LaLiga 2025/26 matchday 2 predicted lineups

It’s the second weekend in the Spanish top flight. Espanyol upset Atletico Madrid on the opening matchday, but there were wins for Barcelona and Real Madrid. All of the so-called ‘big three’ face newly promoted sides over the next few days.

Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday one. Players in bold are those considered to have the highest chance of starting (80% or more).

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LaLiga predicted lineups – Matchday two

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Friday 22nd August 2025

21:30 – Real Betis vs Alaves

Real Betis predicted lineup

P. Lopez – Rodriguez, Natan, Bartra, Bellerin – Altimira, Fornals – Riquelme, Lo Celso, Ruibal – C. Hernandez (4-2-3-1)

Alaves predicted lineup

Sivera – Parada, Garces, Tenaglia, Jonny – Blanco, Ibañez – Aleña, Guridi, Vicente – T. Martinez (4-2-3-1)

Saturday 23rd August 2025

17:00 – Mallorca vs Celta Vigo

Mallorca predicted lineup

Roman – Valjent, Raillo, Kumbulla – Mojica, Darder, S. Costa, Morey – Torre, Asano – Joseph (3-4-2-1)

Celta Vigo predicted lineup

Radu – Alonso, Lago, J. Rodriguez – Mingueza, Moriba, Sotelo, Carreira – Duran, Aspas – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)

19:30 – Atletico Madrid vs Elche

Atletico Madrid predicted lineup

Oblak – Ruggeri, Hancko, Le Normand, Llorente – Almada, Barrios, Cardoso, Simeone – Sorloth, Alvarez (4-4-2)

Elche predicted lineup

Dituro – Petrot, Bigas, Affengruber – Valera, Mendoza, Febas, Neto, A. Nuñez – A. Rodriguez, A. Silva (3-5-2)

21:30 – Levante vs Barcelona

Levante predicted lineup

Campos – M. Sanchez, Cabello, De la Fuente, Elgezabal, Toljan – Rey, P. Martinez, C. Alvarez – Brugui, Romero (5-3-2)

Barcelona predicted lineup

J. Garcia – Balde, Cubarsi, Araujo, Kounde – Pedri, de Jong – Raphinha, Olmo, Yamal – Ferran (4-2-3-1)

Sunday 24th August 2025

17:00 – Osasuna vs Valencia

Osasuna predicted lineup

Herrera – Cruz, Boyomo, Catena, Rosier – Torro, Moncayola – Muñoz, Oroz, Ruben Garcia – Budimir (4-2-3-1)

Valencia predicted lineup

Agirrezabala – Gaya, Copete, Tarrega, Foulquier – D. Lopez, Guerra, Pepelu, Rioja – Raba, Duro (4-4-2)

19:30 – Real Sociedad vs Espanyol

Real Sociedad predicted lineup

Remiro – S. Gomez, Caleta-Car, Zubeldia, Aramburu – Sucic, Turrientes, Mendez – Barrenetxea, Oyarzabal, Kubo (4-3-3)

Espanyol predicted lineup

Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Rubio, El Hilali – Lozano, Exposito – Puado, Terrats, Dolan – R. Fernandez (4-2-3-1)

19:30 – Villarreal vs Girona

Villarreal predicted lineup

Junior – Cardona, Marin, Foyth, Mouriño – Pino, Comesaña, Gueye, Buchanan – Pepe, Etta Eyong (4-4-2)

Girona predicted lineup

Krapyvtsov – Blind, Reis, D. Lopez, A. Martinez – Herrera, Martin – Roca, Lemar, Tsygankov – Stuani (4-2-3-1)

21:30 – Real Oviedo vs Real Madrid

Real Oviedo predicted lineup

Escandell – Alhassane, Costas, Calvo, Vidal – Sibo, Dendoncker – Chaira, Ilic, Hassan – Rondon (4-2-3-1)

Real Madrid predicted lineup

Courtois – Carreras, Huijsen, Militao, Alexander-Arnold – Guler, Tchouameni, Valverde – Vinicius, Mbappe, Brahim (4-3-3)

Monday 25th August 2025

19:30 – Athletic Club vs Rayo Vallecano

Athletic Club predicted lineup

Simon – Yuri, Paredes, Vivian, Areso – Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta – N. Williams, Berenguer, I. Williams – Sannadi (4-2-3-1)

Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup

Batalla – Chavarria, Pelayo, Lejeune, Ratiu – U. Lopez, Ciss – A. Garcia, Diaz, I. Palazon – De Frutos (4-2-3-1)

21:30 – Sevilla vs Getafe

Sevilla predicted lineup

Nyland – Suazo, Salas, Castrin, Carmona – Sow, Agoume – Ejuke, Vargas, Lukebakio – Adams (4-2-3-1)

Getafe predicted lineup

Soria – Davinchi, Rico, Djene, Iglesias, Bekhoucha – Martin, Milla, Arambarri – Uche, Liso (5-3-2)

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