By OkayGoal 
The Spanish title race is heating up, with only 15 matches to go after this weekend. Barcelona are at home to Mallorca on Saturday, while Real Madrid travel to Mestalla on Sunday.
Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 23. 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 23
Friday 6th February 2026
21:00 – Celta Vigo vs Osasuna
Celta Vigo predicted lineup
Radu – Alonso, Starfelt, J. Rodriguez – Mingueza, Moriba, Roman, Rueda – Fer Lopez, Swedberg – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)
Osasuna predicted lineup
Herrera – Galan, Catena, Boyomo, Rosier – I. Muñoz, M. Gomez – Ruben Garcia, Oroz, V. Muñoz – Budimir (4-2-3-1)
Saturday 7th February 2026
14:00 – Rayo Vallecano vs Real Oviedo
Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup
Batalla – Espino, Mendy, Lejeune, Ratiu – Gumbau, Valentin – A. Garcia, Palazon, Akhomach – De Frutos (4-2-3-1)
Real Oviedo predicted lineup
Escandell – J. Lopez, Carmo, Costas, Vidal – Colombatto, Sibo – Chaira, Reina, Hassan – Viñas (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Barcelona vs Mallorca
Barcelona predicted lineup
J. Garcia – Balde, Martin, Cubarsi, Kounde – Casado, De Jong – Rashford, Fermin, Yamal – Ferran (4-2-3-1)
Mallorca predicted lineup
Roman – Mojica, Raillo, Valjent, Maffeo, Morey – Mascarell, Costa, Darder – Virgili, Muriqi (5-3-2)
18:30 – Sevilla vs Girona
Sevilla predicted lineup
Vlachodimos – Salas, Gudelj, Azpilicueta – Suazo, Batista, Agoume, Sow, Carmona – Maupay, Adams (3-5-2)
Girona predicted lineup
Gazzaniga – Blind, Reis, A. Martinez, Rincon – Martin, Witsel, Lemar – Gil, Vanat, Tsygankov (4-3-3)
21:00 – Real Sociedad vs Elche
Real Sociedad predicted lineup
Remiro – Gomez, Zubeldia, Martin, Aramburu – Gorrotxategi, Soler – Wesley, Sucic, Guedes – Oyarzabal (4-2-3-1)
Elche predicted lineup
Peña – Petrot, Affengruber, Chust – Valera, Neto, Villar, Febas, Pedrosa – A. Silva, A. Rodriguez (3-5-2)
Sunday 8th February 2026
14:00 – Alaves vs Getafe
Alaves predicted lineup
Sivera – Jonny, Pacheco, Garces, Tenaglia – Aleña, Ibañez, Blanco, Calebe – T. Martinez, Boye (4-4-2)
Getafe predicted lineup
Soria – Iglesias, Romero, Djene, Duarte, Femenia – Martin, Arambarri, Milla – Vazquez, Satriano (5-3-2)
16:15 – Athletic Club vs Levante
Athletic Club predicted lineup
Simon – Yuri, Laporte, Paredes, Areso – Rego, Ruiz de Galarreta – N. Williams, U. Gomez, I. Williams – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)
Levante predicted lineup
Ryan – Matturo, Moreno, De la Fuente, Toljan – P. Martinez, Raghouber – Romero, C. Alvarez, Tunde – Etta Eyong (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Atletico Madrid vs Real Betis
Atletico Madrid predicted lineup
Oblak – Hancko, Gimenez, Pubill, Llorente – Koke, Mendoza – N. Gonzalez, Almada, Simeone – Alvarez (4-2-3-1)
Real Betis predicted lineup
Valles – Rodriguez, Natan, Bartra, Ortiz – Roca, Altimira – Ez, Fornals, Antony – Avila (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Valencia vs Real Madrid
Valencia predicted lineup
Dimitrievski – Gaya, Copete, Tarrega, Foulquier – Ugrinic, Pepelu – Danjuma, Beltran, Rioja – Duro (4-2-3-1)
Real Madrid predicted lineup
Courtois – Camavinga, Huijsen, Asencio, Valverde – Tchouameni, Guler, Ceballos -Rodrygo, Mbappe, Mastantuono (4-3-3)
Monday 9th February 2026
21:00 – Villarreal vs Espanyol
Villarreal predicted lineup
Junior – Cardona, Veiga, Marin, Mouriño – Moleiro, Gueye, Parejo, Buchanan – G. Moreno, Mikautadze (4-4-2)
Espanyol predicted lineup
Dmitrovic – Salinas, Cabrera, Calero, R. Sanchez – Lozano, Gonzalez de Zarate – Milla, Exposito, Ngonge – R. Fernandez (4-2-3-1)
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.