By OkayGoal 
Spanish football is back with a full opening matchday for the 2025/26 season that is spread across five days.
Champions Barcelona kick off at Mallorca, while Real Madrid aren’t in action until Tuesday against Osasuna. The newly-promoted trio of Real Oviedo, Elche and Levante also kick off their campaigns, while there are seven new faces in the dugouts on the opening weekend.
Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday one. Players in bold are those considered to have the highest chance of starting (80% or more).
LaLiga predicted lineups – Matchday one
Friday 15th August 2025
19:00 – Girona vs Rayo Vallecano
Girona predicted lineup
Gazzaniga – Blind, Krejci, D. Lopez, A. Martinez – Herrera, Martin – Roca, Asprilla, Tsygankov – Miovski (4-2-3-1)
Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup
Batalla – Chavarria, Felipe, Lejeune, Balliu – U. Lopez, Ciss – A. Garcia, Isi Palazon, Ratiu – De Frutos (4-2-3-1)
21:30 – Villarreal vs Real Oviedo
Villarreal predicted lineup
Junior – Cardona, Marin, Foyth, Mouriño – Pino, Comesaña, Parejo, Pepe – G. Moreno, Eyong (4-4-2)
Real Oviedo predicted lineup
Escandell – Alhassane, Calvo, Luengo, Vidal – Sibo, Reina, Ilic – Chaira, Rondon, Hassan (4-3-3)
Saturday 16th August 2025
19:30 – Mallorca vs Barcelona
Mallorca predicted lineup
Roman – Mojica, Valjent, Raillo, Morey – Morlanes, Mascarell – Torre, Darder, Asano – Muriqi (4-2-3-1)
Barcelona predicted lineup
J. Garcia – Balde, Cubarsi, Araujo, Kounde – Pedri, de Jong – Raphinha, Fermin, Yamal – Ferran (4-2-3-1)
21:30 – Alaves vs Levante
Alaves predicted lineup
Sivera – Jonny, Parada, Garces, Tenaglia – Blanco, Ibañez – Aleña, Guridi, Vicente – T. Martinez (4-2-3-1)
Levante predicted lineup
Campos – Cabello, De la Fuente, Elgezabal – M. Sanchez, Rey, P. Martinez, V. Garcia – Brugui, Romero – Morales (3-4-2-1)
21:30 – Valencia vs Real Sociedad
Valencia predicted lineup
Agirrezabala – Gaya, Diakhaby, Tarrega, Foulquier – D. Lopez, Guerra, Pepelu, Rioja – Raba, Duro (4-4-2)
Real Sociedad predicted lineup
Remiro – S. Gomez, Martin, Zubeldia, Aramburu – Sucic, Gonzalez de Zarate, Mendez – Oyarzabal, Oskarsson, Kubo (4-3-3)
Sunday 17th August 2025
17:00 – Celta Vigo vs Getafe
Celta Vigo predicted lineup
Radu – Alonso, Starfelt, J. Rodriguez – Mingueza, Moriba, Beltran, Rueda – Zaragoza, Aspas – Jutgla (3-4-2-1)
Getafe predicted lineup
Soria – Davinchi, Rico, Djene, Iglesias – Coba, Milla, Arambarri, Liso – Uche – Mayoral (4-4-1-1)
19:30 – Athletic Club vs Sevilla
Athletic Club predicted lineup
Simon – Yuri, Paredes, Vivian, Areso – Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta – N. Williams, Berenguer, I. Williams – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)
Sevilla predicted lineup
Nyland – Carmona, Salas, Gudelj, Juanlu – Sow, Agoume – Idumbo, Peque, Lukebakio – Romero (4-2-3-1)
21:30 – Espanyol vs Atletico Madrid
Espanyol predicted lineup
Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Rubio, El Hilali – Carreras, Lozano, Exposito, Terrats – Puado, R. Fernandez (4-4-2)
Atletico Madrid predicted lineup
Oblak – Ruggeri, Hancko, Le Normand, Llorente – Barrios, Cardoso – Almada, Baena, Simeone – Alvarez (4-2-3-1)
Monday 18th August 2025
21:00 – Elche vs Real Betis
Elche predicted lineup
Dituro – Petrot, Bigas, Affengruber – Valera, Mendoza, Aguado, A. Nuñez – Febas – A. Rodriguez, Mourad (3-4-1-2)
Real Betis predicted lineup
Valles – Rodriguez, Natan, Bartra, Bellerin – Altimira, Fornals – Riquelme, Lo Celso, P. Garcia – C. Hernandez (4-2-3-1)
Tuesday 19th August 2025
21:00 – Real Madrid vs Osasuna
Real Madrid predicted lineup
Courtois – Carreras, Huijsen, Militao, Alexander-Arnold – Guler, Tchouameni, Valverde – Vinicius, Mbappe – G. Garcia (4-3-2-1)
Osasuna predicted lineup
Herrera – Bretones, Cruz, Boyomo, Catena, Rosier – Oroz, Torro, Moncayola, Ruben Garcia – Budimir (5-4-1)