🔗 Share this article Champions League Fixtures Tonight: Chelsea v Barcelona & Additional Games Welcome to a fresh evening of electrifying European Cup football. 9 matches are scheduled for tonight, including three English clubs in action. Chelsea face Barça in the marquee fixture of the evening, while The Magpies visit the French side and City welcome Leverkusen. League Table It's the midway stage of the league stage, meaning the standings is taking form. All six English teams are presently in the upper twelve, but there are only two pts separating fifth and 16th place, thus there's a sense of volatility about the entire situation. All remains open. This Evening's Games These are this evening's fixtures, all kicking off at 8pm except where noted: Ajax 0-1 Benfica (5.45pm) Galatasaray 0-0 Union SG (17:45) Juventus face Bodo/Glimt Barcelona take on Chelsea Villarreal meet Dortmund Man City v Leverkusen Newcastle travel to Marseille Qarabag play Napoli Slavia Prague v Athletic Bilbao Squad Updates Wesley Fofana, Caicedo, Garnacho, Malo Gusto and Estevao all come into the Chelsea team. Out go Tosin Adarabioyo, Andrey Santos, Jamie Gittens, Pedro and Liam Delap. Yamal starts for Barça; Rashford is on the bench. The Blues (probable 4-3-3) Robert Sanchez; James, Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Cucurella; Malo Gusto, Moises Caicedo, Enzo; Estevao, Pedro Neto, Garnacho. Subs: Jorgensen, Tosin Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Liam Delap, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Andrey Santos, Joao Pedro, Hato, Leo George, Joshua Acheampong, Marc Guiu, Buonanotte. Barcelona (possible four-two-three-one): Garcia; Jules Kounde, Araujo, Pau Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Garcia, De Jong; Lamine Yamal, Fermin Lopez, Ferran Torres; Lewandowski. Subs: Wojciech Szczesny, Diego Kochen, Raphinha, Rashford, Christensen, Casado, Gerard, Dani Olmo, Bernal, Dario Fernandez, Bardghji. Official Vincic (Slovenia). Past Meetings The only previous meeting between Newcastle and Marseille was the Europa League semi-final of 2003-04, claimed by an rising superstar from Côte d'Ivoire. Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester City have not faced each other previously. Chelsea and Barcelona have a notable history. Initial Game Reports Only a single goal in the first half of the two early games. Samuel Dahl's 6th-minute sizzler has earned Jose Mourinho’s Benfica a 1-0 advantage at the Dutch side. Newcastle’s Trip to Marseille Although Newcastle arrived in the French south fresh from their restorative 2-1 home English top-flight win over Manchester City on the weekend, and having beaten Union Saint-Gilloise, Benfica and Bilbao in the Champions League, their only away win since early April came in Brussels at Union SG. Not that Eddie Howe was overly keen 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 6th in the European table, with nine pts from a available twelve and direct progression to the knockout phase almost within touching distance. “I am not sure if you can draw parallels between them.” We have a separate live blog for Barcelona vs Chelsea. Murray, the minute-by-minute equivalent of Diego Maradona is handling for that.