LaLiga 2025/26 matchday 5 predicted lineups

The Spanish top flight rolls into matchday five this weekend. There’s a top-three showdown at the Bernabeu as Real Madrid entertain surprise package Espanyol. The action kicks off on Friday at Cartuja as Betis take on winless Real Sociedad.

Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 5. 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 5

Friday 19th September 2025

21:00 – Real Betis vs Real Sociedad

Real Betis predicted lineup

Valles – Firpo, Natan, Bartra, Bellerin – Altimira, Fornals – Riquelme, Lo Celso, Antony – C. Hernandez (4-2-3-1)

Real Sociedad predicted lineup

Remiro – S. Gomez, Caleta-Car, Zubeldia, Aramburu – Gorrotxategi, Marin, Soler – Barrenetxea, Oyarzabal, Kubo (4-3-3)

Saturday 20th September 2025

14:00 – Girona vs Levante

Girona predicted lineup

Gazzaniga – Moreno, Blind, Reis, A. Martinez – Ounahi, Witsel, Martin – Gil, Vanat, Asprilla (4-3-3)

Levante predicted lineup

Ryan – M. Sanchez, Moreno, Elgezabal, Toljan – P. Martinez, Rey, Olasagasti – Romero, Eyong, C. Alvarez (4-3-3)

16:15 – Real Madrid vs Espanyol

Real Madrid predicted lineup

Courtois – F. Garcia, Asencio, Militao, Carvajal – Ceballos, Tchouameni, Valverde – Vinicius, Mbappe, Mastantuono (4-3-3)

Espanyol predicted lineup

Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Rubio, El Hilali – Lozano, Gonzalez de Zarate – Puado, Terrats, Dolan – K. Garcia (4-2-3-1)

18:30 – Villarreal vs Osasuna

Villarreal predicted lineup

Junior – Pedraza, Marin, Veiga, Navarro – Moleiro, Comesaña, Gueye, Pepe – Ayoze, Mikautadze (4-4-2)

Osasuna predicted lineup

Herrera – Cruz, Catena, Boyomo – Bretones, Moncayola, Torro, Rosier – Ruben Garcia, Muñoz – Budimir (3-4-2-1)

18:30 – Alaves vs Sevilla

Alaves predicted lineup

Sivera – Diarra, Garces, Tenaglia, Jonny – Blanco, Ibañez – Aleña, Guridi, Vicente – Boye (4-2-3-1)

Sevilla predicted lineup

Nyland – Salas, Nianzou, Azpilicueta – Suazo, Agoume, Batista, Juanlu – Alfon – Vargas, Romero (3-4-1-2)

21:00 – Valencia vs Athletic Club

Valencia predicted lineup

Agirrezabala – Gaya, Diakhaby, Tarrega, Foulquier – D. Lopez, Guerra, Santamaria, Ramazani – Beltran, Danjuma (4-4-2)

Athletic Club predicted lineup

Simon – Yuri, Laporte, Vivian, Areso – Vesga, Ruiz de Galarreta – Navarro, U. Gomez, I. Williams – Sannadi (4-2-3-1)

Sunday 21st September 2025

14:00 – Rayo Vallecano vs Celta Vigo

Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup

Batalla – Chavarria, Vertrouwd, Lejeune, Ratiu – U. Lopez, Ciss – A. Garcia, Diaz, I. Palazon – De Frutos (4-2-3-1)

Celta Vigo predicted lineup

Radu – M. Fernandez, Starfelt, J. Rodriguez – Mingueza, Moriba, Beltran, Carreira – Duran, Aspas – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)

16:15 – Mallorca vs Atletico Madrid

Mallorca predicted lineup

Roman – Mojica, Valjent, Raillo, Maffeo – Torre, S. Costa, Morlanes, Darder – Muriqi, Joseph (4-4-2)

Atletico Madrid predicted lineup

Oblak – Hancko, Lenglet, Le Normand, Llorente – N. Gonzalez, Barrios, Koke, Simeone – Griezmann, Sorloth (4-4-2)

18:30 – Elche vs Real Oviedo

Elche predicted lineup

Dituro – Bigas, Affengruber, Chust – Valera, Neto, Febas, Aguado, A. Nuñez – A. Silva, Mir (3-5-2)

Real Oviedo predicted lineup

Escandell – Alhassane, Carmo, Calvo, Vidal – Reina, Dendoncker – Chaira, Ilic, Hassan – Rondon (4-2-3-1)

21:00 – Barcelona vs Getafe

Barcelona predicted lineup

J. Garcia – Martin, Christensen, E. Garcia, Kounde – Pedri, Casado – Rashford, Olmo, Raphinha – Ferran (4-2-3-1)

Getafe predicted lineup

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