By OkayGoal 
There were midweek wins for Barcelona and Real Madrid in LaLiga, while most teams were in Copa del Rey action. All sides return to league matters this weekend, with Betis-Barca and Athletic-Atleti the standout matches.
Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 15. 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 15
Friday 5th December 2025
21:00 – Real Oviedo vs Mallorca
Real Oviedo predicted lineup
Escandell – Alhassane, Carmo, Costas, Vidal – Colombatto, Dendoncker – Chaira, Cazorla, Viñas – Rondon (4-2-3-1)
Mallorca predicted lineup
Bergstrom – Mojica, Valjent, Raillo, Maffeo – Mascarell, S. Costa – Virgili, Darder, Joseph – Muriqi (4-2-3-1)
Saturday 6th December 2025
14:00 – Villarreal vs Getafe
Villarreal predicted lineup
Junior – Pedraza, Veiga, Foyth, Mouriño – Moleiro, Comesaña, Parejo, Pepe – A. Perez, G. Moreno (4-4-2)
Getafe predicted lineup
Soria – Nyom, Djene, Duarte, Iglesias, Femenia – Martin, Arambarri, Milla – Liso, Mayoral (5-3-2)
16:15 – Alaves vs Real Sociedad
Alaves predicted lineup
Sivera – Youssef, Pacheco, Tenaglia, Jonny – Guevara – Aleña, Ibañez, D. Suarez – T. Martinez, Boye (4-1-3-2)
Real Sociedad predicted lineup
Remiro – Gomez, Martin, Elustondo, Aramburu – Soler, Gorrotxategi, B. Mendez – Barrenetxea, Sadiq, Guedes (4-3-3)
18:30 – Real Betis vs Barcelona
Real Betis predicted lineup
Valles – V. Gomez, Natan, Bartra, Ruibal – Roca, Amrabat – Abde, Fornals, Antony – C. Hernandez (4-2-3-1)
Barcelona predicted lineup
J. Garcia – Balde, E. Garcia, Cubarsi, Kounde – Casado, De Jong – Raphinha, Pedri, Yamal – Ferran (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Athletic Club vs Atletico Madrid
Athletic Club predicted lineup
Simon – Yuri, Paredes, Vivian, Areso – Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta – N. Williams, Sancet, Berenguer – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)
Atletico Madrid predicted lineup
Oblak – Ruggeri, Hancko, Pubill, Molina – Almada, Koke, Barrios, Simeone – Sorloth, Griezmann (4-4-2)
Sunday 7th December 2025
14:00 – Elche vs Girona
Elche predicted lineup
Peña – Chust, Affengruber, Nuñez – Valera, Febas, Aguado, Neto, Fort – Mir, A. Silva (3-5-2)
Girona predicted lineup
Gazzaniga – Moreno, Reis, A. Martinez, Rincon – Martin, Witsel – Roca, Lemar, Tsygankov – Vanat (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Valencia vs Sevilla
Valencia predicted lineup
Agirrezabala – Gaya, Copete, Tarrega, Correia – Pepelu, Guerra – Rioja, Almeida, D. Lopez – Duro (4-2-3-1)
Sevilla predicted lineup
Vlachodimos – Salas, Castrin, Azpilicueta, Carmona – Sow, Mendy – Alfon, Peque, Alexis – Adams (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Espanyol vs Rayo Vallecano
Espanyol predicted lineup
Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Calero, El Hilali – Exposito, Gonzalez de Zarate, Lozano – Milla, R. Fernandez, Dolan (4-3-3)
Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup
Batalla – Chavarria, Mendy, Lejeune, Ratiu – Valentin, Gumbau – A. Garcia, U. Lopez, I. Palazon – De Frutos (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Real Madrid vs Celta Vigo
Real Madrid predicted lineup
Courtois – Carreras, Rudiger, Militao, Asencio – Bellingham, Guler, Tchouameni, Valverde – Vinicius, Mbappe (4-4-2)
Celta Vigo predicted lineup
Radu – Alonso, Starfelt, J. Rodriguez – Carreira, Moriba, D. Rodriguez, Rueda – Zaragoza, Aspas – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)
Monday 8th December 2025
21:00 – Osasuna vs Levante
Osasuna predicted lineup
Herrera – Bretones, Catena, Boyomo, Moncayola – M. Gomez, Torro – Ruben Garcia, Oroz, V. Muñoz – Budimir (4-2-3-1)
Levante predicted lineup
Ryan – M. Sanchez, Matturro, Cabello, Toljan – Brugui, Vencedor, Arriaga, C. Alvarez – Etta Eyong, Romero (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.