There were midweek wins for Barcelona and Real Madrid in LaLiga, while most teams were in Copa del Rey action. All sides return to league matters this weekend, with Betis-Barca and Athletic-Atleti the standout matches.
Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 15. 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 15

Friday 5th December 2025
21:00 – Real Oviedo vs Mallorca
Real Oviedo predicted lineup
Escandell – Alhassane, Carmo, Costas, Vidal – Colombatto, Dendoncker – Chaira, Cazorla, Viñas – Rondon (4-2-3-1)
Mallorca predicted lineup
Bergstrom – Mojica, Valjent, Raillo, Maffeo – Mascarell, S. Costa – Virgili, Darder, Joseph – Muriqi (4-2-3-1)

Saturday 6th December 2025
14:00 – Villarreal vs Getafe
Villarreal predicted lineup
Junior – Pedraza, Veiga, Foyth, Mouriño – Moleiro, Comesaña, Parejo, Pepe – A. Perez, G. Moreno (4-4-2)
Getafe predicted lineup
Soria – Nyom, Djene, Duarte, Iglesias, Femenia – Martin, Arambarri, Milla – Liso, Mayoral (5-3-2)
16:15 – Alaves vs Real Sociedad
Alaves predicted lineup
Sivera – Youssef, Pacheco, Tenaglia, Jonny – Guevara – Aleña, Ibañez, D. Suarez – T. Martinez, Boye (4-1-3-2)
Real Sociedad predicted lineup
Remiro – Gomez, Martin, Elustondo, Aramburu – Soler, Gorrotxategi, B. Mendez – Barrenetxea, Sadiq, Guedes (4-3-3)
18:30 – Real Betis vs Barcelona
Real Betis predicted lineup
Valles – V. Gomez, Natan, Bartra, Ruibal – Roca, Amrabat – Abde, Fornals, Antony – C. Hernandez (4-2-3-1)
Barcelona predicted lineup
J. Garcia – Balde, E. Garcia, Cubarsi, Kounde – Casado, De Jong – Raphinha, Pedri, Yamal – Ferran (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Athletic Club vs Atletico Madrid
Athletic Club predicted lineup
Simon – Yuri, Paredes, Vivian, Areso – Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta – N. Williams, Sancet, Berenguer – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)
Atletico Madrid predicted lineup
Oblak – Ruggeri, Hancko, Pubill, Molina – Almada, Koke, Barrios, Simeone – Sorloth, Griezmann (4-4-2)

Sunday 7th December 2025
14:00 – Elche vs Girona
Elche predicted lineup
Peña – Chust, Affengruber, Nuñez – Valera, Febas, Aguado, Neto, Fort – Mir, A. Silva (3-5-2)
Girona predicted lineup
Gazzaniga – Moreno, Reis, A. Martinez, Rincon – Martin, Witsel – Roca, Lemar, Tsygankov – Vanat (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Valencia vs Sevilla
Valencia predicted lineup
Agirrezabala – Gaya, Copete, Tarrega, Correia – Pepelu, Guerra – Rioja, Almeida, D. Lopez – Duro (4-2-3-1)
Sevilla predicted lineup
Vlachodimos – Salas, Castrin, Azpilicueta, Carmona – Sow, Mendy – Alfon, Peque, Alexis – Adams (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Espanyol vs Rayo Vallecano
Espanyol predicted lineup
Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Calero, El Hilali – Exposito, Gonzalez de Zarate, Lozano – Milla, R. Fernandez, Dolan (4-3-3)
Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup
Batalla – Chavarria, Mendy, Lejeune, Ratiu – Valentin, Gumbau – A. Garcia, U. Lopez, I. Palazon – De Frutos (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Real Madrid vs Celta Vigo
Real Madrid predicted lineup
Courtois – Carreras, Rudiger, Militao, Asencio – Bellingham, Guler, Tchouameni, Valverde – Vinicius, Mbappe (4-4-2)
Celta Vigo predicted lineup
Radu – Alonso, Starfelt, J. Rodriguez – Carreira, Moriba, D. Rodriguez, Rueda – Zaragoza, Aspas – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)
Monday 8th December 2025
21:00 – Osasuna vs Levante
Osasuna predicted lineup
Herrera – Bretones, Catena, Boyomo, Moncayola – M. Gomez, Torro – Ruben Garcia, Oroz, V. Muñoz – Budimir (4-2-3-1)
Levante predicted lineup
Ryan – M. Sanchez, Matturro, Cabello, Toljan – Brugui, Vencedor, Arriaga, C. Alvarez – Etta Eyong, Romero (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.
During his time in Spain, he has travelled up and down the country, attending matches in virtually every top-flight stadium. His areas of expertise include data-led match predictions and probability analysis, as well as Spanish football team news, with La Liga predicted lineups researched and published each week. | Follow Mark Sochon on X