By OkayGoal 
The Spanish top flight returns after the international break on Friday, with Real Oviedo beginning life under new management against Espanyol. Elsewhere this weekend, there’s a Catalan derby for Barcelona against Girona, while Real Madrid make the short trip to Getafe.
Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 9. 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 9
Friday 17th October 2025
21:00 – Real Oviedo vs Espanyol
Oviedo predicted lineup
Escandell – Alhassane, Carmo, Bailly, Vidal – Colombatto, Dendoncker – Chaira, Ilic, Hassan – Rondon (4-2-3-1)
Espanyol predicted lineup
Dmitrovic – Romero, Riedel, Calero, El Hilali – Gonzalez de Zarate, Lozano – Milla, Exposito, Dolan – R. Fernandez (4-2-3-1)
Saturday 18th October 2025
14:00 – Sevilla vs Mallorca
Sevilla predicted lineup
Vlachodimos – Suazo, Marcao, Azpilicueta, Carmona – Mendy, Agoume – Vargas, Sow, Alexis – Romero (4-2-3-1)
Mallorca predicted lineup
Roman – Lato, Valjent, Raillo, Maffeo – Morlanes, S. Costa – Domenech, Darder, Joseph – Muriqi (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Barcelona vs Girona
Barcelona predicted lineup
Szczesny – Balde, E. Garcia, Cubarsi, Kounde – Pedri, De Jong – Rashford, Fermin, Yamal – Ferran (4-2-3-1)
Girona predicted lineup
Gazzaniga – Moreno, Blind, Reis, A. Martinez, Rincon – Roca, Witsel, Solis, Gil – Vanat (5-4-1)
18:30 – Villarreal vs Real Betis
Villarreal predicted lineup
Tenas – Cardona, Marin, Veiga, Navarro – Moleiro, Comesaña, Gueye, Buchanan – Pepe, Mikautadze (4-4-2)
Real Betis predicted lineup
P. Lopez – Firpo, Natan, V. Gomez, Bellerin – Amrabat, Roca – Ez, Fornals, Antony – C. Hernandez (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Atletico Madrid vs Osasuna
Atletico Madrid predicted lineup
Oblak – Galan, Hancko, Le Normand, Llorente – Barrios, Koke – N. Gonzalez, Griezmann, Simeone – Alvarez (4-2-3-1)
Osasuna predicted lineup
Herrera – Bretones, Catena, Herrando, Boyomo, Rosier – Moncayola, Torro, M. Gomez – Muñoz, Budimir (5-3-2)
Sunday 19th October 2025
14:00 – Elche vs Athletic Club
Elche predicted lineup
Peña – Diaby, Bigas, Chust – Valera, Mendoza, Febas, Aguado, Nuñez – A. Silva, Mir (3-5-2)
Athletic Club predicted lineup
Simon – Yuri, Paredes, Vivian, Areso – Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta – N. Williams, Navarro, I. Williams – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Celta Vigo vs Real Sociedad
Celta Vigo predicted lineup
Radu – Alonso, Starfelt, M. Fernandez – Mingueza, Moriba, Sotelo, Carreira – Duran, Aspas – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)
Real Sociedad predicted lineup
Remiro – Gomez, Caleta-Car, Zubeldia, Aramburu – B. Mendez, Gorrotxategi, Marin – Barrenetxea, Oyarzabal, Guedes (4-3-3)
18:30 – Levante vs Rayo Vallecano
Levante predicted lineup
Ryan – M. Sanchez, Moreno, De la Fuente, Toljan – Brugui, Vencedor, Arriaga, C. Alvarez – Romero, Etta Eyong (4-4-2)
Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup
Batalla – Chavarria, Ciss, Lejeune, Ratiu – Valentin, U. Lopez – A. Garcia, I. Palazon, De Frutos – Alemao (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Getafe vs Real Madrid
Getafe predicted lineup
Soria – Rico, Duarte, Abqar, Djene, Femenia – Milla, Arambarri, Martin – Mayoral, Liso (5-3-2)
Real Madrid predicted lineup
Courtois – Carrreras, Asencio, Militao, Valverde – Bellingham, Tchouameni, Guler – Vinicius, Mbappe, Mastantuono (4-3-3)
Monday 20th October 2025
21:00 – Alaves vs Valencia
Alaves predicted lineup
Sivera – Youssef, Pacheco, Tenaglia, Jonny – Rebbach, Blanco, Ibáñez, Vicente – T. Martinez, Boye (4-4-2)
Valencia predicted lineup
Agirrezabala – Gaya, Copete, Tarrega, Correia – D. Lopez, Pepelu, Guerra, Rioja – Danjuma, Duro (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.