🔗 Share this article Champions League Action This Evening: Marseille v Newcastle & More Greetings to another evening of exciting European Cup soccer. Nine matches are set for tonight, including three English clubs in play. Chelsea take on Barça in the key match of the night, whilst Newcastle travel to the French side and City welcome Leverkusen. League Table We're at the halfway stage of the league stage, meaning the table is beginning to form. All six English sides are currently in the top 12, but there are only two points between 5th and 16th place, so there's a hint of snakes and ladders about the whole thing. Everything is to play for. Match Schedule These are tonight’s matches, all kicking off at 8:00 PM except where noted: Benfica lead Ajax 1-0 (5.45pm) Union SG and Galatasaray level at 0-0 (5.45pm) Bodo/Glimt v Juventus Barcelona take on Chelsea Villarreal meet Dortmund Man City v Leverkusen Marseille v Newcastle Napoli v Qarabag Athletic Bilbao clash with Slavia Prague Lineup Changes Fofana, Moises Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Malo Gusto and Estevao join the Blues side. Out go Tosin Adarabioyo, Santos, Jamie Gittens, Pedro and Liam Delap. Yamal starts for Barça; Marcus Rashford is on the bench. Chelsea (probable four-three-three) Sanchez; James, Fofana, Chalobah, Marc Cucurella; Malo Gusto, Moises Caicedo, Enzo; Estevao, Pedro Neto, Alejandro Garnacho. Subs: Kjell Scherpen, Tosin Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Delap, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Santos, Joao Pedro, Jorrel Hato, Leo George, Acheampong, Marc Guiu, Facundo Buonanotte. Barcelona (possible four-two-three-one): Garcia; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Garcia, Frenkie de Jong; Lamine Yamal, Lopez, Torres; Robert Lewandowski. Substitutes: Szczesny, Diego Kochen, Raphinha, Rashford, Andreas Christensen, Casado, Gerard, Dani Olmo, Bernal, Dario Fernandez, Bardghji. Official Vincic (Slovenia). Past Meetings The sole past encounter between Marseille and Newcastle was the Uefa Cup semifinal of 2004, won by an rising superstar from Côte d'Ivoire. Manchester City and Bayer Leverkusen have never met before. Barcelona and Chelsea have some past encounters. Early Match Updates 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 away to the Dutch side. Newcastle’s Trip to Marseille Although The Magpies traveled to the south of France fresh from their restorative two-one home English top-flight win over Manchester City on the weekend, and having defeated Union SG, the Portuguese side and Athletic Bilbao in the European Cup, their only away victory since early April came in Brussels at Union Saint-Gilloise. It's not that Howe was overly keen to talk about the mental side of this away form issue. “The European Cup is distinct from Premier League games,” said the coach, whose team are sixth in the Champions League standings, with nine points from a available 12 and automatic progression to the last 16 nearly secured. “I am not sure if you can draw parallels between them.” A dedicated live feed is available for Chelsea v Barcelona. Scott Murray, the minute-by-minute version of Maradona is on duty for that.