The Seville derby is the headline act this weekend in Spain, as Betis target a rare league double over Sevilla. There’s also a top-three showdown between Barcelona and Villarreal, while Real Madrid have a Monday night fixture against Getafe.
Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 26. 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 26

Friday 27th February 2026
21:00 – Levante vs Alaves
Levante predicted lineup
Ryan – M. Sanchez, Moreno, De la Fuente, Toljan – Raghouber, Olasagasti – Romero, Alvarez, Tunde – Etta Eyong (4-2-3-1)
Alaves predicted lineup
Sivera – Youssef, Parada, Tenaglia, Jonny – Aleña, Ibañez, Blanco, A. Perez – T. Martinez, Boye (4-4-2)
Saturday 28th February 2026
14:00 – Rayo Vallecano vs Athletic Club
Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup
Batalla – Chavarria, Mendy, Lejeune, Ratiu – Gumbau, Valentin – Perez, Palazon, Akhomach – De Frutos (4-2-3-1)
Athletic Club predicted lineup
Simon – Yuri, Laporte, Vivian, Areso – Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta – U. Gomez, Sancet, I. Williams – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Barcelona vs Villarreal
Barcelona predicted lineup
J. Garcia – Balde, E. Garcia, Cubarsi, Kounde – Bernal, Pedri – Raphinha, Fermin, Yamal – Ferran (4-2-3-1)
Villarreal predicted lineup
Junior – Cardona, Veiga, Navarro, Mouriño – Moleiro, Gueye, Comesaña, Buchanan – Pepe, Mikautadze (4-4-2)
18:30 – Mallorca vs Real Sociedad
Mallorca predicted lineup
Roman – Mojica, Raillo, Valjent, Maffeo – S. Costa, Mascarell – Virgili, Darder, Joseph – Muriqi (4-2-3-1)
Real Sociedad predicted lineup
Remiro – Gomez, Martin, Zubeldia, Aramburu – Gorrotxategi, Herrera – Oyarzabal, Soler, Guedes – Oskarsson (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Real Oviedo vs Atletico Madrid
Real Oviedo predicted lineup
Escandell – J. Lopez, Calvo, Carmo, Vidal – Colombatto, Sibo – Chaira, Reina, Hassan – Viñas (4-2-3-1)
Atletico Madrid predicted lineup
Oblak – Hancko, Lenglet, Gimenez, Molina – Cardoso, Mendoza – Lookman, Griezmann, Simeone – Alvarez (4-2-3-1)

Sunday 1st March 2026
14:00 – Elche vs Espanyol
Elche predicted lineup
Dituro – Bigas, Affengruber, Chust – Valera, Cepeda, Aguado, Febas, Morente – A. Silva, Mir (3-5-2)
Espanyol predicted lineup
Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Calero, El Hilali – Lozano, Gonzalez de Zarate – Milla, Exposito, Dolan – R. Fernandez (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Valencia vs Osasuna
Valencia predicted lineup
Dimitrievski – Gaya, Comert, Tarrega, Nuñez – G. Rodriguez, Ugrinic – Ramazani, Guerra, Rioja – Sadiq (4-2-3-1)
Osasuna predicted lineup
Herrera – Galan, Catena, Herrando, Rosier – Torro, Moncayola – Moro, V. Muñoz, Ruben Garcia – Budimir (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Real Betis vs Sevilla
Real Betis predicted lineup
Valles – Rodriguez, Natan, Llorente, Ruibal – Roca, Fidalgo, Fornals – Ez, C. Hernandez, Antony (4-3-3)
Sevilla predicted lineup
Vlachodimos – Salas, Gudelj, Azplilicueta – Suazo, Agoume, Sow, Mendy, Carmona – Maupay, Adams (3-5-2)
21:00 – Girona vs Celta Vigo
Girona predicted lineup
Gazzaniga – A. Martinez, Blind, Reis, Rincon – Martin, Witsel – Gil, Ounahi, Tsygankov – Vanat (4-2-3-1)
Celta Vigo predicted lineup
Radu – Alonso, Aidoo, M. Fernandez – Mingueza, Fer Lopez, Roman, Carreira – Alvarez, El-Abdellaoui – Jutgla (3-4-2-1)
Monday 2nd March 2026
21:00 – Real Madrid vs Getafe
Real Madrid predicted lineup
Courtois – Carreras, Alaba, Rudiger, Alexander-Arnold – Camavinga, Tchouameni, Valverde, Guler – Vinicius, G. Garcia (4-4-2)
Getafe predicted lineup
Soria – Iglesias, Romero, Abqar, Duarte, Femenia – Arambarri, Milla, Martin – Vazquez, Satriano (5-3-2)
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