After a busy week of European action, Spain’s top clubs return to domestic affairs this weekend. The Basque derby takes place on Sunday, as Athletic Club take on Real Sociedad in San Mames.
Here is our LaLiga predicted schedule for matchday 22. All kicks 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 22
Friday 30 January 2026
21:00 – Espanyol vs Alaves
Espanyol predicted the schedule
Dmitrovic – Romero, CabreraCalero, El Hilali – Terrats, Exposito, Gonzalez de ZarateDolan – K. Garcia, R. Fernandez (4-4-2)
Alaves predicted the program
Severa – Castro, PachecoBenavidez, Jonny – Alena, Ibanez, BlancoCaleb – T. Martinez, Boy (4-4-2)
Saturday 31 January 2026
14:00 – Real Oviedo vs Girona
Real Oviedo predicted the schedule
Escandell – J. Lopez, CarmoCostas, Vidal – Colombatto, We are – ChairReina, Hassan – Viñas (4-2-3-1)
Girona predicted the plan
Ter Stegen – Moreno, The blind, Reis, A. Martinez – MartinWitsel, Lemar – Gil, Vanat, Tsygankov (4-3-3)
16:15 – Osasuna vs Villarreal
Osasuna predicted the plan
Herrera – Galan, CatenaBoyomo, Rosier – Moncayola, Torro – Ruben Garcia, M. Gomez, Muñoz – Budimir (4-2-3-1)
Villarreal predicted the plan
Junior – Pedraza, VeigaMarin, Mourinho – Moleiro, GeeParejo, Buchanan – G. MorenoSister Mikauta (4-4-2)
18:30 – Levante vs Atletico Madrid
Levante predicted the program
Ryan – M. SanchezMaturo, De la Fuente, Toljan – P. MartinezRaghouber – Losada, C. Alvarez, Romero – Etta Eyong (4-2-3-1)
Atletico Madrid predicted qualification
Oblak – Ruggeri, Hancko, Pubill, Llorente – Almada, BarriosCardoso, Simeone – Sorloth, Alvarez (4-4-2)
21:00 – Elche vs Barcelona
Elche predicted the plan
Pena – Petrot, AffengruberChust – Valera, The net, AguadoMendoza, Pedrosa – Diangana, A. Rodriguez (3-5-2)
Barcelona predicted qualification
J. Garcia – Balde, Martin, Cubans, Kounde – E. Garcia, De Jong – RaphFermin, Yamal – Ferran (4-2-3-1)
Sunday 1st February 2026
14:00 – Real Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano
Real Madrid predicted qualification
Courtois – The Carreras, Huijsen, Asencio, Valverde – Tchouameni, Guler – Vinicius, BellinghamRodrigo – Mbappe (4-2-3-1)
Rayo Vallecano predicted the program
Batalla – ChavarriaMendy, The Lejeune, Balliu – CissU. Lopez – A. GarciaPalazon, Akhomach – De Frutos (4-2-3-1)
16:15 – Real Betis vs Valencia
Real Betis predicted the schedule
Valles-Rodriguez, Llorente, BartraRuibal – RocaAltimira – Ez, Fornals, Anthony – Bakambu (4-2-3-1)
Valencia predicted the plan
Dimitrievski – Grind, Copete, Comert, Foulquier – Pepper, Ugrinic – Thank youBeltran, Rioja – Wait (4-2-3-1)
18:30 – Getafe vs Celta Vigo
Getafe predicted the plan
Soria – The Iglesias, RomeroDjene, Duarte, Femenia – Martin, The Arambarri, Stand up – Vazquez, Satriano (5-3-2)
Celta Vigo predicted the program
Radu – Dominguez, A starJ. Rodriguez – MinguzaMoriba, Sotelo, Carreira – ZaragozaSwedberg – Iglesias (3-4-2-1)
21:00 – Athletic Club vs Real Sociedad
The Athletic Club predicted the qualifiers
Simon – YuriLaporte, ParedesAreso – Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta – N. Williams, Navarro, Berenguer – Gruzeta (4-2-3-1)
Real Sociedad predicted the schedule
Remiro – Gómez, Zubeldia, Martin, Aramburu – Gorrotxategi, Turrientes – Barrenetxea, Soler, Guedes – Oyarzabal (4-2-3-1)
Monday 2 February 2026
21:00 – Mallorca vs Sevilla
Mallorca predicted the program
Roman – MojicaD. Lopez, The Valjent, Maffeo – S. Costa, Mascarella – Virgili, Darder, Joseph Muriqi (4-2-3-1)
Sevilla predicted the plan
Vlachodimos – HelloCastrin, Carmona – Suazoget ready, Agoume, Juanlu – Peque – Romero, Adams (3-4-1-2)
Mark is a freelance football writer based in Madrid, and editor of LaLigaExpert.com. He has been linking LaLiga and European football since 2014.
