Marseille v Newcastle, Manchester City v Bayer Leverkusen, and more: Champions League – live

8.55pm GMT The half-time scores Bodo/Glimt 1-0 Juventus Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona Dortmund 1-0 Villarreal Man City 0-1 Leverkusen Marseille 0-1 Newcastle Napoli 0-0 Qarabag Slavia Prague 0-0 Athletic Bilbao Ajax 0-2 Benfica (FT) Galatasaray 0-1 Union SG (FT) 8.53pm GMT GOAL! Dortmund 1-0 Villarreal (Guirassy 45+2) A close-range header from Serhou Guirassy puts Dortmund ahead in front of the Yellow Wall. There was a sniff of handball in the build-up but the goal stands. 8.51pm GMT Half time: Marseille 0-1 Newcastle Newcastle have been impressive and lead through Harvey Barnes’ early goal. 8.49pm GMT Red card! Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona (Araujo) Barcelona are having a dog of a night at Stamford Bridge. Jules Kounde put Chelsea ahead; now their captain Ronald Araujo has been sent off. Related: Chelsea v Barcelona: Champions League – live 8.48pm GMT 45 min: Marseille 0-1 Newcastle The Marseille keeper Rulli has a bandaged noggin after Dan Burn accidentally stood on his head. There was a bit of a jostle at a corner and, as nasty as it looked, Burn was completely innocent. 8.47pm GMT Half time: Man City 0-1 Leverkusen A crisp finish from Alex Grimaldo has put Leverkusen in front at the Etihad. 8.46pm GMT 43 min: Marseille 0-1 Newcastle A chance at both ends. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang shoots just wide from 12 yards, then Anthony Gordon’s low shot across goal is palmed away by the diving Rulli. 8.44pm GMT The latest scores Bodo/Glimt 1-0 Juventus Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona Dortmund 0-0 Villarreal Man City 0-1 Leverkusen Marseille 0-1 Newcastle Napoli 0-0 Qarabag Slavia Prague 0-0 Athletic Bilbao Ajax 0-2 Benfica (FT) Galatasaray 0-1 Union SG (FT) 8.42pm GMT On this day in 1995… Newcastle come from behind to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League. Thirty years ago. 8.39pm GMT 37 min: Man City 0-1 Leverkusen It sounds like Manchester City’s much changed side aren’t really at the races. If you have a farm, put it on Erling Haaland being introduced at half-time. 8.38pm GMT 36 min: Marseille 0-1 Newcastle The lively 17-year-dold Darryl Bakola, slips Fabian Schar in the area, then for some reason decides to dive and is booked. 8.32pm GMT The latest scores Bodo/Glimt 1-0 Juventus Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona Dortmund 0-0 Villarreal Man City 0-1 Leverkusen Marseille 0-1 Newcastle Napoli 0-0 Qarabag Slavia Prague 0-0 Athletic Bilbao Ajax 0-2 Benfica (FT) Galatasaray 0-1 Union SG (FT) 8.32pm GMT GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona (Kounde og 28) Jules Kounde has put Chelsea ahead at Stamford Bridge. Confused? You won’t be after an audience with Scott Murray. Related: Chelsea v Barcelona: Champions League – live 8.29pm GMT GOAL! Bodo/Glimt 1-0 Juventus (27) Bodo/Glimt take the lead against Juventus. A corner from the right is flicked across goal and sidefooted into the net by Ole Didrik Blomberg. As things stand Juve are 29th in the Champions League table. Updated at 8.53pm GMT 8.27pm GMT 24 min: Chelsea 0-0 Barcelona Enzo Fernandez has had another goal disallowed at Stamford Bridge. Scott Murray is following that game. Related: Chelsea v Barcelona: Champions League – live 8.25pm GMT GOAL! Man City 0-1 Leverkusen (Grimaldo 23) Well well. Alex Grimaldo has put Leverkusen ahead at the Etihad. After a smooth Leverkusen counter, a cross from the right was touched off by Kofane to the onrushing Grimaldo, who rattled a first-time shot past James Trafford. That’s Grimaldo’s eighth goal of the season, quite an effort for a wing-back. Updated at 8.41pm GMT 8.23pm GMT 20 min: Marseille 0-1 Newcastle Joe Willock lands an elbow on Darryl Bakola and is booked. I’m pretty sure he was only trying to block Bakola with his elbow but he caught him in the face with a stiff one. 8.21pm GMT 19 min: Marseille 0-1 Newcastle A slash on the half turn from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is well saved by the diving Nick Pope. Marseille are coming into the gme. 8.17pm GMT 15 min: Marseille 0-1 Newcastle So far so good for Newcastle, who have scored 11 goals without reply in the Champions League since they went 2-0 down to Barcelona in the first game. Newcastle are playing a back three, incidentally, with Livramento and Murphy as the wing-backs. 8.15pm GMT The latest scores Bodo/Glimt 0-0 Juventus Chelsea 0-0 Barcelona Dortmund 0-0 Villarreal Man City 0-0 Leverkusen Marseille 0-1 Newcastle Napoli 0-0 Qarabag Slavia Prague 0-0 Athletic Bilbao Ajax 0-2 Benfica (FT) Galatasaray 0-1 Union SG (FT) 8.11pm GMT 8 min Slavia Prague 0-0 Athletic “Currently sat in Prague where I am struggling with the time,” writes Graham Randall. “Usually on GMT-5 but now on GMT+1. Couldn’t get a ticket to Slavia v Bilbao but did go on Saturday. Unfortunately couldn’t make the Dukla Praha game. Which was annoying.” 8.09pm GMT 7 min: Chelsea 0-0 Barcelona Chelsea have had an early goal ruled out at Stamford Bridge. Scott Murray has all the deets. Related: Chelsea v Barcelona: Champions League – live 8.08pm GMT 7 min: Marseille 0-1 Newcastle Yep, Tonali was onside and Newcastle are ahead in France. 8.08pm GMT GOAL! Marseille 0-1 Newcastle (Barnes 6) Harvey Barnes continues his brilliant form, finishing emphatically from 10 yards. Sandro Tonali’s cutback was diverted across the area by Anthony Gordon and Barnes snapped a left-foot shot past Geronimo Rulli. There’s a check for offside against Tonali; it’s tight but I think he’s okay. Updated at 8.12pm GMT 8.06pm GMT 4 min: Marseille 0-0 Newcastle Malick Thiaw’s looping header is cleared off the line – but no matter because… 8.01pm GMT Kick off Peep peep! The 8pm games are under way, and these are the latest scores. Bodo/Glimt 0-0 Juventus Chelsea 0-0 Barcelona Dortmund 0-0 Villarreal Man City 0-0 Leverkusen Marseille 0-0 Newcastle Napoli 0-0 Qarabag Slavia Prague 0-0 Athletic Bilbao Ajax 0-2 Benfica (FT) Galatasaray 0-1 Union SG (FT) 8.00pm GMT “I so desperately want to be in Marseille for this one,” writes Chris Paraskevas, who instead is in Australia, where no major sport has taken place in the past week. Nope. Nada. Sweet bugger all. “Being a huge fan of the French Connection, I would be geeking out on all the different ‘shooting’ locations, if you catch my drift. And in case you were wondering: yes, I definitely would have dressed up in my full-body Magpie outfit, despite the warnings of local police. Honestly, what could possibly go wrong on a trip like that? Usually when I get picked up by the cops I get away a warning/overnighter...” I’ve never understood adults dressing up in outfits. Don’t get it at all. Nope. 7.57pm GMT “So,” says Eddy Nason, “is the new quiz being brought to you by Ant & Dec? It is a World Cup year coming after all... Also, enough of this European fancy-dannery, there’s a top of the table six-pointer in the Championship to worry about tonight!” I think I’d rather be covering Middlesbrough v Coventry. Alas, The Man gets what The Man wants. But we will have goal updates from all tonight’s other games on our live scores page. The Man told me to link to that as well. Why is it The Man anyway? 7.53pm GMT This is an important night for Newcastle, who will be sniffing automatic qualification for the last 16 if they win in Marseille. Their last three matches are Leverkusen (A), PSV (H) and PSG (H). Manchester City will take nothing for granted after last year’s misery, especially as their away form is so unreliable. After tonight they play Real Madrid (A), Bodo/Glimt (A) and Galatasaray (H). 7.49pm GMT “Hi Rob,” writes Krishnamoorthy V. “Could one call the match that your colleague Scott Murray is helming as ‘match of the teens’?” One could. One could do a lot of things. One could refer to oneself as one for the rest of one’s natural-born days. One could use this as an excuse to post the brilliant opening song from Paul Thomas Anderson’s feelgood romp Magnolia. 7.47pm GMT On the ball – guess the footballer The Guardian has kicked off a new chapter in puzzles with the launch of its first daily football game, On the ball. It is now live in the app for both iOS and Android … so what are you waiting for? 7.41pm GMT Leonardo Balerdi starts for Marseille against Newcastle. And an engaging fellow he is. There was one game before the 2022 World Cup when all my friends messaged me: ‘Do NOT injure Messi.’ I said: ‘Don’t say that!’ Playing against him was special but he played for PSG and I wanted to beat him. Related: Leonardo Balerdi on Marseille, Lionel Messi and proving angry fans wrong 7.40pm GMT Full time: Galatasaray 0-1 Union SG Promise David’s goal has given Union SG a cracking victory in Turkey. They move to six points from five games; Gala stay on nine. 7.37pm GMT Full time: Ajax 0-2 Benfica Jose Mourinho has won his first Champions League game Before Covid, 26 November 2019 to be precise. Ajax stay bottom with five defeats from five. Related: Tottenham hit back to secure progress after poor start against Olympiakos Updated at 7.39pm GMT 7.35pm GMT Leandro Barreiro’s superb late goal has put Benfica 2-0 up at Ajax. Union SG are 1-0 ahead away to Galatasaray. 7.07pm GMT Marseille v Newcastle team news Eddie Howe makes three changes to the team that beat Manchester City. Dan Burn, Anthony Gordon and Joe Willock replace Lewis Hall, Joelinton and Nick Woltemade. Burn and Gordon are returning after suspension and injury respectively. Mason Greenwood, the leading scorer in Ligue 1 with 10, starts for Marseille. Andre Gomes is on the bench. Marseille (possible 4-2-3-1) Rulli; Weah, Pavard, Balerdi, Emerson Palmieri;Vermeeren, Hojbjerg; Greenwood, Bakola, Igor Paixao; Aubameyang. Subs: de Lange, Van Neck, Egan-Riley, Garcia, Gomes, O’Riley, Kondogbia, Nadir, Vaz, Mmadi. Newcastle (4-3-3) Pope; Livramento, Thiaw, Schar, Burn; Bruno Guimaraes,Tonali, Willock; J Murphy, Gordon, Barnes. Subs: Thompson, Ramsdale, Hall, Botman, Joelinton, Elanga, Woltemade,Alex Murphy, Ramsey, Miley, Alabi. Referee Maurizio Mariani (Italy) 7.03pm GMT Man City v Leverkusen team news Crikey, stop the press: Pep Guardiola has made ten changes from the defeat at Newcastle. Nico Gonzalez stays in the starting XI; the rest are on the bench. The Leverkusen team includes former Liverpool defender Jarell Quansah. Man City (possible 4-3-3) Trafford; Khusanov, Stones, Ake, Ait Nouri; Lewis, Gonzalez, Reijnders; Bobb, Marmoush, Savinho. Subs: Bettinelli, Donnarumma, Dias, Haaland, Cherki, Doku, Silva, Matheus Nunes, Foden, O’Reilly, Gvardiol. Bayer Leverkusen (possible 3-4-2-1) Flekken; Quansah, Bade, Belocian; Poku, Garcia, Maza, Grimaldo; Tillman, Kofane; Schick. Subs: Lomb, Echeverri, Ben Seghir, Tella, Jeremiah Mensah, Culbreath, Hawighorst, Pohl, Schlich, Naba Mensah. Referee Joao Pedro Pinheiro (Portugal) Updated at 7.03pm GMT 6.57pm GMT Chelsea v Barcelona team news Wesley Fofana, Moises Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Malo Gusto and Estevao all come into the Chelsea side. Out go Tosin Adarabioyo, Andrey Santos, Jamie Gittens, Joao Pedro and Liam Delap. Lamine Yamal starts for Barcelona; Marcus Rashford is on the bench. Chelsea (possible 4-3-3) Sanchez; James, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella; Gusto, Caicedo, Enzo; Estevao, Pedro Neto, Garnacho. Subs: Jorgensen, Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Delap, Bynoe-Gittens, Santos, Joao Pedro, Hato, George, Acheampong, Guiu, Buonanotte. Barcelona (possible 4-2-3-1): Joan Garcia; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Balde; Eric Garcia, De Jong; Yamal, Lopez, Torres; Lewandowski. Subs: Szczesny, Kochen, Raphinha, Rashford, Christensen, Casado, Gerard, Olmo, Bernal, Dro Fernandez, Bardghji. Referee Slavko Vincic (Slovenia). Updated at 6.57pm GMT 6.47pm GMT We have a separate live blog for Chelsea v Barcelona. Scott Murray, the MBM version of Diego Maradona is on duty for that. Related: Chelsea v Barcelona: Champions League – live 6.45pm GMT The only previous meeting between Marseille and Newcastle was the Uefa Cup semi-final of 2003-04, won by an emerging superstar from Ivory Coast. Manchester City and Bayer Leverkusen have never met before. Chelsea and Barcelona have a peedie bit of history. Related: Drogba ends Newcastle dream Updated at 6.47pm GMT 6.45pm GMT Just one goal in the first half of the two early games. Samuel Dahl sixth-minute sizzler has given Jose Mourinho’s Benfica™ a 1-0 lead away to Ajax. 6.45pm GMT Marseille v Newcastle preview Although Newcastle arrived in the south of France on Monday fresh from their restorative 2-1 home Premier League win against Manchester City on Saturday, and having beaten Union Saint-Gilloise, Benfica and Athletic Bilbao in the Champions League, their sole away victory since early April came in Brussels at Union SG. Not that Howe was overly keen to discuss the psychological aspect of this travel sickness. “The Champions League is different to Premier League games,” said a manager whose team are sixth in the European table, with nine points from a possible 12 and automatic progression to the knockout phase almost within touching distance. “I don’t know if you can compare them.” Related: Eddie Howe hopes Newcastle can banish travel sickness on mission to Marseille 6.45pm GMT Preamble Hello and welcome to another orgy of Champions League football. There are nine games tonight, with three English teams involved. Chelsea meet Barcelona* in the match of the night, Newcastle go to Marseille and Manchester City – vulnerable away but magnificent at home – host Bayer Leverkusen. We’re at the halfway point of the league stage, so the table is starting to take shape. All six English teams are in the top 12 – but there are only two points between fifth and sixteenth, so there’s a whiff of snakes and ladders about the whole thing. It’s all up for grabs. These are tonight’s games, all 8pm kick-offs unless stated. Ajax 0-1 Benfica (5.45pm) Galatasaray 0-0 Union SG (5.45pm) Bodo/Glimt v Juventus Chelsea v Barcelona Dortmund v Villarreal Man City v Leverkusen Marseille v Newcastle Napoli v Qarabag Slavia Prague v Athletic Bilbao * You’re thinking about Ronaldinho, aren’t you? Pos Team P GD Pts 1 Bayern Munich 4 11 12 2 Arsenal 4 11 12 3 Inter Milan 4 10 12 4 Man City 4 7 10 5 PSG 4 9 9 6 Newcastle 4 8 9 7 Real Madrid 4 6 9 8 Liverpool 4 5 9 9 Galatasaray 4 2 9 10 Tottenham Hotspur 4 5 8 11 Barcelona 4 5 7 12 Chelsea 4 3 7 13 Sporting 4 3 7 14 Borussia Dortmund 4 2 7 15 Qarabag FK 4 1 7 16 Atalanta 4 -2 7 17 Atletico Madrid 4 1 6 18 PSV 4 2 5 19 Monaco 4 -2 5 20 AE Pafos 4 -3 5 21 Bayer Leverkusen 4 -4 5 22 Club Brugge 4 -2 4 23 Eintracht Frankfurt 4 -4 4 24 Napoli 4 -5 4 25 Marseille 4 1 3 26 Juventus 4 -1 3 27 Athletic Bilbao 4 -5 3 28 Union Saint Gilloise 4 -8 3 29 Bodo/Glimt 4 -3 2 30 Slavia Prague 4 -6 2 31 Olympiacos 4 -7 2 32 Villarreal 4 -4 1 33 Copenhagen 4 -8 1 34 FC Kairat 4 -9 1 35 Benfica 4 -6 0 36 Ajax 4 -13 0