By OkayGoal 
The Seville derby is the headline act this weekend in Spain, as Betis target a rare league double over Sevilla. There’s also a top-three showdown between Barcelona and Villarreal, while Real Madrid have a Monday night fixture against Getafe.
Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 26. 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 26
Friday 27th February 2026
21:00 – Levante vs Alaves
Levante predicted lineup
Ryan – M. Sanchez, Moreno, De la Fuente, Toljan – Raghouber, Olasagasti – Romero, Alvarez, Tunde – Etta Eyong (4-2-3-1)
Alaves predicted lineup
Sivera – Youssef, Parada, Tenaglia, Jonny – Aleña, Ibañez, Blanco, A. Perez – T. Martinez, Boye (4-4-2)
Saturday 28th February 2026
14:00 – Rayo Vallecano vs Athletic Club
Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup
Batalla – Chavarria, Mendy, Lejeune, Ratiu – Gumbau, Valentin – Perez, Palazon, Akhomach – De Frutos (4-2-3-1)
Athletic Club predicted lineup
Simon – Yuri, Laporte, Vivian, Areso – Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta – U. Gomez, Sancet, I. Williams – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Barcelona vs Villarreal
Barcelona predicted lineup
J. Garcia – Balde, E. Garcia, Cubarsi, Kounde – Bernal, Pedri – Raphinha, Fermin, Yamal – Ferran (4-2-3-1)
Villarreal predicted lineup
Junior – Cardona, Veiga, Navarro, Mouriño – Moleiro, Gueye, Comesaña, Buchanan – Pepe, Mikautadze (4-4-2)
18:30 – Mallorca vs Real Sociedad
Mallorca predicted lineup
Roman – Mojica, Raillo, Valjent, Maffeo – S. Costa, Mascarell – Virgili, Darder, Joseph – Muriqi (4-2-3-1)
Real Sociedad predicted lineup
Remiro – Gomez, Martin, Zubeldia, Aramburu – Gorrotxategi, Herrera – Oyarzabal, Soler, Guedes – Oskarsson (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Real Oviedo vs Atletico Madrid
Real Oviedo predicted lineup
Escandell – J. Lopez, Calvo, Carmo, Vidal – Colombatto, Sibo – Chaira, Reina, Hassan – Viñas (4-2-3-1)
Atletico Madrid predicted lineup
Oblak – Hancko, Lenglet, Gimenez, Molina – Cardoso, Mendoza – Lookman, Griezmann, Simeone – Alvarez (4-2-3-1)
Sunday 1st March 2026
14:00 – Elche vs Espanyol
Elche predicted lineup
Dituro – Bigas, Affengruber, Chust – Valera, Cepeda, Aguado, Febas, Morente – A. Silva, Mir (3-5-2)
Espanyol predicted lineup
Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Calero, El Hilali – Lozano, Gonzalez de Zarate – Milla, Exposito, Dolan – R. Fernandez (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Valencia vs Osasuna
Valencia predicted lineup
Dimitrievski – Gaya, Comert, Tarrega, Nuñez – G. Rodriguez, Ugrinic – Ramazani, Guerra, Rioja – Sadiq (4-2-3-1)
Osasuna predicted lineup
Herrera – Galan, Catena, Herrando, Rosier – Torro, Moncayola – Moro, V. Muñoz, Ruben Garcia – Budimir (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Real Betis vs Sevilla
Real Betis predicted lineup
Valles – Rodriguez, Natan, Llorente, Ruibal – Roca, Fidalgo, Fornals – Ez, C. Hernandez, Antony (4-3-3)
Sevilla predicted lineup
Vlachodimos – Salas, Gudelj, Azplilicueta – Suazo, Agoume, Sow, Mendy, Carmona – Maupay, Adams (3-5-2)
21:00 – Girona vs Celta Vigo
Girona predicted lineup
Gazzaniga – A. Martinez, Blind, Reis, Rincon – Martin, Witsel – Gil, Ounahi, Tsygankov – Vanat (4-2-3-1)
Celta Vigo predicted lineup
Radu – Alonso, Aidoo, M. Fernandez – Mingueza, Fer Lopez, Roman, Carreira – Alvarez, El-Abdellaoui – Jutgla (3-4-2-1)
Monday 2nd March 2026
21:00 – Real Madrid vs Getafe
Real Madrid predicted lineup
Courtois – Carreras, Alaba, Rudiger, Alexander-Arnold – Camavinga, Tchouameni, Valverde, Guler – Vinicius, G. Garcia (4-4-2)
Getafe predicted lineup
Soria – Iglesias, Romero, Abqar, Duarte, Femenia – Arambarri, Milla, Martin – Vazquez, Satriano (5-3-2)
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.