By OkayGoal 
It’s Madrid derby weekend in Spain. Atletico are hoping to put a serious dent in their rivals’ title challenge at the Santiago Bernabeu.
There are also two huge games at the bottom on Saturday, with Elche hosting Mallorca, while it’s 19th vs 20th in Valencia as Levante take on Real Oviedo.
Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 29. 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 29
Friday 20th March 2026
21:00 – Villarreal vs Real Sociedad
Villarreal predicted lineup
Junior – Cardona, Veiga, Navarro, Mouriño – Moleiro, Gueye, Comesaña, Pepe – G. Moreno, Mikautadze (4-4-2)
Real Sociedad predicted lineup
Remiro – Gomez, Zubeldia, Caleta-Car, Aramburu – Gorrotxategi, Soler – Barrenetxea, B. Mendez, Guedes – Oyarzabal (4-2-3-1)
Saturday 21st March 2026
14:00 – Elche vs Mallorca
Elche predicted lineup
Dituro – Bigas, Affengruber, Chust – Valera, Diangana, Aguado, Febas, Sangare – A. Rodriguez, Mir (3-5-2)
Mallorca predicted lineup
Roman – Lato, Raillo, Valjent, Maffeo – Mascarell – Morlanes, Costa – Torre – Muriqi, Joseph (4-1-2-1-2)
16:15 – Espanyol vs Getafe
Espanyol predicted lineup
Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Riedel, El Hilali – Lozano, Gonzalez de Zarate – Milla, Exposito, Dolan – K. Garcia (4-2-3-1)
Getafe predicted lineup
Soria – Iglesias, Romero, Duarte, Djene, Femenia – Martin, Arambarri, Milla – Vazquez, Satriano (5-3-2)
18:30 – Levante vs Real Oviedo
Levante predicted lineup
Ryan – M. Sanchez, Matturro, De la Fuente, Toljan – Tunde, Rey, Olasagasti, V. Garcia – Romero, Espi (4-4-2)
Real Oviedo predicted lineup
Escandell – J. Lopez, Costas, Bailly, Vidal – Fonseca, Sibo – Thiago, Reina, Hassan – Viñas (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Osasuna vs Girona
Osasuna predicted lineup
Herrera – Galan, Boyomo, Catena, Rosier – Torro, Moncayola – V. Muñoz, Oroz, Ruben Garcia – Budimir (4-2-3-1)
Girona predicted lineup
Gazzaniga – A. Martinez, Blind, Reis, Rincon – Beltran, Witsel – Echeverri, Ounahi, Tsygankov – Vanat (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Sevilla vs Valencia
Sevilla predicted lineup
Vlachodimos – Salas, Gudelj, Azpilicueta – Suazo, Agoume, Sow, Juanlu – Oso, Alexis – Adams (3-4-2-1)
Valencia predicted lineup
Dimitrievski – Gaya, Comert, Nuñez, Correia – G. Rodriguez, Guerra – Ramazani, Beltran, D. Lopez – Duro (4-2-3-1)
Sunday 22nd March 2026
14:00 – Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano
Barcelona predicted lineup
J. Garcia – Cancelo, Martin, Cubarsi, Espart – Pedri, Bernal – Raphinha, Olmo, Yamal – Lewandowski (4-2-3-1)
Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup
Batalla – Espino, Felipe, Lejeune, Balliu – U. Lopez, Valentin – A. Garcia, Diaz, Akhomach – De Frutos (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Celta Vigo vs Alaves
Celta Vigo predicted lineup
Radu – Alonso, Starfelt, Nuñez – Mingueza, F. Lopez, Sotelo, Rueda – Aspas, Jutgla – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)
Alaves predicted lineup
Sivera – Pacheco, Tenaglia, Jonny – Parada, Aleña, Blanco, Ibañez, Perez – Boye, Martinez (3-5-2)
18:30 – Athletic Club vs Real Betis
Athletic Club predicted lineup
Simon – Yuri, Laporte, Vivian, Areso – Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta – Berenguer, Sancet, I. Williams – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)
Real Betis predicted lineup
Valles – Firpo, Natan, Llorente, Ruibal – Fidalgo, Fornals, Roca – Ez, C. Hernandez, Antony (4-3-3)
21:00 – Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid
Real Madrid predicted lineup
Lunin – Carreras, Huijsen, Rudiger, Alexander-Arnold – Pitarch, Tchouameni, Valverde, Guler – Vinicius, Mbappe (4-4-2)
Atletico Madrid predicted lineup
Musso – Ruggeri, Hancko, Pubill, Molina – Lookman, Cardoso, Llorente, Simeone – Alvarez, Sorloth (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.