🔗 Share this article European Cup Fixtures Tonight: Chelsea v Barcelona & More Welcome to another evening of thrilling European Cup football. 9 games are set for tonight, with 3 English teams in action. Chelsea meet Barcelona in the key fixture of the night, while Newcastle travel to the French side and Manchester City welcome Leverkusen. League Table It's the midway point of the league stage, so the table is taking form. Each of the six English teams are presently in the upper twelve, however there are only 2 points separating 5th and sixteenth position, thus there's a whiff of uncertainty about the entire situation. It’s all up for grabs. This Evening's Games Here are this evening's matches, each starting at 8pm unless stated: Benfica lead Ajax 1-0 (17:45) Galatasaray 0-0 Union SG (17:45) Juventus face Bodo/Glimt Barcelona take on Chelsea Dortmund v Villarreal Leverkusen visit Man City Marseille v Newcastle Qarabag play Napoli Slavia Prague v Athletic Bilbao Lineup Changes Wesley Fofana, Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Malo Gusto and Estevao all come into the Chelsea side. Dropped are Adarabioyo, Santos, Gittens, Joao Pedro and Delap. Yamal starts for Barcelona; Rashford is on the bench. The Blues (probable four-three-three) Robert Sanchez; Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella; Malo Gusto, Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez; Estevao, Pedro Neto, Alejandro Garnacho. Subs: Jorgensen, Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Liam Delap, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Andrey Santos, Pedro, Jorrel Hato, Leo George, Acheampong, Guiu, Facundo Buonanotte. Barça (probable 4-2-3-1): Joan Garcia; Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Garcia, De Jong; Yamal, Lopez, Ferran Torres; Robert Lewandowski. Substitutes: Wojciech Szczesny, Kochen, Raphinha, Marcus Rashford, Andreas Christensen, Marc Casado, Gerard, Olmo, Bernal, Dario Fernandez, Bardghji. Official Vincic (Slovenian). Past Meetings The only previous meeting involving Newcastle and Marseille was the Uefa Cup semi-final of 2003-04, won by an emerging star from Côte d'Ivoire. Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester City have not faced each other previously. Barcelona and Chelsea have some past encounters. Initial Game Reports Just one goal during the opening period of the two early games. Dahl's 6th-minute goal has given Jose Mourinho’s Benfica a 1-0 advantage away to Ajax. Marseille v Newcastle Preview Even though Newcastle traveled to the south of France fresh from their restorative 2-1 home Premier League victory over City on the weekend, and having defeated Union SG, Benfica and Bilbao in the European Cup, their sole away win since early April came in Brussels at Union Saint-Gilloise. Not that Howe was eager to discuss the psychological aspect of this travel sickness. “The European Cup is distinct from domestic games,” said the manager, whose team are sixth in the European table, with 9 pts from a possible twelve and direct progression to the last 16 almost within touching distance. “I am not sure if you can compare them.” We have a separate live blog for Barcelona vs Chelsea. Murray, the minute-by-minute equivalent of Maradona is handling for that.