La Liga 2025-2026: Getafe-Maiorca, the likely lineups.
Wednesday of great excitement for La Liga, with four matches of great weight for the standings of Spain’s top league. Barcelona, already champions after clinching the title against Real Madrid, visits a penultimate Alaves but dreaming of salvation with as many as five teams just two points ahead of it in the standings. Among them is Mallorca, which is expected to travel to the field of Getafe, which is still dreaming of the Europa League. Both matches will start at 9:30 p.m.
The fight not to be relegated has been the common thread in recent weeks of La Liga. Alaves, the footballing expression of the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, has experienced a razor’s edge finish to the season: just two days ago the Basques were hosting Athletic Bilbao in a derby that was crucial to break away from the red zone, while in the previous weeks they had inflicted a heavy defeat on Mallorca itself, beaten 2-1 in Mendizorrota in what had become a genuine direct clash for survival.
Mallorca, for its part, has experienced a similarly tormented path. Demichelis’ team, after losing on the field of Alavés paying for an overly fragile start to the second half, had then found a precious 1-0 success at home to Girona thanks to Samu Costa’s goal at 43′, a result that allowed the Rossoneri to breathe and to present themselves to this Wednesday with a few more points than their direct competitors.
In this salvation tussle is also involved Espanyol, which in recent weeks has picked up just one point in five games and has sunk into the group of third-last in the standings that includes, among others, Girona. The Catalans, who will face Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in the first advance of the day, are obliged to win in order not to slip further into the red zone, while the Basques, ninth on 44 points, aim to close the salvation discourse once and for all and keep their Conference League hopes alive.
Barcelona also comes to this challenge with a European journey behind them that is now over: the Blaugrana, eliminated from the Champions League, have focused on the league with great determination, building a lead that has led them to win the title. In the last league away match, the one at Osasuna, Flick had already chosen an experimental eleven compared to the last outings, with Gavi replacing De Jong in the midfield and Bardghji starting in the three-quarter. Wednesday night, as champions already crowned, the German coach seems intent on giving space against Alaves to some lesser-used elements, while maintaining a certainly competitive set-up.
The probable lineups
Getafe (5-3-2): Soria; Iglesias, Abqar, Duarte, Romero, Davinchi; Milla, Djene, Arambarri; Satriano, Vazquez. Coach: Bordalas.
Maiorca (4-3-1-2): Roman; Bauza, Valjent, Mascarell, Mojica; Darder, Torre, Morlanes; Virgili; Luvumbo, Muriqi. Coach: Demichelis.
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