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).
LaLiga predicted lineups – Matchday 17
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)
Mark is a freelance football writer based in Madrid, and the editor of LaLigaExpert.com. He has been covering LaLiga and European football since 2014.
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