🔗 Share this article European Cup Matches Tonight: Chelsea v Barcelona & More Greetings to another night of thrilling European Cup football. Nine games are planned for tonight, featuring three English teams in play. The Blues face Barcelona in the key fixture of the evening, while Newcastle visit Marseille and City welcome Bayer Leverkusen. League Table We're at the midway stage of the league phase, so the rankings is beginning to form. Each of the six English sides are currently in the upper twelve, however there are only 2 points separating fifth and sixteenth position, so there's a hint of uncertainty about the whole thing. All remains open. Tonight’s Fixtures These are tonight’s matches, each starting at 8:00 PM unless stated: Benfica lead Ajax 1-0 (17:45) Galatasaray 0-0 Union SG (17:45) Bodo/Glimt v Juventus Chelsea v Barcelona Villarreal meet Dortmund Leverkusen visit Man City Newcastle travel to Marseille Napoli v Qarabag Slavia Prague v Athletic Bilbao Squad Updates Fofana, Moises Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Gusto and Estevao are included in the Blues side. Dropped are Adarabioyo, Santos, Jamie Gittens, Pedro and Delap. Yamal starts for Barça; Rashford is among the substitutes. Chelsea (possible four-three-three) Robert Sanchez; James, Wesley Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Cucurella; Malo Gusto, Caicedo, Enzo; Estevao, Pedro Neto, Garnacho. Subs: Kjell Scherpen, Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Delap, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Andrey Santos, Joao Pedro, Jorrel Hato, Leo George, Joshua Acheampong, Marc Guiu, Buonanotte. Barça (possible 4-2-3-1): Garcia; Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Garcia, Frenkie de Jong; Yamal, Fermin Lopez, Ferran Torres; Robert Lewandowski. Substitutes: Szczesny, Diego Kochen, Raphinha, Marcus Rashford, Christensen, Marc Casado, Gerard, Olmo, Noah Darvich, Dro Fernandez, Roony Bardghji. Official Slavko Vincic (Slovenia). Past Meetings The sole past encounter between Newcastle and Marseille was the Uefa Cup semifinal of 2004, claimed by an emerging superstar from Côte d'Ivoire. Manchester City and Bayer Leverkusen have never met before. Chelsea and Barcelona have a notable history. Early Match Updates Only a single goal during the opening period of the early fixtures. Samuel Dahl's sixth-minute goal has earned Jose Mourinho’s Benfica a one-nil lead away to the Dutch side. Newcastle’s Trip to Marseille Even though The Magpies arrived in the French south coming off their confidence-boosting 2-1 home English top-flight win against City on Saturday, and having defeated Union Saint-Gilloise, the Portuguese side and Athletic Bilbao in the Champions League, their only away win since the start of April came in Brussels at Union SG. Not that Howe was eager to talk about the psychological aspect of this travel sickness. “The Champions League is distinct from Premier League games,” said the coach, whose side are 6th in the Champions League standings, with nine pts from a possible twelve and direct qualification to the last 16 almost within touching distance. “I don’t know if you can draw parallels between them.” A dedicated live feed is available for Chelsea v Barcelona. Murray, the minute-by-minute equivalent of Maradona is handling for that.