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European Cup Matches Tonight: Manchester City v Bayer Leverkusen & Additional Games
Greetings to a fresh evening of exciting Champions League soccer. 9 fixtures are scheduled for this evening, featuring three British clubs in play. The Blues face Barcelona in the marquee match of the night, whilst The Magpies travel to Marseille and Manchester City welcome Leverkusen.
Group Rankings
We're at the midway stage of the group phase, so the rankings is beginning to form. Each of the six English teams are currently in the top 12, but there are only two points separating fifth and sixteenth position, so there's a whiff of snakes and ladders about the whole thing. Everything is to play for.
Tonightâs Fixtures
These are this evening's games, all starting at 8pm unless stated:
- Benfica lead Ajax 1-0 (17:45)
- Union SG and Galatasaray level at 0-0 (5.45pm)
- Juventus face Bodo/Glimt
- Barcelona take on Chelsea
- Dortmund v Villarreal
- Leverkusen visit Man City
- Newcastle travel to Marseille
- Qarabag play Napoli
- Slavia Prague v Athletic Bilbao
Lineup Changes
Fofana, Moises Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Malo Gusto and Estevao all come into the Blues lineup. Excluded are Adarabioyo, Santos, Jamie Gittens, Joao Pedro and Delap.
Yamal is in the starting lineup for Barcelona; Marcus Rashford is on the bench.
Chelsea (probable 4-3-3) Robert Sanchez; Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Chalobah, Marc Cucurella; Malo Gusto, Caicedo, Enzo; Estevao, Pedro Neto, Garnacho.
Substitutes: Jorgensen, Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Delap, Bynoe-Gittens, Andrey Santos, Pedro, Jorrel Hato, Leo George, Acheampong, Guiu, Facundo Buonanotte.
Barcelona (possible four-two-three-one): Garcia; Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Garcia, Frenkie de Jong; Lamine Yamal, Fermin Lopez, Ferran Torres; Robert Lewandowski.
Substitutes: Szczesny, Kochen, Raphinha, Rashford, Christensen, Casado, Gerard, Dani Olmo, Bernal, Dario Fernandez, Roony Bardghji.
Official Vincic (Slovenia).
Past Meetings
The sole past encounter involving Newcastle and Marseille was the Europa League semifinal of 2004, won by an emerging superstar from Ivory Coast. Manchester City and Bayer Leverkusen have not faced each other previously. Chelsea and Barcelona have some past encounters.
Initial Game Reports
Just one goal during the opening period of the early fixtures. Samuel Dahl's sixth-minute strike has earned Benfica under Mourinho a 1-0 lead at the Dutch side.
Marseille v Newcastle Preview
Even though Newcastle traveled to the south of France coming off their confidence-boosting 2-1 home English top-flight win over Manchester City on the weekend, and having beaten Union Saint-Gilloise, Benfica and Athletic Bilbao in the Champions League, their sole on the road victory since the start of April came in the Belgian capital at Union SG.
It's not that Howe was overly keen to discuss the mental side of this travel sickness. âThe Champions League is different to Premier League games,â said the manager, whose team are sixth in the Champions League standings, with 9 points from a possible 12 and direct qualification to the last 16 almost within touching distance. âI am not sure if you can draw parallels between them.â
We have a separate live blog for Barcelona vs Chelsea. Murray, the MBM equivalent of Maradona is handling for that.
Rebecca Harris
A seasoned traveler and writer with a passion for uncovering hidden gems and sharing transformative journeys across continents.
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