LaLiga 2025/26 matchday 22 predicted lineups

After a busy week of European action, Spain’s top clubs return to domestic matters this weekend. The Basque derby tops the bill on Sunday, as Athletic Club play host to Real Sociedad at San Mames.

Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 22. All kick-offs 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 22

Friday 30th January 2026

21:00 – Espanyol vs Alaves

Espanyol predicted lineup

Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Calero, El Hilali – Terrats, Exposito, Gonzalez de Zarate, Dolan – K. Garcia, R. Fernandez (4-4-2)

Alaves predicted lineup

Sivera – Castro, Pacheco, Benavidez, Jonny – Aleña, Ibañez, Blanco, Calebe – T. Martinez, Boye (4-4-2)

Saturday 31st January 2026

14:00 – Real Oviedo vs Girona

Real Oviedo predicted lineup

Escandell – J. Lopez, Carmo, Costas, Vidal – Colombatto, Sibo – Chaira, Reina, Hassan – Viñas (4-2-3-1)

Girona predicted lineup

Ter Stegen – Moreno, Blind, Reis, A. Martinez – Martin, Witsel, Lemar – Gil, Vanat, Tsygankov (4-3-3)

16:15 – Osasuna vs Villarreal

Osasuna predicted lineup

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

Villarreal predicted lineup

Junior – Pedraza, Veiga, Marin, Mouriño – Moleiro, Gueye, Parejo, Buchanan – G. Moreno, Mikautadze (4-4-2)

18:30 – Levante vs Atletico Madrid

Levante predicted lineup

Ryan – M. Sanchez, Matturo, De la Fuente, Toljan – P. Martinez, Raghouber – Losada, C. Alvarez, Romero – Etta Eyong (4-2-3-1)

Atletico Madrid predicted lineup

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

21:00 – Elche vs Barcelona

Elche predicted lineup

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

Barcelona predicted lineup

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

Sunday 1st February 2026

14:00 – Real Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano

Real Madrid predicted lineup

Courtois – Carreras, Huijsen, Asencio, Valverde – Tchouameni, Guler – Vinicius, Bellingham, Rodrygo – Mbappe (4-2-3-1)

Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup

Batalla – Chavarria, Mendy, Lejeune, Balliu – Ciss, U. Lopez – A. Garcia, Palazon, Akhomach – De Frutos (4-2-3-1)

16:15 – Real Betis vs Valencia

Real Betis predicted lineup

Valles – Rodriguez, Llorente, Bartra, Ruibal – Roca, Altimira – Ez, Fornals, Antony – Bakambu (4-2-3-1)

Valencia predicted lineup

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

18:30 – Getafe vs Celta Vigo

Getafe predicted lineup

Soria – Iglesias, Romero, Djene, Duarte, Femenia – Martin, Arambarri, Milla – Vazquez, Satriano (5-3-2)

Celta Vigo predicted lineup

Radu – Dominguez, Starfelt, J. Rodriguez – Mingueza, Moriba, Sotelo, Carreira – Zaragoza, Swedberg – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)

21:00 – Athletic Club vs Real Sociedad

Athletic Club predicted lineup

Simon – Yuri, Laporte, Paredes, Areso – Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta – N. Williams, Navarro, Berenguer – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)

Real Sociedad predicted lineup

Remiro – Gomez, Zubeldia, Martin, Aramburu – Gorrotxategi, Turrientes – Barrenetxea, Soler, Guedes – Oyarzabal (4-2-3-1)

Monday 2nd February 2026

21:00 – Mallorca vs Sevilla

Mallorca predicted lineup

Roman – Mojica, D. Lopez, Valjent, Maffeo – S. Costa, Mascarell – Virgili, Darder, Joseph – Muriqi (4-2-3-1)

Sevilla predicted lineup

Vlachodimos – Salas, Castrin, Carmona – Suazo, Sow, Agoume, Juanlu – Peque – Romero, Adams (3-4-1-2)

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.