LaLiga 2025/26 matchday 21 predicted lineups

Just one point separates the top two in LaLiga after Barcelona’s defeat at Real Sociedad last weekend. This time out, it’s Real Madrid who have the tougher fixture, as they travel to play third-placed Villarreal on Saturday night.

Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 21. 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 21

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Friday 23rd January 2026

21:00 – Levante vs Elche

Levante predicted lineup

Ryan – M. Sanchez, Moreno, De la Fuente, Toljan – P. Martinez, Arriaga – Losada, C. Alvarez, Romero – Etta Eyong (4-2-3-1)

Elche predicted lineup

Peña – Pedrosa, Petrot, Affengruber, Josan  – Neto, Febas, Aguado, Valera – Diangana, A. Rodriguez (4-4-2)

Saturday 24th January 2026

14:00 – Rayo Vallecano vs Osasuna

Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup

Batalla – Chavarria, Ciss, Lejeune, Espino – Gumbau, Valentin – Martin, Palazon, A. Garcia – De Frutos (4-2-3-1)

Osasuna predicted lineup

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

16:15 – Valencia vs Espanyol

Valencia predicted lineup

Dimitrievski – Vazquez, Copete, Comert, Foulquier – Pepelu, Ugrinic – Danjuma, Almeida, Rioja – Duro (4-2-3-1)

Espanyol predicted lineup

Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Calero, R. Sanchez – Exposito, Gonzalez de Zarate, Lozano – Milla, K. Garcia, Dolan (4-3-3)

18:30 – Sevilla vs Athletic Club

Sevilla predicted lineup

Vlachodimos – Oso, Salas, Gudelj, Carmona – Suazo, Agoume, Sow, Juanlu – Adams, Romero (4-4-2)

Athletic Club predicted lineup

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

21:00 – Villarreal vs Real Madrid

Villarreal predicted lineup

Junior – Pedraza, Veiga, Foyth, Navarro – Moleiro, Gueye, Parejo, Buchanan – G. Moreno, Mikautadze (4-4-2)

Real Madrid predicted lineup

Courtois – Carreras, Huijsen, Asencio, Carvajal – Camavinga, Valverde – Vinicius, Bellingham, Mastantuono – Mbappe (4-2-3-1)

Sunday 25th January 2026

14:00 – Atletico Madrid vs Mallorca

Atletico Madrid predicted lineup

Oblak – Ruggeri, Hancko, Pubill, Llorente – Baena, Barrios, Cardoso, Simeone – Sorloth, Alvarez (4-4-2)

Mallorca predicted lineup

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

16:15 – Barcelona vs Real Oviedo

Barcelona predicted lineup

J. Garcia – Balde, Martin, Cubarsi, Kounde – Bernal, De Jong – Rashford, Olmo, Yamal – Lewandowski (4-2-3-1)

Real Oviedo predicted lineup

Escandell – Alhassane, Carmo, Costas, Ahijado – Colombatto, Sibo – Chaira, Reina, Hassan – Viñas (4-2-3-1)

18:30 – Real Sociedad vs Celta Vigo

Real Sociedad predicted lineup

Remiro – Gomez, Zubeldia, Martin, Aramburu – Sucic, Turrientes – Barrenetxea, B. Mendez, Guedes – Oyarzabal (4-2-3-1)

Celta Vigo predicted lineup

Radu – Alonso, Starfelt, M. Fernandez – Mingueza, Moriba, Sotelo, Carreira – Zaragoza, Alvarez – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)

21:00 – Alaves vs Real Betis

Alaves predicted lineup

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

Real Betis predicted lineup

Valles – Rodriguez, Natan, Bartra, Ortiz – Roca, Altimira – Ez, Fornals, Antony – Bakambu (4-2-3-1)

Monday 26th January 2026

21:00 – Girona vs Getafe

Girona predicted lineup

Gazzaniga – Moreno, Blind, Reis, Rincon – Martin, Beltran, Lemar – Gil, Vanat, Tsygankov (4-3-3)

Getafe predicted lineup

Soria – Rico, Djene, Duarte, Boselli, Iglesias – Martin, Arambarri, Milla – Liso, Satriano (5-3-2)

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