It’s Madrid derby weekend in Spain. Atletico will be hoping to add more momentum to their rivals’ challenge at the Santiago Bernabeu.
There are also two big games down on Saturday, with Elche hosting Mallorca, and the 19th vs 20th in Valencia as Levante face Real Oviedo.
Here is our predicted LaLiga team for matchday 29. 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 qualifiers – Matchday 29
Friday 20 March 2026
21:00 – Villarreal vs Real Sociedad
Villarreal predicted the plan
Junior – Cardona, Veiga, Navarro, Mourinho – Moleiro, GeeComesaña, Pepe – G. Moreno, Sister Mikauta (4-4-2)
Real Sociedad predicted the schedule
Remiro – GomezZubeldia, Caleta-Car, Aramburu – Gorrotxategi, Soler – Barrenetxea, B. Mendez, Guedes – Oyarzabal (4-2-3-1)
Saturday 21 March 2026
14:00 – Elche vs Mallorca
Elche predicted the plan
Dituro – Bigas, Affengruber, Chust – ValeraDiangana, Aguado, PhoebeSangare – A. Rodriguez, Mir (3-5-2)
Mallorca predicted the program
Roman – That, Raillo, The Valjent, Maffeo – Mascarella – Morlanes, Costa – Torre – MuriqiJoseph (4-1-2-1-2)
16:15 – Espanyol vs Getafe
Espanyol predicted the schedule
Dmitrovic – Romero, CabreraRiedel, El Hilali – Lozano, Gonzalez de Zarate – Milla, Exposito, Dolan – K. Garcia (4-2-3-1)
Getafe predicted the plan
Soria – The Iglesias, Romero, Duarte, DjeneFemenia – Martin, The Arambarri, Stand up – Vazquez, Satriano (5-3-2)
18:30 – Levante vs Real Oviedo
Levante predicted the program
Ryan – M. SanchezMatturro, De la Fuente, Toljan – Tunde, Rey, Olasagasti, V. Garcia – Romero, Esp (4-4-2)
Real Oviedo predicted the schedule
Escandell – J. Lopez, The CostasBailey, Vidal – Fonseca, We are – Thiago, ReinaHassan – Viñas (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Osasuna vs Girona
Osasuna predicted the plan
Herrera – GalanBoyomo, Catena, Rosier – Toro, Moncayola – V. Muñoz, OrozRuben Garcia – Budimir (4-2-3-1)
Girona predicted the plan
Gazzaniga – A. Martinez, The blind, Reis, Rincon – Beltran, Witsel – Echeverri, Ounahi, Tsygankov – Vanat (4-2-3-1)
21:00 – Sevilla vs Valencia
Sevilla predicted the plan
Vlachodimos – Salas, Gudelj, Azpilicueta – Suazo, Agoume, SowJuanlu – Oso, Alexis – Adams (3-4-2-1)
Valencia predicted the plan
Dimitrievski – Grind, The Comet, NúñezCorreia – G. RodriguezGuerra – Ramazani, Beltran, D. Lopez – Duro (4-2-3-1)
Sunday 22 March 2026
14:00 – Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano
Barcelona predicted qualification
J. Garcia – Cancelo, Martin, CubansEspart – PeterBernal – Raphinha, Olmo, Yamal – Lewandowski (4-2-3-1)
Rayo Vallecano predicted the program
Batalla – Espino, Philip, The Lejeune, Balliu – U. Lopez, Valentin – A. Garcia, Diaz, Akhomach – De Frutos (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Celta Vigo vs Alaves
Celta Vigo predicted the program
Radu – Alonso, Starfelt, Nuñez – Minguuza, F. Lopez, Sotelo, Rueda – Aspas, Jutgla – The Iglesias (3-4-2-1)
Alaves predicted the program
Severa – Pacheco, Tenaglia, Jonny – Parada, Aleña, BlancoIbanez, Perez – BoyMartinez (3-5-2)
18:30 – Athletic Club vs Real Betis
The Athletic Club predicted the qualifiers
Simon – Yuri, Laporte, VivianAreso – JauregizarRuiz de Galarreta – Berenguer, Sancet, I. Williams – Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)
Real Betis predicted the schedule
Valles – Firpo, Natan, Llorente, Ruibal – Fidalgo, Fornals, Roca – Ez, C. Hernandez, Anthony (4-3-3)
21:00 – Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid
Real Madrid predicted qualification
Luna – Carreras, Huijsen, RudigerAlexander-Arnold – Pitarch, Tchouameni, ValverdeGuler – ViniciusMbappe (4-4-2)
Atletico Madrid predicted qualification
Musso – Ruggeri, HanckoPubill, Molina – Lookman, Cardoso, Llorente, Simeone – AlvarezSolothurn (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.
