By OkayGoal 
Spain’s big three all have favourable home fixtures this weekend as they juggle their respective Champions League commitments. Rotation is expected from leaders Barcelona as they take on Sevilla, hoping to maintain their four-point advantage on Real Madrid, who welcome Elche to the Santiago Bernabeu.
Here are our LaLiga predicted lineups for matchday 28. 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 28
Friday 13th March 2026
21:00 – Alaves vs Villarreal
Alaves predicted lineup
Sivera – Youssef, Parada, Tenaglia, Jonny – Aleña, Blanco, Guridi, Perez – Boye, Martinez (4-4-2)
Villarreal predicted lineup
Junior – Cardona, Marin, Navarro, Mouriño – Moleiro, Gueye, Comesaña, Buchanan – Pepe, Mikautadze (4-4-2)
Saturday 14th March 2026
14:00 – Girona vs Athletic Club
Girona predicted lineup
Gazzaniga – A. Martinez, Blind, Reis, Rincon – Beltran, Witsel – Echeverri, Lemar, Tsygankov – Vanat (4-2-3-1)
Athletic Club predicted lineup
Simon – Yuri, Laporte, Vivian, Gorosabel – Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta – Berenguer, Sancet, I. Williams – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Atletico Madrid vs Getafe
Atletico Madrid predicted lineup
Oblak – Diaz, Lenglet, Gimenez, Molina – Koke, Vargas – Baena, Almada, N. Gonzalez – Sorloth (4-2-3-1)
Getafe predicted lineup
Soria – Iglesias, Romero, Duarte, Abqar, Femenia – Djene, Arambarri, Milla – Vazquez, Satriano (5-3-2)
18:30 – Real Oviedo vs Valencia
Real Oviedo predicted lineup
Escandell – J. Lopez, Carmo, Bailly, Vidal – Colombatto, Sibo – Chaira, Reina, Thiago – Viñas (4-2-3-1)
Valencia predicted lineup
Dimitrievski – Gaya, Comert, Nuñez, Correia – G. Rodriguez, Ugrinic – Ramazani, Guerra, Rioja – Sadiq (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Real Madrid vs Elche
Real Madrid predicted lineup
Courtois – F. Garcia, Huijsen, Asencio, Carvajal – Camavinga, Pitarch, Valverde, Guler – Vinicius, G. Garcia (4-4-2)
Elche predicted lineup
Dituro – Petrot, Affengruber, Chust – Valera, Neto, Aguado, Febas, Sangare – A. Silva, Mir (3-5-2)
Sunday 15th March 2026
14:00 – Mallorca vs Espanyol
Mallorca predicted lineup
Roman – Mojica, Lopez, Valjent, Maffeo – Mascarell – Morlanes, Costa – Torre – Muriqi, Joseph (4-1-2-1-2)
Espanyol predicted lineup
Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Riedel, El Hilali – Lozano, Gonzalez de Zarate – Dolan, Terrats, Ngonge – K. Garcia (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Barcelona vs Sevilla
Barcelona predicted lineup
J. Garcia – Cancelo, Martin, Cubarsi, Espart – Pedri, Casado – Rashford, Olmo, Bardghji – Ferran (4-2-3-1)
Sevilla predicted lineup
Vlachodimos – Castrin, Gudelj, Nianzou – Oso, Agoume, Sow, Juanlu, Azpilicueta – Romero, Adams (3-5-2)
18:30 – Real Betis vs Celta Vigo
Real Betis predicted lineup
Valles – V. Gomez, Natan, Llorente, Ruibal – Fidalgo, Fornals, Deossa – Ez, Bakambu, Antony (4-3-3)
Celta Vigo predicted lineup
Radu – Alonso, Starfelt, M. Fernandez – Mingueza, Moriba, Sotelo, Carreira – Alvarez, Jutgla – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)
21:00 – Real Sociedad vs Osasuna
Real Sociedad predicted lineup
Remiro – Gomez, Martin, Zubeldia, Aramburu – Turrientes, Herrera – Barrenetxea, Soler, Guedes – Oyarzabal (4-2-3-1)
Osasuna predicted lineup
Herrera – Galan, Catena, Boyomo, Rosier – Torro, Moncayola – V. Muñoz, Oroz, Moro – Budimir (4-2-3-1)
Monday 16th March 2026
21:00 – Rayo Vallecano vs Levante
Rayo Vallecano predicted lineup
Batalla – Espino, Mendy, Lejeune, Ratiu – Gumbau, Valentin – F. Perez, Palazon, Akhomach – De Frutos (4-2-3-1)
Levante predicted lineup
Ryan – M. Sanchez, Moreno, Matturro, Toljan – Cortes, Rey, Arriaga, V. Garcia – Romero, Espi (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.