LaLiga matchday 7 predictions: the Madrid derby, Sevilla v Barcelona and every fixture

Matchday seven of LaLiga runs from Friday 18 to Sunday 20 September, before the break. Barcelona have 18 points out of 18 and 28 goals after the 7-2 against Racing; Real Madrid have 15, Atlético and Sevilla 13. On Saturday Barcelona go to Sevilla, and on Sunday the Madrid derby is at the Metropolitano.

Wednesday's Levante against Athletic Club was called off minutes before kick-off because of a storm that flooded the pitch and dressing rooms, and will be replayed on a date still to be set. Valencia, bottom after five rounds, sacked Corberán and won their first game under interim coach Óscar Sánchez.

On matchday five our calls came in 8 times out of 9.

The top of the table

• Barcelona, 18 points

• Real Madrid, 15 points

• Atlético Madrid, 13 points

• Sevilla, 13 points

• Real Betis, 12 points

• Alavés, 10 points

Matchday six closes tonight

• 18:00 UK time, Real Betis v Getafe. Here our call is under 4.5 goals, confidence 8 out of 10.

• 20:30 UK time, Malaga v Villarreal. Here our call is under 4.5 goals, confidence 7 out of 10.

Every game, with team news and predicted line-ups

Friday 18 September

20:00, Espanyol-Elche. Espanyol: 7 points; Elche: 2 points.

Team news. Espanyol: out Omar El Hilali (suspended) and Jofre Carreras (groin injury). Elche: out Adam Boayar (muscle injury).

Predicted line-ups. Espanyol (4-4-2): Marko Dmitrović, Quilindschy Hartman, Clemens Riedel, Leandro Cabrera, Roger Hinojo, Javier Hernández, Gabriel Moscardo, Urko González, Álex Calatrava, Roberto Fernández, Rafael Bauzà. Elche (4-5-1): Matías Dituro, Buba Sangaré, Federico Redondo, Víctor Chust, Roy Revivo, Germán Valera, Martim Neto, Marc Aguado, Gonzalo Villar, Tete Morente, Abiel Osorio.

Here our call is under 4.5 goals, confidence 7 out of 10.

Saturday 19 September

13:00, Osasuna-Rayo Vallecano. Osasuna: 7 points; Rayo Vallecano: 7 points.

Team news. Osasuna: out Aimar Oroz (hamstring injury), Jorge Herrando (muscle injury) and Moi Gómez (muscle injury). Rayo Vallecano: out Augusto Batalla (broken leg), Jozhua Vertrouwd (hamstring injury), Luiz Felipe (hamstring injury) and Randy Nteka (muscle injury).

Predicted line-ups. Osasuna (5-4-1): Aitor Fernández, Iñigo Arguibide, Rockson Yeboah, Enzo Boyomo, Unai Santos, Abel Bretones, Jonathan Dubasin, Lucas Torró, Asier Osambela, Raúl Moro, Raúl García de Haro. Rayo Vallecano (4-3-3): Emil Audero, Andrei Rațiu, Florian Lejeune, Mujaid Sadick, Adrià Pedrosa, Pathé Ismaël Ciss, Pedro Díaz, Unai López, Giorgi Tsitaishvili, Sergio Camello, Álvaro García.

Here our call is under 4.5 goals, confidence 6 out of 10.

15:15, Athletic Club-Alavés. Athletic Club: 7 points; Alavés: 10 points.

Team news. Athletic Club: out Peio Canales (calf injury). Alavés: out Aitor Mañas (head injury), Facundo Garcés (cruciate ligament injury) and Mikel Rodriguez (cruciate ligament injury).

Predicted line-ups. Athletic Club (4-2-3-1): Unai Simón, Johaneko Louis Jean, Aitor Paredes, Aymeric Laporte, Yuri Berchiche, Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta, Mikel Jauregizar, Robert Navarro, Oihan Sancet, Álex Berenguer, Maroan Sannadi. Alavés (3-5-2): Antonio Sivera, Nahuel Tenaglia, Ville Koski, Nicolás Valentini, Ángel Pérez, Pablo Ibáñez, Antonio Blanco, Denis Suárez, Abderrahman Rebbach, Lucas Boyé, Toni Martínez.

Here our call is under 4.5 goals, confidence 7 out of 10.

17:30, Celta Vigo-Racing Santander. Celta Vigo: 4 points; Racing Santander: 7 points.

Team news. Celta Vigo: out Andrés Antañón (ankle injury) and Iago Aspas (thigh injury); doubtful Jones El-Abdellaoui (fitness concern). Racing Santander: out Andrés Martín (knee injury), Pedro Felipe (muscle injury) and Simon Eriksson (shoulder injury).

Predicted line-ups. Celta Vigo (3-4-3): Ionuț Radu, Sebastián Cáceres, Yoel Lago, Marcos Alonso, Javier Rueda, Miguel Román, Ilaix Moriba, Sergio Carreira, Hugo González, Ferrán Jutglà, Hugo Álvarez. Racing Santander (4-1-3-2): Julen Agirrezabala, Manu Hernando, Pablo Ramón, Facundo González, Aarón Martín, Matteo Prati, Sergio Canales, Maguette Gueye, Íñigo Sáinz-Maza, Asier Villalibre, Juan Carlos Arana.

Here our call is over 1.5 goals, confidence 6 out of 10.

20:00, Sevilla-Barcelona. Sevilla: 13 points; Barcelona: 18 points.

Team news. Sevilla: out Rubén Vargas (knee injury). Barcelona: out Frenkie de Jong (meniscus injury) and Roony Bardghji (cruciate ligament injury); doubtful Joan García (hurt against Racing, no medical update).

Predicted line-ups. Sevilla (4-4-2): Odysseas Vlachodimos, Juan Iglesias, Andrés Castrin, Kike Salas, Gabriel Suazo, Miguel Sierra, Lucien Agoumé, Youssouf Fofana, Félix Correia, Jon Guridi, Lucas Stassin. Barcelona (4-2-3-1): Wojciech Szczęsny, Eric García, Andreas Christensen, Gerard Martín, João Cancelo, Pedri, Dani Olmo, Lamine Yamal, Rodri, Karim Adeyemi, Raphinha.

Here our call is the home side not to win, confidence 8 out of 10.

Sunday 20 September

13:00, Getafe-Malaga. Getafe: 5 points; Malaga: 3 points.

Team news. Getafe: out Abdel Abqar (muscle injury), Christantus Uche (cruciate ligament injury), Juanmi (knee injury) and Kiko Femenía (hamstring injury); doubtful Andrés García (fitness concern). Malaga: out Aarón Ochoa (meniscus injury), Diego Murillo (cruciate ligament injury), Fernando Calero (broken rib), Jens-Lys Cajuste (muscle injury) and Julen Lobete (cruciate ligament injury); doubtful Adam Aznou (stomach problem).

Here our call is under 3.5 goals, confidence 6 out of 10.

15:15, Atlético Madrid-Real Madrid. Atlético Madrid: 13 points; Real Madrid: 15 points.

Team news. Atlético Madrid: out Pablo Barrios (muscle injury) and Sørloth (injured); major doubts Julián Alvarez (quadriceps overload). Real Madrid: out Rodrygo (ACL injury), Éder Militão (thigh injury) and Ferland Mendy (long-term injury).

Predicted line-ups. Atlético Madrid (4-4-2): Jan Oblak, Marcos Llorente, Cristian Romero, Robin Le Normand, Alejandro Grimaldo, Kang-in Lee, Koke, Johnny Cardoso, Alex Baena, Jonathan David, Ademola Lookman. Real Madrid (4-2-3-1): Thibaut Courtois, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konaté, Dean Huijsen, Marc Cucurella, Federico Valverde, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Yan Diomande, Jude Bellingham, Vinícius Júnior, Kylian Mbappé.

Here our call is under 4.5 goals, confidence 6 out of 10.

17:30, Villarreal-Levante. Villarreal: 2 points; Levante: 5 points.

Team news. Villarreal: out Juan Foyth (muscle injury). Levante: out Etta Eyong (thigh injury) and Hugo Sotelo (knee sprain).

Here our call is the home side to score, confidence 7 out of 10.

17:30, Deportivo La Coruña-Real Betis. Deportivo La Coruña: 9 points; Real Betis: 12 points.

Team news. Deportivo La Coruña: out Angeliño (suspended). Real Betis: out Aitor Ruibal (meniscus injury).

Here our call is over 1.5 goals, confidence 6 out of 10.

20:00, Valencia-Real Sociedad. Valencia: 4 points; Real Sociedad: 7 points.

Team news. Valencia: out César Tárrega (hamstring injury), Mouctar Diakhaby (hamstring injury) and Umar Sadiq (hamstring injury). Real Sociedad: out Igor Zubeldia (muscle injury) and Álvaro Odriozola (cruciate ligament injury).

Predicted line-ups. Valencia (4-4-2): Stole Dimitrievski, Pablo Maffeo, Pepelu, Justin De Haas, José Luis Gayà, Filip Ugrinić, Aaron Mayol, Guido Rodríguez, Arnaut Danjuma, Javier Guerra, Hugo Duro. Real Sociedad (4-2-3-1): Álex Remiro, Jon Aramburu, Luken Beitia, Mamadou Sarr, Sergio Gómez, Yangel Herrera, Carlos Soler, Ander Barrenetxea, Luka Sučić, Gonçalo Guedes, Mikel Oyarzabal.

Here our call is under 4.5 goals, confidence 6 out of 10.

Line-ups are predicted and team news is as known on Thursday: official teams arrive an hour before each game.

Every game with our calls is on the LaLiga page. The record of settled calls is in the results history, and the individual ones are in player predictions.