Wales began its World Cup qualification campaign in 2026 against Kazakhstan in Cardiff in the hope of extending their undefeated race under the Boss Craig Bellamy.
The dragons are currently undefeated under Bellamy, which took over after the departure of Rob Page last July, and in November obtained the promotion of the League A of the League of Nations.
With three victories and three prints under the former Newcastle player, Liverpool and Manchester City, Wales hopes to qualify for the first time for the World Cup.
In the absence of Aaron Ramsey, the defender of Tottenham Ben Davies Captain against Kazakhstan, that the Wales was attracted to a group also containing Liechtenstein, northern Macedonia and Belgium.
Here’s how the two teams align with Cardiff.
Wales team
Wales is the second seeded in group J behind the top of Belgium, but Bellamy and Co. May well have views of automatic qualification after their high performance in the League of Nations.
However, they are not at full power, Ramsey, Harry Wilson, Ramsey, Ethan Ampadu and Wes all burn.
Wales: Darlow; Roberts, Rodon, B.Davies (C), N.Williams; Sheehan, Thomas; D. James, Brooks, Johnson; Cullen
Sub: Ward, Davies, Mepham, Cabango, Allen, Lawrence, Matondo, Moore, Dasilva, J. James, Harris, Broadhead
Cymru XI 🏴🇰🇿
Our team face Kazakhstan in the capital 🙌
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– Wales 🏴 (@cymru) March 22, 2025
Kazakhstan team
Visitors will start the game as an asian and anything else than a win of Wales will be considered a shock result.
Geographically, the country is located in Central Asia and the national team was originally part of the Football Asian Asian football federation after being independent of the Soviet Union in 1991.
They then joined UEFA in the early 2000s, but the team has not yet been qualified for a World Cup or the European Championship finals.
Kazakhstan: Zarutskiy, Tapalov, Bystrov, Marochkin, Alip, Vorogovskiy; Chesnokov, Tagybergen, Muzhikov, Samorodov; Zhakylykov
Sub: Pokatilov, Seisen, Astanov, Zhumakhanov, Zhaksybayev, Kenzhebek, Zhagorov, Zhukov, Aimbeto, Satpayev, Orazov, Mukhamed
