Round 3 is the live deadline for Sofascore Fantasy LaLiga right now, with the first fixture of the round kicking off this afternoon. Two rounds of the new season are already in the bank, so this refresh leans heavily on how squads have actually started the campaign rather than pre-season projections alone — plus a look at who is missing. Barcelona’s Gavi remains out with a knee injury (not expected back until early September) and Celta Vigo’s Borja Iglesias is sidelined with a muscle problem until mid-September; neither features below.

On the fixture side, Barcelona have the standout run of the two rounds we can currently see — LaLiga’s difficulty data only stretches this far ahead, rather than the five-round outlook available for some other leagues — with Real Madrid also excellent. Behind that pair sits a three-way group of Real Sociedad, Villarreal and Celta Vigo, all with a kinder-than-average couple of fixtures, and that’s the five clubs this squad is built around.

Here is our full 15-man squad for Round 3 — 2 goalkeepers, 5 defenders, 5 midfielders and 3 forwards — assembled for €99.6M, comfortably inside the €100M budget cap, and without a single player parked purely to gather dust on the bench.

Best fixture runs, Rounds 3-4

Club	Round 3	Round 4
FC Barcelona	vs Rayo Vallecano (H)	at Valencia
Real Madrid	vs Málaga CF (H)	at Real Betis
Real Sociedad	vs Espanyol (H)	at Elche
Villarreal	at Deportivo Alavés	vs Deportivo de A Coruña (H)
Celta Vigo	vs Athletic Club (H)	at Getafe

Barcelona get about as gentle a Round 3 as the fixture computer offers, hosting Rayo Vallecano before a trickier trip to Valencia in Round 4 — still the best combined outlook in the division. Real Madrid are close behind at home to Málaga, and Real Sociedad, Villarreal and Celta Vigo round out a group whose fixtures all look better than average over the next fortnight.

GOALKEEPERS

Joan García — FC BARCELONA vs RAYO VALLECANO

€6.7M, owned by 18.8%. Barcelona’s No.1 has started the season well and sits behind the division’s best fixture run over the next two rounds — a home date with Rayo Vallecano this week before Valencia away.

Álex Mateos — MÁLAGA CF at REAL MADRID

€4M, owned by 2.5%. Not a bench-warmer stashed for his price tag — Mateos is Málaga’s first-choice goalkeeper as they push to establish themselves in the top flight. Round 3 throws up about as tough a fixture as the division has to offer, away at Real Madrid, which usually means a heavy shot count and a real chance of save points even if the scoreline gets away from his side.

DEFENDERS

Eric García — FC BARCELONA vs RAYO VALLECANO

€6.5M, owned by 4.3%. Eric García has been one of the form defenders in the division through the opening two rounds, and he does it behind arguably the best fixture run in LaLiga right now.

Gerard Martín — FC BARCELONA vs RAYO VALLECANO

€6M, owned by 3.4%. The other half of a Barcelona back line that has started the season strongly, with an attacking full-back’s threat added on top of the clean-sheet potential that comes with hosting Rayo Vallecano.

Trent Alexander-Arnold — REAL MADRID vs MÁLAGA CF

€5.5M, owned by 5.1%. Still finding his feet in Spain after a quiet start to the campaign, but Alexander-Arnold remains first-choice at right-back for a Real Madrid side with one of the two kindest fixture runs in the division, and his set-piece delivery is too good to ignore for long.

Fábio Cardoso — SEVILLA vs ATLÉTICO MADRID

€4M, owned by 1.2%. A genuine starting centre-back at Sevilla rather than a name picked purely for the price tag. Sevilla host Atlético Madrid this week and should be doing plenty of defending, the kind of workload that keeps a budget defender in the mix for defensive-contribution points even without a clean sheet.

Bright Ede — DEPORTIVO DE A CORUÑA vs VALENCIA

€4M, owned by 3.9%. Another real starter rather than a bench option, Ede anchors a Deportivo defence that has to work hard most weeks — useful volume for a player at the very base of the price scale.

MIDFIELDERS

Lamine Yamal — FC BARCELONA vs RAYO VALLECANO

€12.1M, owned by 43.3%. Still the most-owned midfielder in the game, and still at a club with the best fixture run in Spain. Yamal’s underlying quality means the goal involvements should keep coming even after a quieter opening couple of rounds by his own lofty standards.

Jude Bellingham — REAL MADRID vs MÁLAGA CF

€10.6M, owned by 19.3%. The form midfielder in this squad by some distance — Bellingham has been outstanding through the first two rounds and gets a home date with Málaga this week, backed by one of the two best fixture runs in the division.

Ilaix Moriba — CELTA VIGO vs ATHLETIC CLUB

€6M, owned by 5.9%. A tidy mid-price route into a Celta Vigo side whose fixtures look better than average over the next fortnight, starting with a home game against Athletic Club.

Luka Sučić — REAL SOCIEDAD vs ESPANYOL

€5.5M, owned by 3.2%. Sučić has been one of Real Sociedad’s more productive midfielders so far this season, and a home fixture against Espanyol this week is about as favourable as the round offers.

Carlos Soler — REAL SOCIEDAD vs ESPANYOL

€5.5M, owned by 3.1%. A second, cheaper route into the same Real Sociedad midfield, rounding out the budget in a side with a kind fixture at home to Espanyol.

FORWARDS

Kylian Mbappé — REAL MADRID vs MÁLAGA CF

€12.2M, owned by 51.8%. The most expensive and most-owned player in the game, and it isn’t close. Mbappé has been the standout performer in LaLiga Fantasy through two rounds, and a home date with Málaga is exactly the kind of fixture he should feast on.

Gerard Moreno — VILLARREAL at DEPORTIVO ALAVÉS

€5.5M, owned by 3.4%. A dead-eyed finisher when fit, Moreno shook off a minor knock before this round and leads the line for a Villarreal side whose fixtures look kinder than most over the next couple of rounds.

Iago Aspas — CELTA VIGO vs ATHLETIC CLUB

€5.5M, owned by 4.6%. Still Celta Vigo’s talisman up front, Aspas gets a home date against Athletic Club this week as part of a fixture run that reads better than average for his side.

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Combined value of this 15-man squad: €99.6M, comfortably inside the €100M budget cap. Fancy building your own team for Round 3? Head over to Sofascore Fantasy and get your squad in before the deadline.