Just one point separates the top two in LaLiga after Barcelona lost to Real Sociedad last weekend. This time, it is Real Madrid who have a tough game, as they will play Villarreal in third place on Saturday night.
Here is our LaLiga predicted schedule for matchday 21. 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 21
Friday 23 January 2026
21:00 – Levante vs Elche
Levante predicted the program
Ryan – M. Sanchez, Moreno, De la Fuente, Toljan – P. MartinezArriaga – Losada, C. Alvarez, Romero – Etta Eyong (4-2-3-1)
Elche predicted the plan
Peña – Pedrosa, Petrot, AffengruberJosan – Neto, Phoebe, Aguado, Valera – Diangana, A. Rodriguez (4-4-2)
Saturday 24th January 2026
14:00 – Rayo Vallecano vs Osasuna
Rayo Vallecano predicted the program
Batalla – ChavarriaCiss, The Lejeune, Espino – Gumbau, Valentin – Martin, Palazon, A. Garcia – De Frutos (4-2-3-1)
Osasuna predicted the plan
Herrera – Galan, Herrando, Boyomo, Rosier – Moncayola, Torro – Ruben Garcia, Oroz, Muñoz – Budimir (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Valencia vs Espanyol
Valencia predicted the plan
Dimitrievski – Vazquez, CopeteComet, Foulquier – PepperUgrinic – Danjuma, Almeida, Rioja – Duro (4-2-3-1)
Espanyol predicted the schedule
Dmitrovic – Romero, CabreraCalero, R. Sanchez – Exposito, Gonzalez de Zarate, Lozano – Stand upK. Garcia, Dolan (4-3-3)
18:30 – Sevilla vs Athletic Club
Sevilla predicted the plan
Vlachodimos – Oso, Salas, Gudelj, Carmona – Suazo, Agoume, SowJuanlu – AdamsRomero (4-4-2)
The Athletic Club predicted the qualifiers
Simon – Yuri, VivianParedes, Areso – Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta – N. Williams, Sancet, Navarro – Berenguer (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Villarreal vs Real Madrid
Villarreal predicted the plan
Junior – Pedraza, Veiga, Foyth, Navarro – MoleiroGueye, Parejo, Buchanan – G. Moreno, Sister Mikauta (4-4-2)
Real Madrid predicted qualification
Courtois – The CarrerasHuijsen, Asencio, Carvajal – Camavinga, Valverde – Vinicius, BellinghamMastantuono – Mbappe (4-2-3-1)
Sunday 25th January 2026
14:00 – Atletico Madrid vs Mallorca
Atletico Madrid predicted qualification
Oblak – Ruggeri, HanckoPublic, Llorente – Baena, Barrios, Cardoso, Simeone – Sorloth, Alvarez (4-4-2)
Mallorca predicted the program
Roman –Mojica, Raillo, The Valjent, Maffeo – S. Costa, Mascarella – VirgilDarder, Joseph – Muriqi (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Barcelona vs Real Oviedo
Barcelona predicted qualification
J. Garcia – Balde, Martin, CubansFar away – Bernal, De Jong – Rashford, Olmo, Yamal – Lewandowski (4-2-3-1)
Real Oviedo predicted the schedule
Escandell – Alhassane, CarmoCostas, Ahijado – Colombatto, We are – Chair, ReinaHassan – Viñas (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Real Sociedad vs Celta Vigo
Real Sociedad predicted the schedule
Remiro – Gomez, Zubeldia, Martin, Aramburu – Sucic, The Turrientes – Barrenetxea, B. Mendez, Guedes – Oyarzabal (4-2-3-1)
Celta Vigo predicted the program
Radu – Alonso, A starM. Fernandez – Minguuza, MoribaSotelo, Carreira – ZaragozaAlvarez – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)
21:00 – Alaves vs Real Betis
Alaves predicted the program
Severa – Parade, Pacheco, Tenaglia, Jonny – Guevara, Blanco – Rebbach, D. Suarez, Vicente – Boye (4-2-3-1)
Real Betis predicted the schedule
Valles-Rodriguez, Nathan, BartraOrtiz – RocaAltimira – Ez, FornalsAntony – Bakambu (4-2-3-1)
Monday 26 January 2026
21:00 – Girona vs Getafe
Girona predicted the program
Gazzaniga – Moreno, The blind, ReisRincon – MartinBeltran, Lemar – Gil, Vanat, Tsygankov (4-3-3)
Getafe predicted the plan
Soria – Rico, DjeneDuarte, Boselli, Iglesias – Martin, The Arambarri, Stand up – EyeSatriano (5-3-2)
Mark is a freelance football writer based in Madrid, and editor of LaLigaExpert.com. He has been linking LaLiga and European football since 2014.
