbao in the European Cup, their sole away victory since the start of April came in Brussels at Union Saint-Gilloise. It's not that Howe was eager to talk about the mental side of this away form issue. “The Champions League is different to Premier League games,” said the coach, whose team are sixth in the Champions League standings, with nine pts from a available twelve and automatic 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 Barcelona vs Chelsea. Scott Murray, the minute-by-minute equivalent of Diego Maradona is on duty for that.