After a shock defeat to Getafe on Monday, Real Madrid are straight back into league action with tricky trip to Vigo on Friday night. Barcelona have also got a tough away fixture this weekend against Athletic Club, while Atleti and in-form Real Sociedad meet at the Estadio Metropolitano.
Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 27. 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 27

Friday 6th March 2026
21:00 – Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid
Celta Vigo predicted lineup
Radu – Alonso, Starfelt, J. Rodriguez – Rueda, Moriba, Roman, Carreira – Swedberg, F. Lopez – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)
Real Madrid predicted lineup
Courtois – F. Garcia, Asencio, Rudiger, Carvajal – Thiago, Tchouameni, Valverde, Guler – Vinicius, G. Garcia (4-4-2)
Saturday 7th March 2026
14:00 – Osasuna vs Mallorca
Osasuna predicted lineup
Herrera – Galan, Catena, Boyomo, Rosier – Torro, Moncayola – V. Muñoz, Oroz, Ruben Garcia – Budimir (4-2-3-1)
Mallorca predicted lineup
Roman – Mojica, Raillo, Valjent, Maffeo – S. Costa, Mascarell – Virgili, Darder, Joseph – Muriqi (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Levante vs Girona
Levante predicted lineup
Ryan – M. Sanchez, Moreno, De la Fuente, Toljan – Raghouber, Olasagasti – V. Garcia, Romero, Tunde – Espi (4-2-3-1)
Girona predicted lineup
Gazzaniga – A. Martinez, Blind, Reis, Rincon – Beltran, Witsel – Gil, Ounahi, Tsygankov – Vanat (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Atletico Madrid vs Real Sociedad
Atletico Madrid predicted lineup
Oblak – Hancko, Lenglet, Gimenez, Molina – Llorente, Mendoza – Lookman, Baena, N. Gonzalez – Sorloth (4-2-3-1)
Real Sociedad predicted lineup
Remiro – Gomez, Martin, Caleta-Car, Aramburu – Sucic, Herrera – Zakharyan, Soler, Guedes – Oyarzabal (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Athletic Club vs Barcelona
Athletic Club predicted lineup
Simon – Boiro, Laporte, Vivian, Areso – Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta – U. Gomez, Sancet, I. Williams – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)
Barcelona predicted lineup
J. Garcia – Martin, E. Garcia, Araujo, Cancelo – Fermin, Casado – Rashford, Olmo, Yamal – Lewandowski (4-2-3-1)

Sunday 8th March 2026
14:00 – Villarreal vs Elche
Villarreal predicted lineup
Junior – Pedraza, Veiga, Navarro, Mouriño – Moleiro, Gueye, Comesaña, Buchanan – Pepe, Mikautadze (4-4-2)
Elche predicted lineup
Dituro – Petrot, Affengruber, Chust – Valera, Cepeda, Aguado, Febas, Morente – A. Rodriguez, Mir (3-5-2)
16:15 – Getafe vs Real Betis
Getafe predicted lineup
Soria – Rico, Romero, Duarte, Boselli, Iglesias – Arambarri, Milla, Martin – Vazquez, Satriano (5-3-2)
Real Betis predicted lineup
Valles – Rodriguez, Natan, Llorente, Ruibal – Roca, Fidalgo, Fornals – Ez, C. Hernandez, Antony (4-3-3)
18:30 – Sevilla vs Rayo Vallecano
Sevilla predicted lineup
Vlachodimos – Salas, Gudelj, Azpilicueta – Oso, Agoume, Sow, Juanlu, Carmona – Romero, Adams (3-5-2)
Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup
Batalla – Espino, Mendy, Lejeune, Balliu – Gumbau, Valentin – A, Garcia, Palazon, Akhomach – De Frutos (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Valencia vs Alaves
Valencia predicted lineup
Dimitrievski – Gaya, Comert, Nuñez, Correia – G. Rodriguez, Ugrinic – Ramazani, Guerra, Rioja – Sadiq (4-2-3-1)
Alaves predicted lineup
Sivera – Pacheco, Protesoni, Tenaglia – Youssef, Blanco, Aleña, Guevara, Jonny – Boye, Martinez (3-5-2)
Monday 9th March 2026
21:00 – Espanyol vs Real Oviedo
Espanyol predicted lineup
Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Calero, El Hilali – Lozano, Gonzalez de Zarate – Milla, Terrats, Dolan – K. Garcia (4-2-3-1)
Real Oviedo predicted lineup
Escandell – J. Lopez, Calvo, Carmo, Vidal – Colombatto, Sibo – Chaira, Reina, Hassan – Viñas (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.
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