🔗 Share this article European Cup Matches Tonight: Marseille v Newcastle & More Greetings to a fresh night of electrifying European Cup football. Nine fixtures are planned for tonight, with three English teams in action. Chelsea face Barça in the marquee match of the evening, whilst The Magpies travel to Marseille and Manchester City host Leverkusen. Current Standings We're at the midway point of the league stage, so the rankings is taking form. All six British teams are currently in the upper twelve, but there are only 2 pts between fifth and sixteenth place, thus there's a sense of snakes and ladders about the entire situation. All remains open. Match Schedule These are tonight’s matches, each kicking off at 8pm except where noted: Benfica lead Ajax 1-0 (17:45) Galatasaray 0-0 Union SG (5.45pm) Bodo/Glimt v Juventus Barcelona take on Chelsea Dortmund v Villarreal Leverkusen visit Man City Newcastle travel to Marseille Napoli v Qarabag Athletic Bilbao clash with Slavia Prague Lineup Changes Fofana, Moises Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Gusto and Estevao all come into the Chelsea lineup. Excluded are Adarabioyo, Andrey Santos, Jamie Gittens, Joao Pedro and Delap. Yamal is in the starting lineup for Barça; Marcus Rashford is on the bench. Chelsea (possible four-three-three) Robert Sanchez; James, Wesley Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella; Malo Gusto, Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez; Estevao, Pedro Neto, Alejandro Garnacho. Subs: Jorgensen, Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Delap, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Andrey Santos, Joao Pedro, Hato, George, Acheampong, Guiu, Buonanotte. Barcelona (possible four-two-three-one): Joan Garcia; Jules Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Pau Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Eric Garcia, Frenkie de Jong; Yamal, Lopez, Torres; Robert Lewandowski. Substitutes: Szczesny, Diego Kochen, Raphinha, Marcus Rashford, Christensen, Marc Casado, Gerard, Dani Olmo, Noah Darvich, Dario Fernandez, Roony Bardghji. Referee Slavko Vincic (Slovenia). Past Meetings The sole past encounter involving Newcastle and Marseille was the Europa League semifinal of 2003-04, won by an emerging superstar from Côte d'Ivoire. Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester City have never met before. Chelsea and Barcelona have a peedie bit of history. Initial Game Reports Just one goal in the first half of the two early games. Samuel Dahl's 6th-minute goal has earned Benfica under Mourinho a 1-0 lead at Ajax. Newcastle’s Trip to Marseille Even though Newcastle traveled to the French south coming off their restorative two-one home English top-flight win over Manchester City on Saturday, and having defeated Union SG, Benfica and Bilbao in the European Cup, their only on the road win since the start of April came in the Belgian capital at Union Saint-Gilloise. It's not that Eddie Howe was eager to discuss the psychological aspect of this away form issue. “The European Cup is distinct from Premier League games,” said the manager, whose side are sixth in the Champions League standings, with nine points from a available 12 and automatic qualification to the last 16 nearly secured. “I don’t know if you can compare them.” We have a separate live blog for Chelsea v Barcelona. Murray, the MBM version of Maradona is handling for that.