After midweek European games for Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Celta Vigo, as well as one match in LaLiga, all 20 teams are in action across the next four days.
Los Blancos have taken the lead in a tight title race, after Barcelona slipped up at Girona on Monday. Alvaro Arbeloa’s side face a tough trip to El Sadar on Saturday, while Hansi Flick’s men are red hot favourites to see off Levante at home.
Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 25. 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 25

Friday 20th February 2026
21:00 – Athletic Club vs Elche
Athletic Club predicted lineup
Simon – Yuri, Laporte, Paredes, Gorosabel – Rego, Ruiz de Galarreta – Serrano, Sancet, I. Williams – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)
Elche predicted lineup
Dituro – Bigas, Affengruber, Chust – Valera, Neto, Aguado, Febas, Morente – A. Silva, A. Rodriguez (3-5-2)

Saturday 21st February 2026
14:00 – Real Sociedad vs Real Oviedo
Real Sociedad predicted lineup
Remiro – Gomez, Caleta-Car, Martin, Aramburu – Gorrotxategi, Turrientes – Marin, B. Mendez, Guedes – Oyarzabal (4-2-3-1)
Real Oviedo predicted lineup
Escandell – J. Lopez, Carmo, Bailly, Vidal – Dendoncker, Sibo – Chaira, Reina, Hassan – Viñas (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Real Betis vs Rayo Vallecano
Real Betis predicted lineup
Valles – Rodriguez, Natan, Llorente, Ruibal – Roca, Fidalgo, Fornals – Ez, Bakambu, Antony (4-3-3)
Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup
Batalla – Espino, Mendy, Lejeune, Ratiu – Gumbau, Valentin – Perez, Palazon, Akhomach – De Frutos (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Osasuna vs Real Madrid
Osasuna predicted lineup
Herrera – Galan, Catena, Herrando, Rosier – Torro, Moncayola – V. Muñoz, Oroz, Ruben Garcia – Budimir (4-2-3-1)
Real Madrid predicted lineup
Courtois – Carreras, Huijsen, Asencio, Alexander-Arnold – Camavinga, Tchouameni, Valverde, Mastantuono – Vinicius, G. Garcia (4-4-2)
21:00 – Atletico Madrid vs Espanyol
Atletico Madrid predicted lineup
Oblak – Ruggeri, Lenglet, Le Normand, Molina – Cardoso, Vargas – Almada, Baena, Simeone – Sorloth (4-2-3-1)
Espanyol predicted lineup
Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Riedel, El Hilali – Lozano, Gonzalez de Zarate – Milla, Terrats, Dolan – R. Fernandez (4-2-3-1)

Sunday 22nd February 2026
14:00 – Getafe vs Sevilla
Getafe predicted lineup
Soria – Iglesias, Romero, Abqar, Duarte, Femenia – Djene, Arambarri, Milla – Vazquez, Satriano (5-3-2)
Sevilla predicted lineup
Vlachodimos – Salas, Nianzou, Azpilicueta – Suazo, Agoume, Sow, Gudelj, Carmona – Maupay, Adams (3-5-2)
16:15 – Barcelona vs Levante
Barcelona predicted lineup
J. Garcia – Balde, E. Garcia, Cubarsi, Kounde – Casado, De Jong – Raphinha, Fermin, Yamal – Ferran (4-2-3-1)
Levante predicted lineup
Ryan – M. Sanchez, Moreno, Matturro, Toljan – Raghouber, Vencedor – Romero, Alvarez, Tunde – Etta Eyong (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Celta Vigo vs Mallorca
Celta Vigo predicted lineup
Radu – Alonso, Dominguez, M. Fernandez – Alvarez, Fer Lopez, Vecino, Rueda – Duran, El-Abdellaoui – Jutgla (3-4-2-1)
Mallorca predicted lineup
Roman – Mojica, D. Lopez, Valjent, Maffeo – S. Costa, Mascarell, Darder – Virgili, Muriqi, Luvumbo (4-3-3)
21:00 – Villarreal vs Valencia
Villarreal predicted lineup
Junior – Pedraza, Veiga, Navarro, Mouriño – Moleiro, Gueye, Comesaña, Buchanan – Oluwaseyi, Mikautadze (4-4-2)
Valencia predicted lineup
Dimitrievski – Gaya, Comert, Tarrega, Nuñez – Pepelu, Ugrinic – Rioja, Beltran, Ramazani – Sadiq (4-2-3-1)
Monday 23rd February 2026
21:00 – Alaves vs Girona
Alaves predicted lineup
Sivera – Jonny, Pacheco, Garces, Tenaglia – Aleña, D. Suarez, Blanco, Calebe – T. Martinez, Boye (4-4-2)
Girona predicted lineup
Gazzaniga – A. Martinez, Blind, Reis, Rincon – Martin, Witsel – Gil, Lemar, Tsygankov – Vanat (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.
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