🔗 Share this article Champions League Matches This Evening: Manchester City v Bayer Leverkusen & Additional Games Greetings to another night of exciting Champions League soccer. 9 matches are planned for this evening, featuring 3 British teams in play. The Blues meet Barça in the standout match of the night, whilst The Magpies travel to the French side and City host Bayer Leverkusen. Current Standings It's the halfway stage of the group stage, so the rankings is taking form. Each of the six British clubs are currently in the top 12, but there are only 2 pts separating fifth and 16th position, so there's a sense of volatility about the whole thing. It’s all up for grabs. Match Schedule Here are tonight’s games, all kicking off at 8:00 PM unless stated: Ajax 0-1 Benfica (17:45) Union SG and Galatasaray level at 0-0 (17:45) Juventus face Bodo/Glimt Chelsea v Barcelona Villarreal meet Dortmund Leverkusen visit Man City Marseille v Newcastle Napoli v Qarabag Athletic Bilbao clash with Slavia Prague Team News Wesley Fofana, Caicedo, Garnacho, Malo Gusto and Estevao are included in the Chelsea team. Dropped are Tosin Adarabioyo, Andrey Santos, Jamie Gittens, Pedro and Liam Delap. Yamal starts for Barça; Marcus Rashford is among the substitutes. The Blues (possible four-three-three) Sanchez; James, Wesley Fofana, Chalobah, Marc Cucurella; Gusto, Moises Caicedo, Enzo; Estevao, Pedro Neto, Garnacho. Subs: Kjell Scherpen, Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Delap, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Santos, Pedro, Jorrel Hato, George, Acheampong, Marc Guiu, Facundo Buonanotte. Barça (possible four-two-three-one): Garcia; Kounde, Araujo, Pau Cubarsi, Balde; Garcia, De Jong; Yamal, Lopez, Torres; Robert Lewandowski. Substitutes: Szczesny, Diego Kochen, Raphinha, Marcus Rashford, Christensen, Marc Casado, Gerard, Dani Olmo, Bernal, Dario Fernandez, Roony Bardghji. Official Vincic (Slovenian). Past Meetings The sole past encounter between Newcastle and Marseille was the Uefa Cup semifinal of 2004, won by an rising superstar from Côte d'Ivoire. Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester City have never met before. Chelsea and Barcelona have a peedie bit of history. Early Match Updates Just one goal during the opening period of the early fixtures. Dahl's sixth-minute goal has earned Benfica under Mourinho a one-nil advantage at Ajax. Marseille v Newcastle Preview Even though The Magpies traveled to the south of France coming off their restorative 2-1 home English top-flight victory over City on the weekend, and having beaten Union SG, Benfica and Athletic Bilbao in the Champions League, their only away win since the start of April came in the Belgian capital at Union SG. It's not that Howe was overly keen to talk about the mental side of this travel sickness. “The European Cup is different to Premier League games,” said the coach, whose side are sixth in the European table, with 9 pts from a available 12 and direct progression to the last 16 almost within touching distance. “I am not sure if you can draw parallels between them.” We have a separate live blog for Chelsea v Barcelona. Scott Murray, the minute-by-minute equivalent of Diego Maradona is handling for that.