🔗 Share this article European Cup Fixtures This Evening: Chelsea v Barcelona & Additional Games Welcome to another evening of exciting European Cup soccer. Nine games are scheduled for tonight, including 3 British teams in action. The Blues face Barcelona in the key match of the night, while Newcastle visit Marseille and City host Bayer Leverkusen. Current Standings It's the midway point of the league phase, so the rankings is beginning to form. Each of the six British sides are currently in the top 12, but there are only 2 points separating 5th and 16th place, so there's a hint of uncertainty about the whole thing. It’s all up for grabs. Tonight’s Fixtures These are tonight’s fixtures, each starting at 8pm unless stated: Ajax 0-1 Benfica (5.45pm) Union SG and Galatasaray level at 0-0 (17:45) Bodo/Glimt v Juventus Barcelona take on Chelsea Villarreal meet Dortmund Man City v Leverkusen Marseille v Newcastle Napoli v Qarabag Slavia Prague v Athletic Bilbao Squad Updates Fofana, Moises Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Gusto and Estevao all come into the Blues side. Excluded are Tosin Adarabioyo, Andrey Santos, Gittens, Pedro and Liam Delap. Yamal is in the starting lineup for Barça; Rashford is among the substitutes. Chelsea (probable four-three-three) Sanchez; James, Wesley Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Cucurella; Gusto, Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez; Estevao, Neto, Garnacho. Subs: Jorgensen, Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Liam Delap, Bynoe-Gittens, Andrey Santos, Pedro, Jorrel Hato, George, Acheampong, Guiu, Buonanotte. Barcelona (probable four-two-three-one): Joan Garcia; Jules Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Eric Garcia, De Jong; Yamal, Fermin Lopez, Ferran Torres; Robert Lewandowski. Subs: Wojciech Szczesny, Kochen, Raphinha, 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 semi-final of 2004, claimed by an rising star from Ivory Coast. Manchester City and Bayer Leverkusen have never met before. Barcelona and Chelsea have a peedie bit of history. Early Match Updates Just one goal during the opening period of the two early games. Dahl's 6th-minute goal has earned Jose Mourinho’s Benfica a 1-0 advantage at the Dutch side. Newcastle’s Trip to Marseille Even though The Magpies arrived in the French south fresh from their confidence-boosting two-one home English top-flight victory over Manchester City on the weekend, and having beaten Union SG, the Portuguese side and Athletic Bilbao in the Champions League, their sole on the road win since early April came in Brussels at Union SG. It's not that Eddie Howe was overly keen to talk about the psychological aspect of this away form issue. “The European Cup is different to domestic games,” said the manager, whose team are sixth in the European table, with 9 pts from a possible twelve and direct qualification to the knockout phase nearly secured. “I am not sure if you can draw parallels between them.” A dedicated live feed is available for Barcelona vs Chelsea. Murray, the minute-by-minute version of Maradona is on duty for that.