The Spanish top flight returns after the international break on Friday, with Real Oviedo beginning life under new management against Espanyol. Elsewhere this weekend, there’s a Catalan derby for Barcelona against Girona, while Real Madrid make the short trip to Getafe.
Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 9. All kick-off times are based on the local time in Spain. Players in bold are those considered to have the highest chance of starting (80% or more).
LaLiga predicted lineups – Matchday 9

Friday 17th October 2025
21:00 – Real Oviedo vs Espanyol
Oviedo predicted lineup
Escandell – Alhassane, Carmo, Bailly, Vidal – Colombatto, Dendoncker – Chaira, Ilic, Hassan – Rondon (4-2-3-1)
Espanyol predicted lineup
Dmitrovic – Romero, Riedel, Calero, El Hilali – Gonzalez de Zarate, Lozano – Milla, Exposito, Dolan – R. Fernandez (4-2-3-1)

Saturday 18th October 2025
14:00 – Sevilla vs Mallorca
Sevilla predicted lineup
Vlachodimos – Suazo, Marcao, Azpilicueta, Carmona – Mendy, Agoume – Vargas, Sow, Alexis – Romero (4-2-3-1)
Mallorca predicted lineup
Roman – Lato, Valjent, Raillo, Maffeo – Morlanes, S. Costa – Domenech, Darder, Joseph – Muriqi (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Barcelona vs Girona
Barcelona predicted lineup
Szczesny – Balde, E. Garcia, Cubarsi, Kounde – Pedri, De Jong – Rashford, Fermin, Yamal – Ferran (4-2-3-1)
Girona predicted lineup
Gazzaniga – Moreno, Blind, Reis, A. Martinez, Rincon – Roca, Witsel, Solis, Gil – Vanat (5-4-1)
18:30 – Villarreal vs Real Betis
Villarreal predicted lineup
Tenas – Cardona, Marin, Veiga, Navarro – Moleiro, Comesaña, Gueye, Buchanan – Pepe, Mikautadze (4-4-2)
Real Betis predicted lineup
P. Lopez – Firpo, Natan, V. Gomez, Bellerin – Amrabat, Roca – Ez, Fornals, Antony – C. Hernandez (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Atletico Madrid vs Osasuna
Atletico Madrid predicted lineup
Oblak – Galan, Hancko, Le Normand, Llorente – Barrios, Koke – N. Gonzalez, Griezmann, Simeone – Alvarez (4-2-3-1)
Osasuna predicted lineup
Herrera – Bretones, Catena, Herrando, Boyomo, Rosier – Moncayola, Torro, M. Gomez – Muñoz, Budimir (5-3-2)

Sunday 19th October 2025
14:00 – Elche vs Athletic Club
Elche predicted lineup
Peña – Diaby, Bigas, Chust – Valera, Mendoza, Febas, Aguado, Nuñez – A. Silva, Mir (3-5-2)
Athletic Club predicted lineup
Simon – Yuri, Paredes, Vivian, Areso – Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta – N. Williams, Navarro, I. Williams – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Celta Vigo vs Real Sociedad
Celta Vigo predicted lineup
Radu – Alonso, Starfelt, M. Fernandez – Mingueza, Moriba, Sotelo, Carreira – Duran, Aspas – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)
Real Sociedad predicted lineup
Remiro – Gomez, Caleta-Car, Zubeldia, Aramburu – B. Mendez, Gorrotxategi, Marin – Barrenetxea, Oyarzabal, Guedes (4-3-3)
18:30 – Levante vs Rayo Vallecano
Levante predicted lineup
Ryan – M. Sanchez, Moreno, De la Fuente, Toljan – Brugui, Vencedor, Arriaga, C. Alvarez – Romero, Etta Eyong (4-4-2)
Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup
Batalla – Chavarria, Ciss, Lejeune, Ratiu – Valentin, U. Lopez – A. Garcia, I. Palazon, De Frutos – Alemao (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Getafe vs Real Madrid
Getafe predicted lineup
Soria – Rico, Duarte, Abqar, Djene, Femenia – Milla, Arambarri, Martin – Mayoral, Liso (5-3-2)
Real Madrid predicted lineup
Courtois – Carrreras, Asencio, Militao, Valverde – Bellingham, Tchouameni, Guler – Vinicius, Mbappe, Mastantuono (4-3-3)
Monday 20th October 2025
21:00 – Alaves vs Valencia
Alaves predicted lineup
Sivera – Youssef, Pacheco, Tenaglia, Jonny – Rebbach, Blanco, Ibáñez, Vicente – T. Martinez, Boye (4-4-2)
Valencia predicted lineup
Agirrezabala – Gaya, Copete, Tarrega, Correia – D. Lopez, Pepelu, Guerra, Rioja – Danjuma, Duro (4-4-2)
Mark Sochon is an experienced football writer and has been the editor of LaLigaExpert.com since 2018. Based in Madrid, he has been covering La Liga and Spanish football for more than a decade. Aside from writing most of the content here, he also covers La Liga and European competitions for Goal and Betfred, while his work has previously been published by the likes of the Guardian and World Soccer.
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