There were midweek wins for Barcelona and Real Madrid in LaLiga, while most teams were in Copa del Rey action. All sides return to league matters this weekend, with Betis-Barca and Athletic-Atleti the standout matches.
Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 15. 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 15

Friday 5th December 2025
21:00 – Real Oviedo vs Mallorca
Real Oviedo predicted lineup
Escandell – Alhassane, Carmo, Costas, Vidal – Colombatto, Dendoncker – Chaira, Cazorla, Viñas – Rondon (4-2-3-1)
Mallorca predicted lineup
Bergstrom – Mojica, Valjent, Raillo, Maffeo – Mascarell, S. Costa – Virgili, Darder, Joseph – Muriqi (4-2-3-1)

Saturday 6th December 2025
14:00 – Villarreal vs Getafe
Villarreal predicted lineup
Junior – Pedraza, Veiga, Foyth, Mouriño – Moleiro, Comesaña, Parejo, Pepe – A. Perez, G. Moreno (4-4-2)
Getafe predicted lineup
Soria – Nyom, Djene, Duarte, Iglesias, Femenia – Martin, Arambarri, Milla – Liso, Mayoral (5-3-2)
16:15 – Alaves vs Real Sociedad
Alaves predicted lineup
Sivera – Youssef, Pacheco, Tenaglia, Jonny – Guevara – Aleña, Ibañez, D. Suarez – T. Martinez, Boye (4-1-3-2)
Real Sociedad predicted lineup
Remiro – Gomez, Martin, Elustondo, Aramburu – Soler, Gorrotxategi, B. Mendez – Barrenetxea, Sadiq, Guedes (4-3-3)
18:30 – Real Betis vs Barcelona
Real Betis predicted lineup
Valles – V. Gomez, Natan, Bartra, Ruibal – Roca, Amrabat – Abde, Fornals, Antony – C. Hernandez (4-2-3-1)
Barcelona predicted lineup
J. Garcia – Balde, E. Garcia, Cubarsi, Kounde – Casado, De Jong – Raphinha, Pedri, Yamal – Ferran (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Athletic Club vs Atletico Madrid
Athletic Club predicted lineup
Simon – Yuri, Paredes, Vivian, Areso – Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta – N. Williams, Sancet, Berenguer – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)
Atletico Madrid predicted lineup
Oblak – Ruggeri, Hancko, Pubill, Molina – Almada, Koke, Barrios, Simeone – Sorloth, Griezmann (4-4-2)

Sunday 7th December 2025
14:00 – Elche vs Girona
Elche predicted lineup
Peña – Chust, Affengruber, Nuñez – Valera, Febas, Aguado, Neto, Fort – Mir, A. Silva (3-5-2)
Girona predicted lineup
Gazzaniga – Moreno, Reis, A. Martinez, Rincon – Martin, Witsel – Roca, Lemar, Tsygankov – Vanat (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Valencia vs Sevilla
Valencia predicted lineup
Agirrezabala – Gaya, Copete, Tarrega, Correia – Pepelu, Guerra – Rioja, Almeida, D. Lopez – Duro (4-2-3-1)
Sevilla predicted lineup
Vlachodimos – Salas, Castrin, Azpilicueta, Carmona – Sow, Mendy – Alfon, Peque, Alexis – Adams (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Espanyol vs Rayo Vallecano
Espanyol predicted lineup
Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Calero, El Hilali – Exposito, Gonzalez de Zarate, Lozano – Milla, R. Fernandez, Dolan (4-3-3)
Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup
Batalla – Chavarria, Mendy, Lejeune, Ratiu – Valentin, Gumbau – A. Garcia, U. Lopez, I. Palazon – De Frutos (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Real Madrid vs Celta Vigo
Real Madrid predicted lineup
Courtois – Carreras, Rudiger, Militao, Asencio – Bellingham, Guler, Tchouameni, Valverde – Vinicius, Mbappe (4-4-2)
Celta Vigo predicted lineup
Radu – Alonso, Starfelt, J. Rodriguez – Carreira, Moriba, D. Rodriguez, Rueda – Zaragoza, Aspas – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)
Monday 8th December 2025
21:00 – Osasuna vs Levante
Osasuna predicted lineup
Herrera – Bretones, Catena, Boyomo, Moncayola – M. Gomez, Torro – Ruben Garcia, Oroz, V. Muñoz – Budimir (4-2-3-1)
Levante predicted lineup
Ryan – M. Sanchez, Matturro, Cabello, Toljan – Brugui, Vencedor, Arriaga, C. Alvarez – Etta Eyong, Romero (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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