The Spanish top flight pauses for another international break following this weekend. The top two both have tough assignments to negotiate first, with Real Madrid travelling across the Spanish capital to take on neighbours Rayo Vallecano, while Barcelona are in Vigo.
Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 12. 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 12

Friday 7th November 2025
21:00 – Elche vs Real Sociedad
Elche predicted lineup
Peña – Pedrosa, Affengruber, Chust, Nuñez – Neto, Febas, Aguado – Mir, A. Silva, Valera (4-3-3)
Real Sociedad predicted lineup
Remiro – Gomez, Martin, Zubeldia, Aramburu – Soler, Gorrotxategi, B. Mendez – Guedes, Oyarzabal, Kubo (4-3-3)

Saturday 8th November 2025
14:00 – Girona vs Alaves
Girona predicted lineup
Gazzaniga – Moreno, Blind, Reis, A. Martinez – Martin, Witsel, Ounahi – Roca, Vanat, Gil (4-3-3)
Alaves predicted lineup
Sivera – Youssef, Parada, Tenaglia, Jonny – Aleña, Blanco, D. Suarez, Calebe – T. Martinez, Mariano (4-4-2)
16:15 – Sevilla vs Osasuna
Sevilla predicted lineup
Vlachodimos – Suazo, Marcao, Azpilicueta, Carmona – Agoume, Mendy – Vargas, Sow, Juanlu – Adams (4-2-3-1)
Osasuna predicted lineup
Herrera – Bretones, Catena, Boyomo, Moncayola – M. Gomez, I. Muñoz – Ruben Garcia, Oroz, V. Muñoz – Raul Garcia (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Atletico Madrid vs Levante
Atletico Madrid predicted lineup
Oblak – Rugggeri, Hancko, Gimenez, Llorente – Baena, Koke, Barrios, Simeone – Sorloth, Alvarez (4-4-2)
Levante predicted lineup
Ryan – M. Sanchez, Matturro, Elgezabal, Moreno, Toljan – Brugui, Olasagasti, Arriaga, C. Alvarez – Etta Eyong (5-4-1)
21:00 – Espanyol vs Villarreal
Espanyol predicted lineup
Dmitrovic – Salinas, Riedel, Cabrera, R. Sanchez – Milla, Exposito, Lozano, Jofre – R. Fernandez, K. Garcia (4-4-2)
Villarreal predicted lineup
Junior – Cardona, Marin, Foyth, Mouriño – Moleiro, Comesaña, Partey, Buchanan – Oluwaseyi, G. Moreno (4-4-2)

Sunday 9th November 2025
14:00 – Athletic Club vs Real Oviedo
Athletic Club predicted lineup
Simon – Yuri, Laporte, Vivian, Gorosabel – Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta – Berenguer, U. Gomez, Navarro – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)
Real Oviedo predicted lineup
Escandell – J. Lopez, Carmo, Costas, Vidal – Colombatto, Dendoncker – Chaira, Reina, Viñas – Rondon (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Rayo Vallecano vs Real Madrid
Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup
Batalla – Chavarria, Mendy, Lejeune, Ratiu – Diaz, U. Lopez – A. Garcia, I. Palazon, De Frutos – Alemão (4-2-3-1)
Real Madrid predicted lineup
Courtois – Carreras, Huijsen, Militao, Alexander-Arnold – Camavinga, Guler – Vinicius, Bellingham, Valverde – Mbappe (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Mallorca vs Getafe
Mallorca predicted lineup
Bergstrom – Mojica, Valjent, Raillo, Maffeo – Mascarell, S. Costa – Torre, Darder, Asano – Muriqi (4-2-3-1)
Getafe predicted lineup
Soria – Rico, Djene, Duarte, Iglesias – Coba, Arambarri, Milla, Femenia – Mayoral, Liso (4-4-2)
18:30 – Valencia vs Real Betis
Valencia predicted lineup
Agirrezabala – Copete, Tarrega, Comert – Gaya, Almeida, Pepelu, Guerra, Rioja – Danjuma, Duro (3-5-2)
Real Betis predicted lineup
Valles – Rodriguez, Natan, Bartra, Bellerin – Amrabat, Fornals – Abde, Lo Celso, Antony – C. Hernandez (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Celta Vigo vs Barcelona
Celta Vigo predicted lineup
Villar – Alonso, Starfelt, M. Fernandez – Mingueza, Moriba, Sotelo, Carreira – Jutgla, Zaragoza – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)
Barcelona predicted lineup
Szczesny – Balde, Cubarsi, Araujo, Kounde – Casado, De Jong – Rashford, Olmo, Yamal – Ferran (4-2-3-1)
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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