🔗 Share this article Champions League Action This Evening: Marseille v Newcastle & More Greetings to another evening of thrilling European Cup football. Nine fixtures are scheduled for tonight, featuring 3 English clubs in action. Chelsea face Barcelona in the standout fixture of the night, while The Magpies travel to Marseille and Manchester City host Leverkusen. Current Standings It's the midway stage of the group stage, meaning the table is starting to take shape. All six English clubs are currently in the top 12, however there are only 2 points separating fifth and 16th place, thus there's a sense of snakes and ladders about the whole thing. It’s all up for grabs. This Evening's Games Here are tonight’s games, all kicking off at 8:00 PM unless stated: 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 Dortmund v Villarreal Leverkusen visit Man City Marseille v Newcastle Napoli v Qarabag Athletic Bilbao clash with Slavia Prague Lineup Changes Wesley Fofana, Moises Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Malo Gusto and Estevao are included in the Chelsea team. Out go Tosin Adarabioyo, Andrey Santos, Jamie Gittens, Joao Pedro and Delap. Yamal is in the starting lineup for Barça; Marcus Rashford is among the substitutes. Chelsea (probable four-three-three) Sanchez; Reece James, Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Cucurella; Gusto, Caicedo, Enzo; Estevao, Neto, Alejandro Garnacho. Substitutes: Jorgensen, Tosin Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Liam Delap, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Santos, Joao Pedro, Hato, Leo George, Joshua Acheampong, Guiu, Facundo Buonanotte. Barcelona (probable four-two-three-one): Joan Garcia; Jules Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Eric Garcia, Frenkie de Jong; Lamine Yamal, Lopez, Torres; Lewandowski. Substitutes: Szczesny, Diego Kochen, Raphinha, Rashford, Christensen, Marc Casado, Gerard, Dani Olmo, Bernal, Dro Fernandez, Roony Bardghji. Official Vincic (Slovenian). Past Meetings The sole past encounter between Marseille and Newcastle 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 peedie bit of history. Early Match Updates 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 Ajax. Marseille v Newcastle Preview Although The Magpies traveled to the south of France fresh from their restorative 2-1 home English top-flight victory over Manchester City on Saturday, and having defeated Union Saint-Gilloise, Benfica and Athletic Bilbao in the European Cup, their only on the road victory since the start of April came in Brussels at Union Saint-Gilloise. It's not that Eddie Howe was overly keen to discuss the mental side of this travel sickness. “The Champions League is different to Premier League games,” said the manager, whose team are sixth in the European table, with nine points from a possible twelve and automatic progression 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. Scott Murray, the minute-by-minute version of Diego Maradona is on duty for that.