LaLiga 2025/26 matchday 17 predicted lineups

It’s the final weekend of LaLiga in 2025. All 20 teams are in action over the next few days. The pick of the matches is the top-three showdown at the Estadio de la Ceramica between Villarreal and Barcelona.

Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 17. 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).

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LaLiga predicted lineups – Matchday 17

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Friday 19th December 2025

21:00 – Valencia vs Mallorca

Valencia predicted lineup

Agirrezabala – Gaya, Copete, Tarrega, Correia – D. Lopez, Pepelu, Ugrinic, Rioja – Beltran, Duro (4-4-2)

Mallorca predicted lineup

Roman – Mojica, Raillo, Valjent, Maffeo – S. Costa, Morlanes – Virgili, Darder, Joseph – Muriqi (4-2-3-1)

Saturday 20th December 2025

14:00 – Real Oviedo vs Celta Vigo

Real Oviedo predicted lineup

Escandell – J. Lopez, Calvo, Costas, Ahijado – Colombatto, Dendoncker – Chaira, Cazorla, Hassan – Viñas (4-2-3-1)

Celta Vigo predicted lineup

Radu – Alonso, Starfelt, M. Fernandez – Carreira, Roman, Beltran, Rueda – Zaragoza, Swedberg – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)

16:15 – Levante vs Real Sociedad

Levante predicted lineup

Ryan – M. Sanchez, Moreno, De la Fuente, Toljan – P. Martinez, Vencedor, Arriaga, C. Alvarez – Espi, Romero (4-4-2)

Real Sociedad predicted lineup

Remiro – Gomez, Martin, Zubeldia, Odriozola – Soler, Gorrotxategi, B. Mendez – Zakharyan, Guedes, Kubo (4-3-3)

18:30 – Osasuna vs Alaves

Osasuna predicted lineup

Herrera – Bretones, Catena, Herrando, Rosier – Moncayola, Torro – Ruben Garcia, Oroz, V. Muñoz – Budimir (4-2-3-1)

Alaves predicted lineup

Sivera – Parada, Pacheco, Tenaglia, Jonny – Ibañez, Blanco – Rebbach, D. Suarez, Vicente – T. Martinez (4-1-3-2)

21:00 – Real Madrid vs Sevilla

Real Madrid predicted lineup

Courtois – F, Garcia, Huijsen, Rudiger, Valverde – Guler, Tchouameni – Vinicius, Bellingham, Rodrygo – Mbappe (4-2-3-1)

Sevilla predicted lineup

Vlachodimos – Suazo, Gudelj, Castrin, Cardoso, Carmona – Agoume, Mendy, Sow – Alexis, Romero (5-3-2)

Sunday 21st December 2025

14:00 – Girona vs Atletico Madrid

Girona predicted lineup

Gazzaniga – Moreno, Blind, Reis, A. Martinez – Martin, Witsel, Lemar – Gil, Vanat, Tsygankov (4-3-3)

Atletico Madrid predicted lineup

Oblak – Ruggeri, Hancko, Le Normand, Pubill – N. Gonzalez, Barrios, Koke, Simeone – Sorloth, Alvarez (4-4-2)

16:15 – Villarreal vs Barcelona

Villarreal predicted lineup

Junior – Pedraza, Veiga, Marin, Navarro – Moleiro, Comesaña, Parejo, Buchanan – A. Perez, Oluwaseyi (4-4-2)

Barcelona predicted lineup

J. Garcia – Balde, Martin, Cubarsi, Kounde – Pedri, E. Garcia – Ferran, Raphinha, Yamal – Lewandowski (4-2-3-1)

18:30 – Elche vs Rayo Vallecano

Elche predicted lineup

Peña – Bigas, Affengruber, Chust  – Valera, Febas, Aguado, Nuñez, Fort – Mir, A. Rodriguez (3-5-2)

Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup

Batalla – Chavarria, Mendy, Lejeune, Ratiu – Valentin, U. Lopez – A. Garcia, Diaz, Palazon – Camello (4-2-3-1)

21:00 – Real Betis vs Getafe

Real Betis predicted lineup

Valles – Rodriguez, Natan, Bartra, Ruibal – Roca, Fornals – Riquelme, Lo Celso, Antony – C. Hernandez (4-2-3-1)

Getafe predicted lineup

Soria – Nyom, Djene, Duarte, Iglesias, Femenia – Martin, Arambarri, Milla – Liso, Mayoral (5-3-2)

Monday 22nd December 2025

21:00 – Athletic Club vs Espanyol

Athletic Club predicted lineup

Simon – Boiro, Lekue, Paredes, Areso – Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta – N. Williams, Sancet, I. Williams – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)

Espanyol predicted lineup

Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Calero, El Hilali – Milla, Exposito, Gonzalez de Zarate, Dolan – R. Fernandez, K. Garcia (4-4-2)

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