🔗 Share this article Champions League Action Tonight: Manchester City v Bayer Leverkusen & Additional Games Greetings to another evening of thrilling Champions League soccer. Nine matches are planned for this evening, including 3 British clubs in action. Chelsea face Barça in the standout match of the night, while The Magpies visit the French side and City welcome Leverkusen. League Table We're at the halfway point of the league phase, meaning the rankings is taking form. Each of the six British clubs are currently in the top 12, however there are only two points between fifth and 16th position, thus there's a sense of uncertainty about the entire situation. It’s all up for grabs. Tonight’s Fixtures Here are this evening's matches, each kicking off at 8pm except where noted: Benfica lead Ajax 1-0 (5.45pm) Union SG and Galatasaray level at 0-0 (17:45) Bodo/Glimt v Juventus Chelsea v Barcelona Dortmund v Villarreal Leverkusen visit Man City Marseille v Newcastle Qarabag play Napoli Slavia Prague v Athletic Bilbao Squad Updates Fofana, Moises Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Gusto and Estevao all come into the Chelsea team. Excluded are Adarabioyo, Andrey Santos, Jamie Gittens, Pedro and Liam Delap. Yamal starts for Barcelona; Rashford is on the bench. Chelsea (probable 4-3-3) Robert Sanchez; Reece James, Fofana, Chalobah, Marc Cucurella; Gusto, Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez; Estevao, Neto, Alejandro Garnacho. Substitutes: Kjell Scherpen, Tosin Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Liam Delap, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Santos, Pedro, Hato, George, Joshua Acheampong, Guiu, Buonanotte. Barcelona (probable 4-2-3-1): Garcia; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Eric Garcia, Frenkie de Jong; Lamine Yamal, Lopez, Ferran Torres; Lewandowski. Substitutes: Szczesny, Diego Kochen, Raphinha, Marcus Rashford, Andreas Christensen, Marc Casado, Gerard, Dani Olmo, Noah Darvich, Dro Fernandez, Roony Bardghji. Referee Vincic (Slovenian). Previous Encounters The only previous meeting between Newcastle and Marseille was the Europa League semifinal of 2004, won by an rising superstar 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 during the opening period of the two early games. Dahl's 6th-minute sizzler has given Jose Mourinho’s Benfica a 1-0 lead at the Dutch side. Newcastle’s Trip to Marseille Although The Magpies arrived in the French south fresh from their restorative two-one home Premier League win over Manchester City on Saturday, and having defeated Union SG, the Portuguese side and Athletic Bilbao in the European Cup, their sole away win since early April came in Brussels at Union SG. It's not that Howe was overly keen to talk about the psychological aspect of this away form issue. “The European Cup is different to Premier League games,” said the manager, whose side are sixth in the Champions League standings, with nine pts from a available 12 and automatic progression to the last 16 nearly secured. “I am not sure if you can draw parallels between them.” We have a separate live blog for Barcelona vs Chelsea. Scott Murray, the minute-by-minute version of Diego Maradona is on duty for that.