🔗 Share this article European Cup Matches This Evening: Marseille v Newcastle & Additional Games Greetings to a fresh evening of exciting European Cup football. Nine fixtures are set for tonight, including 3 British clubs in action. Chelsea meet Barça in the standout match of the night, while The Magpies visit Marseille and Manchester City welcome Bayer Leverkusen. Current Standings It's the midway stage of the league stage, so the standings is taking form. Each of the six British sides are currently in the upper twelve, however there are only 2 points between fifth and 16th position, so there's a sense of volatility about the whole thing. All remains open. Match Schedule Here are tonight’s matches, each kicking off at 8pm unless stated: Benfica lead Ajax 1-0 (17:45) Union SG and Galatasaray level at 0-0 (5.45pm) Bodo/Glimt v Juventus Barcelona take on Chelsea Villarreal meet Dortmund Leverkusen visit Man City Marseille v Newcastle Napoli v Qarabag Athletic Bilbao clash with Slavia Prague Lineup Changes Wesley Fofana, Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Malo Gusto and Estevao all come into the Blues lineup. Dropped are Adarabioyo, Santos, Gittens, Joao Pedro and Delap. Lamine Yamal is in the starting lineup for Barcelona; Rashford is among the substitutes. The Blues (possible four-three-three) Robert Sanchez; James, Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Cucurella; Gusto, Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez; Estevao, Neto, Garnacho. Subs: Jorgensen, Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Liam Delap, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Santos, Joao Pedro, Jorrel Hato, Leo George, Acheampong, Guiu, Buonanotte. Barça (possible 4-2-3-1): Garcia; Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Garcia, De Jong; Yamal, Lopez, Torres; Robert Lewandowski. Substitutes: Szczesny, Diego Kochen, Raphinha, Rashford, Andreas Christensen, Marc Casado, Gerard, Olmo, Noah Darvich, Dario Fernandez, Bardghji. Referee Vincic (Slovenia). Historical Context The sole past encounter involving Marseille and Newcastle was the Europa League semifinal of 2004, claimed by an emerging superstar from Ivory Coast. Manchester City and Bayer Leverkusen have never met before. Barcelona and Chelsea have a peedie bit of history. Early Match Updates Only a single goal during the opening period of the two early games. Dahl's sixth-minute goal has given Jose Mourinho’s Benfica a 1-0 lead away to the Dutch side. Newcastle’s Trip to Marseille Although The Magpies arrived in the French south fresh from their restorative 2-1 home English top-flight win against City on the weekend, and having beaten Union SG, the Portuguese side and Bilbao in the Champions League, their only on the road victory since the start of April came in Brussels at Union Saint-Gilloise. Not that Howe was overly keen to discuss the mental side of this travel sickness. “The Champions League is distinct from Premier League games,” said the manager, whose side are 6th in the Champions League standings, with nine pts from a available twelve and direct qualification to the knockout phase nearly secured. “I am not sure if you can compare them.” We have a separate live blog for Chelsea v Barcelona. Murray, the MBM version of Diego Maradona is handling for that.