Barcelona will visit Real Sociedad on matchday 20, and there is also the possibility of an exciting clash between Real Betis and Villarreal. Over at the Santiago Bernabeu, Real Madrid play their first league game under Alvaro Arbeloa.
Here is our LaLiga predicted schedule for matchday 20. All kick-off times are based on Spanish local time. Players in bold they are those considered to have a very high probability of starting (80% or more).
LaLiga predicted qualifiers – Matchday 20
Friday 16th January 2026
21:00 – Espanyol vs Girona
Espanyol predicted the schedule
Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Calero, El Hilali – Exposito, Gonzalez de ZarateLozano – Stand upR. Fernandez, Dolan (4-3-3)
Girona predicted the plan
Gazzaniga – Moreno, The blind, ReisRincon – Martin, A. Martinez, Lemar – Gil, Vanat, Tsygankov (4-3-3)
Saturday 17th January 2026
14:00 – Real Madrid vs Levante
Real Madrid predicted qualification
Courtois – The CarrerasHuijsen, Asencio, Valverde – Camavinga, Tchouameni – Vinicius, BellinghamMastantuono – G. Garcia (4-2-3-1)
Levante predicted the program
Ryan – Pampin, Moreno, De la Fuente, Toljan – P. Martinez, Arriaga – Losada, C. AlvarezTunde – Romero (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Mallorca vs Athletic Club
Mallorca predicted the program
Roman – MojicaRailo, The Valjent, Morey – S. Costa, Mascarella – VirgilDarder, Asano – Muriqi (4-2-3-1)
The Athletic Club predicted the qualifiers
Simon – Yuri, Vivian, ParedesAreso – Rego, Ruiz de Galarreta – N. Williams, Sancet, I. Williams – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Osasuna vs Real Oviedo
Osasuna predicted the plan
Herrera – Galan, CatenaBoyomo, Rosier – M. Gomez, Torro – Ruben Garcia, Oroz, Muñoz – Budimir (4-2-3-1)
Real Oviedo predicted the schedule
Escandell – AlhassaneCalvo, The CostasAhijado – ColombattoWe are – ChairReina, Hassan – Viñas (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Real Betis vs Villarreal
Real Betis predicted the schedule
Valles – Gomez, Bartra, Llorente, Ruibal – Roca, Fornals – Riquelme, Lo Celso, Anthony – Bakambu (4-2-3-1)
Villarreal predicted the plan
Junior – Cardona, Veiga, Foyth, Mourinho – Moleiro, ComesañaPartey, Buchanan – G. Moreno, Mikautadze (4-4-2)
Sunday 18 January 2026
14:00 – Getafe vs Valencia
Getafe predicted the plan
Soria – Rico, DjeneDuarte, The Iglesias, Femenia – Martin, The Arambarri, Stand up – Liso, Juanmi (5-3-2)
Valencia predicted the plan
Dimitrievski – Grind, Copete, Tarrega, Foulquier – PepperUgrinic – Danjuma, Beltran, Rioja – Duro (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Atletico Madrid vs Alaves
Atletico Madrid predicted qualification
Oblak – Ruggeri, HanckoPublic, Llorente – They have, Barrioseverything, Simeone – Sorry, Alvarez (4-4-2)
Alaves predicted the program
Severa – Parade, Pacheco, Tenaglia, Jonny – Ibanez, Blanco – Aleña, Guridi, Vicente – T. Martinez (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Celta Vigo vs Rayo Vallecano
Celta Vigo predicted the program
Radu – Alonso, A starJ. Rodriguez – Mingueza, Moriba, RomanCarreira – Zaragoza, Duran – The Iglesias (3-4-2-1)
Rayo Vallecano predicted the program
Batalla – Chavarria, Mendy, The Lejeune, Balliu – Diaz, Gumbau – A. Garcia, Palazon, De Frutos – Alemao (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Real Sociedad vs Barcelona
Real Sociedad predicted the schedule
Remiro – Gómez, MartinCaleta-Car, Aramburu – SolerTurientes – Guedes, B. Mendez, To them – Oyarzabal (4-2-3-1)
Barcelona predicted qualification
J. Garcia – Balde, E. GarciaCubans, Kounde – PeterDe Jong – RaphFermin, Yamal – Lewandowski (4-2-3-1)
Monday 19 January 2026
21:00 – Elche vs Sevilla
Elche predicted the plan
Pena – Petrot, Affengruber, Chust – Valera, Phoebe, AguadoNeto, Núñez – Diangana, A. Rodriguez (3-5-2)
Sevilla predicted the plan
Vlachodimos – Salas, Nianzou, Carmona – Oso, Agoume, Mendy, SowJuanlu – Peque, Romero (3-5-2)
Mark is a freelance football writer based in Madrid, and editor of LaLigaExpert.com. He has been linking LaLiga and European football since 2014.
