It’s the last weekend of LaLiga in 2025. All 20 teams will be playing over the next few days. The highlight of the match is the top three playoff match at the Estadio de la Ceramica between Villarreal and Barcelona.
Here is our predicted LaLiga schedule for matchday 17. All launch 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 how to play – Matchday 17
Friday 19th December 2025
21:00 – Valencia vs Mallorca
Valencia predicted the plan
Agirrezabala – Grind, Copete, TarregaCorreia – D. Lopez, PepperUgrinic, Rioja – Beltran, Duro (4-4-2)
Mallorca predicted the program
Roman – Mojica, Raillo, The Valjent, Maffeo – S. Costamorlanes – Virgil, DarderJoseph – Muriqi (4-2-3-1)
Saturday 20th December 2025
14:00 – Real Oviedo vs Celta Vigo
Real Oviedo predicted the schedule
Escandell – J. Lopez, Calvo, Costas, Ahijado – Colombatto, Dendoncker – Chaira, Cazorla, Hassan – Viñas (4-2-3-1)
Celta Vigo predicted the program
Radu – Alonso, A starM. Fernandez – Carreira, Roman, Beltran, Rueda – Zaragoza, Swedberg – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)
16:15 – Levante vs Real Sociedad
Levante predicted the program
Ryan – M. SanchezMoreno, De la Fuente, Toljan – P. Martinez, Vencedor, Arriaga, C. Alvarez – Espi, Romero (4-4-2)
Real Sociedad predicted the schedule
Remiro – Gómez, Martin, ZubeldiaOdriozola – Soler, GorrotxategiB. Mendez – Zakharyan, Guedes, Kubo (4-3-3)
18:30 – Osasuna vs Alaves
Osasuna predicted the plan
Herrera – The Bretons, Catena, Herrando, Rosier – Moncayola, Torro – Ruben Garcia, Oroz, V. Muñoz – Budimir (4-2-3-1)
Alaves predicted the program
Severa – Parade, Pacheco, TenagliaJonny – Ibañez, Blanco – Rebbach, D. Suarez, Vicente – T. Martinez (4-1-3-2)
21:00 – Real Madrid vs Sevilla
Real Madrid predicted qualification
Courtois – F, Garcia, Huijsen, Rudiger, Valverde – Guler, Tchouameni – Vinicius, BellinghamRodrigo – Mbappe (4-2-3-1)
Sevilla predicted the plan
Vlachodimos – Suazo, Gudelj, Castrin, Cardoso, Carmona – Agoume, MendySow – Alexis, Romero (5-3-2)
Sunday 21 December 2025
14:00 – Girona vs Atletico Madrid
Girona predicted the plan
Gazzaniga – Moreno, The blind, Reis, A. Martinez – Martin, Witsel, Lemar – Gil, Vanat, Tsygankov (4-3-3)
Atletico Madrid predicted qualification
Oblak – Ruggeri, HanckoLe Normand, Pubill – N. Gonzalez, Barrios, Everything, Simeone – Sorry, Alvarez (4-4-2)
16:15 – Villarreal vs Barcelona
Villarreal predicted the plan
Junior – Pedraza, VeigaMarin, Navarro – Moleiro, ComesañaParejo, Buchanan – A. Perez, Oluwaseyi (4-4-2)
Barcelona predicted qualification
J. Garcia – BaldeMartin, Cubans, Kounde – Peter, E. Garcia – Ferran, Raph, Yamal – Lewandowski (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Elche vs Rayo Vallecano
Elche predicted the plan
Pena -Bigass, AffengruberChust – Valera, PhoebeAguado, NúñezFort – MirA. Rodriguez (3-5-2)
Rayo Vallecano predicted the program
Batalla – Chavarria, Mendy, The Lejeune, Ratiu – ValentineU. Lopez – A. GarciaDiaz, The Palazon – Camello (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Real Betis vs Getafe
Real Betis predicted the schedule
Valles-Rodriguez, Nathan, BartraRuibal – Roca, Fornals – Riquelme, Lo Celso, Anthony – C. Hernandez (4-2-3-1)
Getafe predicted the plan
Soria -Nyom, Djene, Duarte, The IglesiasFemenia – Martin, The Arambarri, Stand up – Liso, Mayor (5-3-2)
Monday 22nd December 2025
21:00 – Athletic Club vs Espanyol
The Athletic Club predicted the qualifiers
Simon – Boiro, Lekue, ParedesAreso – Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta – N. Williams, Sancet, I. Williams – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)
Espanyol predicted the schedule
Dmitrovic – Romero, Cabrera, Calero, El Hilali – Stand up, Exposito, Gonzalez de ZarateDolan – R. Fernandez, K. Garcia (4-4-2)
Mark is a freelance football writer based in Madrid, and editor of LaLigaExpert.com. He has been linking LaLiga and European football since 2014.
