LaLiga 2025/26 matchday 20 predicted lineups

Barcelona travel to Real Sociedad on matchday 20, while there’s also the potential for a really entertaining clash between Real Betis and Villarreal. Over at the Santiago Bernabeu, Real Madrid play their first league game under Alvaro Arbeloa.

Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 20. 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 20

Friday 16th January 2026

21:00 – Espanyol vs Girona

Espanyol predicted lineup

Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Calero, El Hilali – Exposito, Gonzalez de Zarate, Lozano – Milla, R. Fernandez, Dolan (4-3-3)

Girona predicted lineup

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

Saturday 17th January 2026

14:00 – Real Madrid vs Levante

Real Madrid predicted lineup

Courtois – Carreras, Huijsen, Asencio, Valverde – Camavinga, Tchouameni – Vinicius, Bellingham, Mastantuono – G. Garcia (4-2-3-1)

Levante predicted lineup

Ryan – Pampin, Moreno, De la Fuente, Toljan – P. Martinez, Arriaga – Losada, C. Alvarez, Tunde – Romero (4-2-3-1)

16:15 – Mallorca vs Athletic Club

Mallorca predicted lineup

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

Athletic Club predicted lineup

Simon – Yuri, Vivian, Paredes, Areso – Rego, Ruiz de Galarreta – N. Williams, Sancet, I. Williams – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)

18:30 – Osasuna vs Real Oviedo

Osasuna predicted lineup

Herrera – Galan, Catena, Boyomo, Rosier – M. Gomez, Torro – Ruben Garcia, Oroz, Muñoz – Budimir (4-2-3-1)

Real Oviedo predicted lineup

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

21:00 – Real Betis vs Villarreal

Real Betis predicted lineup

Valles – Gomez, Bartra, Llorente, Ruibal – Roca, Fornals – Riquelme, Lo Celso, Antony – Bakambu (4-2-3-1)

Villarreal predicted lineup

Junior – Cardona, Veiga, Foyth, Mouriño – Moleiro, Comesaña, Partey, Buchanan – G. Moreno, Mikautadze (4-4-2)

Sunday 18th January 2026

14:00 – Getafe vs Valencia

Getafe predicted lineup

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

Valencia predicted lineup

Dimitrievski – Gaya, Copete, Tarrega, Foulquier – Pepelu, Ugrinic – Danjuma, Beltran, Rioja – Duro (4-2-3-1)

16:15 – Atletico Madrid vs Alaves

Atletico Madrid predicted lineup

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

Alaves predicted lineup

Sivera – Parada, Pacheco, Tenaglia, Jonny – Ibañez, Blanco – Aleña, Guridi, Vicente – T. Martinez (4-2-3-1)

18:30 – Celta Vigo vs Rayo Vallecano

Celta Vigo predicted lineup

Radu – Alonso, Starfelt, J. Rodriguez – Mingueza, Moriba, Roman, Carreira – Zaragoza, Duran – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)

Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup

Batalla – Chavarria, Mendy, Lejeune, Balliu – Diaz, Gumbau – A. Garcia, Palazon, De Frutos – Alemao (4-2-3-1)

21:00 – Real Sociedad vs Barcelona

Real Sociedad predicted lineup

Remiro – Gomez, Martin, Caleta-Car, Aramburu – Soler, Turrientes – Guedes, B. Mendez, Kubo – Oyarzabal (4-2-3-1)

Barcelona predicted lineup

J. Garcia – Balde, E. Garcia, Cubarsi, Kounde – Pedri, De Jong – Raphinha, Fermin, Yamal – Lewandowski (4-2-3-1)

Monday 19th January 2026

21:00 – Elche vs Sevilla

Elche predicted lineup

Peña – Petrot, Affengruber, Chust  – Valera, Febas, Aguado, Neto, Nuñez – Diangana, A. Rodriguez (3-5-2)

Sevilla predicted lineup

Vlachodimos – Salas, Nianzou, Carmona – Oso, Agoume, Mendy, Sow, Juanlu – Peque, Romero (3-5-2)

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.