By OkayGoal 
Barcelona travel to Real Sociedad on matchday 20, while there’s also the potential for a really entertaining clash between Real Betis and Villarreal. Over at the Santiago Bernabeu, Real Madrid play their first league game under Alvaro Arbeloa.
Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 20. 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 20
Friday 16th January 2026
21:00 – Espanyol vs Girona
Espanyol predicted lineup
Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Calero, El Hilali – Exposito, Gonzalez de Zarate, Lozano – Milla, R. Fernandez, Dolan (4-3-3)
Girona predicted lineup
Gazzaniga – Moreno, Blind, Reis, Rincon – Martin, A. Martinez, Lemar – Gil, Vanat, Tsygankov (4-3-3)
Saturday 17th January 2026
14:00 – Real Madrid vs Levante
Real Madrid predicted lineup
Courtois – Carreras, Huijsen, Asencio, Valverde – Camavinga, Tchouameni – Vinicius, Bellingham, Mastantuono – G. Garcia (4-2-3-1)
Levante predicted lineup
Ryan – Pampin, Moreno, De la Fuente, Toljan – P. Martinez, Arriaga – Losada, C. Alvarez, Tunde – Romero (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Mallorca vs Athletic Club
Mallorca predicted lineup
Roman – Mojica, Raillo, Valjent, Morey – S. Costa, Mascarell – Virgili, Darder, Asano – Muriqi (4-2-3-1)
Athletic Club predicted lineup
Simon – Yuri, Vivian, Paredes, Areso – Rego, Ruiz de Galarreta – N. Williams, Sancet, I. Williams – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Osasuna vs Real Oviedo
Osasuna predicted lineup
Herrera – Galan, Catena, Boyomo, Rosier – M. Gomez, Torro – Ruben Garcia, Oroz, Muñoz – Budimir (4-2-3-1)
Real Oviedo predicted lineup
Escandell – Alhassane, Calvo, Costas, Ahijado – Colombatto, Sibo – Chaira, Reina, Hassan – Viñas (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Real Betis vs Villarreal
Real Betis predicted lineup
Valles – Gomez, Bartra, Llorente, Ruibal – Roca, Fornals – Riquelme, Lo Celso, Antony – Bakambu (4-2-3-1)
Villarreal predicted lineup
Junior – Cardona, Veiga, Foyth, Mouriño – Moleiro, Comesaña, Partey, Buchanan – G. Moreno, Mikautadze (4-4-2)
Sunday 18th January 2026
14:00 – Getafe vs Valencia
Getafe predicted lineup
Soria – Rico, Djene, Duarte, Iglesias, Femenia – Martin, Arambarri, Milla – Liso, Juanmi (5-3-2)
Valencia predicted lineup
Dimitrievski – Gaya, Copete, Tarrega, Foulquier – Pepelu, Ugrinic – Danjuma, Beltran, Rioja – Duro (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Atletico Madrid vs Alaves
Atletico Madrid predicted lineup
Oblak – Ruggeri, Hancko, Pubill, Llorente – Baena, Barrios, Koke, Simeone – Sorloth, Alvarez (4-4-2)
Alaves predicted lineup
Sivera – Parada, Pacheco, Tenaglia, Jonny – Ibañez, Blanco – Aleña, Guridi, Vicente – T. Martinez (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Celta Vigo vs Rayo Vallecano
Celta Vigo predicted lineup
Radu – Alonso, Starfelt, J. Rodriguez – Mingueza, Moriba, Roman, Carreira – Zaragoza, Duran – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)
Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup
Batalla – Chavarria, Mendy, Lejeune, Balliu – Diaz, Gumbau – A. Garcia, Palazon, De Frutos – Alemao (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Real Sociedad vs Barcelona
Real Sociedad predicted lineup
Remiro – Gomez, Martin, Caleta-Car, Aramburu – Soler, Turrientes – Guedes, B. Mendez, Kubo – Oyarzabal (4-2-3-1)
Barcelona predicted lineup
J. Garcia – Balde, E. Garcia, Cubarsi, Kounde – Pedri, De Jong – Raphinha, Fermin, Yamal – Lewandowski (4-2-3-1)
Monday 19th January 2026
21:00 – Elche vs Sevilla
Elche predicted lineup
Peña – Petrot, Affengruber, Chust – Valera, Febas, Aguado, Neto, Nuñez – Diangana, A. Rodriguez (3-5-2)
Sevilla predicted lineup
Vlachodimos – Salas, Nianzou, Carmona – Oso, Agoume, Mendy, Sow, Juanlu – Peque, Romero (3-5-2)
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.