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)
