The La Liga matchday brought notable activity in three monitored markets, with Alavés vs Villarreal leading the movements by registering a drop of nearly 10% on the home team line. The Barcelona, Real Madrid and Levante matches did not present available market data for analysis, but their respective absence lists merit recording. Overall, the market was more active in mixed division encounters and matchups with greater squad uncertainty.
Wed 26 19:00 UTC
Real Madrid: Rodrygo (injury - knee), Asencio (injury - muscle, defender), Mendy (injury - thigh), Militao (injury - hamstring, centre-back), Thiago Pitarch (injury - knee, midfielder).
Real Sociedad: Marin (injury - undisclosed), Guedes (injury - not ready to compete), Odriozola (injury), Gorrotxategi (injury).
Note:
Endrick was a major doubt with a muscle problem but was looking to prove fitness in time to make the bench
, and
Tchouameni was returning from a muscular problem and should come into the matchday squad
— neither is confirmed absent for this match.
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Real Madrid: Rodrygo (injury - knee), Militao (injury - hamstring, centre-back), Mendy (injury - thigh), Asencio (injury - muscle, defender), Thiago Pitarch (injury - knee, midfielder).
Real Sociedad: Marin (injury), Guedes (injury - not match-ready), Odriozola (injury), Gorrotxategi (injury).
Thu 27 18:30 UTC
**Note:** The original match (Matchday 1) was postponed due to a pitch fungus issue and rescheduled. The August 27 fixture is Matchday 2. Sources conflict slightly, but here is what is confirmed for the Aug 27 match:
Celta Vigo:
Matías Vecino (injury), Javi Galán (injury).
Pablo Durán (injury – shoulder surgery, return uncertain).
Osasuna: No confirmed absences found for this specific fixture beyond what was listed for a prior match.
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Celta Vigo: Matías Vecino [injury], Javi Galán [injury], Pablo Durán [injury - shoulder surgery]
Osasuna: No confirmed absences found.
Thu 27 19:00 UTC
Barcelona: Roony Bardghji (injury – torn ACL),
Frenkie de Jong (injury – knee ligament),
Gavi (injury).
Rodri also listed as injured.
Athletic Bilbao: Unai Eguiluz (injury), Daniel Vivian (injury), Nico Serrano (injury), Yuri Berchiche (suspension – left-back).
Fri 28 17:00 UTC
Racing Santander: Pedro Felipe (injury).
Elche: Yago Santiago (forward, injury), Adam Boayar (forward, injury), Grady Diangana (midfielder, injury), Abiel Osorio (forward, not match-fit/fitness).
Fri 28 19:30 UTC
Alavés: Facundo Garcés (suspension), Carlos Protesoni (injury), Lucas Boyé (injury).
Villarreal: Willy Kambwala (injury), Pau Cabanes (injury).
Sat 29 15:00 UTC
Levante: no confirmed absences.
Real Betis:
Diego Conde (injury), Ismael Barea (injury).
Sat 29 17:00 UTC
The most specific and recent source for the August 29 fixture is the OneFootball article (Aug 21, 2026) covering Real Sociedad's squad news for the current La Liga campaign, the Sports Mole article on Espanyol vs Real Madrid (Aug 22), and the Fotmob page for the May 24 match (which is outdated). The OneFootball source confirms Real Sociedad's absentees for the start of the 2026/27 season. The Sports Mole Espanyol article (for Aug 22 vs Real Madrid) is the most current Espanyol injury data available. No source specifically covers the Aug 29 fixture yet, but the injury statuses reported days earlier are the best confirmed data available.
Real Sociedad: Odriozola (injury), Gorrotxategi (injury), Pablo Marín (not ready/injury), Gonçalo Guedes (not ready/injury), Jon Karrikaburu (technical decision — per OneFootball Aug 21 source, for the Betis match days earlier; may have changed).
For Espanyol, the Sports Mole Aug 22 article (Espanyol vs Real Madrid) listed: Kike Garcia (hamstring), Javi Puado (knee), Leandro Cabrera (suspended). Leandro Cabrera's suspension was for the Aug 22 match; it may have been served. I will only report what is confirmed as ongoing injury, not a one-match suspension already served.
Real Sociedad: Odriozola (injury), Gorrotxategi (injury) — confirmed by OneFootball Aug 21.
Espanyol: Kike Garcia (hamstring), Javi Puado (knee) — confirmed injuries per Sports
Absence information collected on 2026-08-25. Squads may change until the opening whistle.