🔗 Share this article Champions League Fixtures Tonight: Manchester City v Bayer Leverkusen & Additional Games Greetings to another night of electrifying Champions League soccer. Nine fixtures are scheduled for tonight, featuring 3 British clubs in action. The Blues meet Barça in the standout match of the evening, while The Magpies travel to the French side and Manchester City welcome Leverkusen. League Table It's the halfway stage of the league stage, so the standings is beginning to form. All six British teams are presently in the top 12, however there are only 2 pts between fifth and sixteenth position, thus there's a sense of volatility about the whole thing. All remains open. Tonight’s Fixtures These are this evening's matches, each starting at 8pm unless stated: Benfica lead Ajax 1-0 (5.45pm) Galatasaray 0-0 Union SG (5.45pm) Juventus face Bodo/Glimt Barcelona take on Chelsea Dortmund v Villarreal Man City v Leverkusen Newcastle travel to Marseille Napoli v Qarabag Slavia Prague v Athletic Bilbao Squad Updates Wesley Fofana, Moises Caicedo, Garnacho, Malo Gusto and Estevao all come into the Blues side. Out go Tosin Adarabioyo, Santos, Gittens, Joao Pedro and Liam Delap. Yamal is in the starting lineup for Barça; Rashford is among the substitutes. Chelsea (possible four-three-three) Sanchez; James, Wesley Fofana, Chalobah, Marc Cucurella; Malo Gusto, Caicedo, Enzo; Estevao, Pedro Neto, Alejandro Garnacho. Substitutes: Jorgensen, Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Delap, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Santos, Joao Pedro, Hato, Leo George, Joshua Acheampong, Guiu, Facundo Buonanotte. Barcelona (probable 4-2-3-1): Garcia; Jules Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Pau Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Garcia, De Jong; Yamal, Fermin Lopez, Torres; Lewandowski. Subs: Szczesny, Kochen, Raphinha, Marcus Rashford, Andreas Christensen, Casado, Gerard, Olmo, Noah Darvich, Dro Fernandez, Bardghji. Referee Vincic (Slovenia). Historical Context The only previous meeting involving Newcastle and Marseille was the Uefa Cup semi-final of 2004, won by an emerging star from Ivory Coast. Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester City have not faced each other previously. Barcelona and Chelsea 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 strike has given Jose Mourinho’s Benfica a 1-0 lead at the Dutch side. Newcastle’s Trip to Marseille Although The Magpies arrived in the French south coming off their restorative 2-1 home English top-flight victory over City on Saturday, and having beaten Union Saint-Gilloise, the Portuguese side and Bilbao in the Champions League, their only away win since the start of April came in the Belgian capital at Union Saint-Gilloise. Not that Howe was eager to discuss the mental side of this travel sickness. “The European Cup is different to Premier League games,” said the manager, whose side are 6th in the European table, with 9 points from a available 12 and direct qualification to the knockout phase nearly secured. “I don’t know if you can draw parallels between them.” We have a separate live blog for Chelsea v Barcelona. Scott Murray, the minute-by-minute version of Maradona is on duty for that.