Key occasions
“The whole lot crossed for a Wales victory tonight!” emails Ian Kay. “A degree can be admirable, however sadly not a lot use. Liechtenstein and Kazakhstan are nearly actually going to lose their remaining video games, which signifies that if Wales get some extent tonight, it could be no completely different to a defeat – Belgium would end high, and Wales would nonetheless must beat North Macedonia to take the play-off spot. So if the scores are degree with 5 minutes to go tonight, Wales can be silly to sit down on it.”
The ever-dependable Ben Davies earns his one centesimal worldwide cap for Wales, simply the fourth male participant to take action after Gareth Bale, Chris Gunter and Wayne Hennessey. Right here's Ben Fisher on ‘Mr Consistency'.
Group information!
Brennan Johnson and Kieffer Moore on the Wales bench!
Wales: Darlow, Williams, Rodon, Cabango, Ben Davies, Ampadu,
Jordan James, Brooks, Wilson, Thomas, Harris.
Subs: King, Adam Davies, Mepham, Koumas, Cullen, Johnson, Moore, Rubin Colwill, Dasilva, Kpakio, Sheehan, Broadhead.
Belgium: Courtois, Meunier, Debast, Theate, De Cuyper, Raskin, Onana, Doku, De Bruyne, Trossard, De Ketelaere.
Subs: Lammens, Sels, Mechele, Witsel, Openda, Lukebakio, De Winter, Fofana, Vanaken, Castagne, Seys, Batshuayi.
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
Preamble
As Jimothy Lacoste once nearly declared: “Life in Group J is getting fairly thrilling”. That is the present state of play earlier than Monday's essential qualifiers.
Regardless of their most recognisable participant being Eljif Elmas – who has began simply as soon as for Napoli this season – North Macedonia held Belgium to a goalless draw on Friday night time in Ghent regardless of the Balkan nation having simply 21% possession and three pictures to Belgium's 25.
The end result has thrown Group J vast open. Ought to Wales beat Belgium this night, in addition to minnows Liechtenstein and North Macedonia subsequent month, they are going to qualify for the World Cup for simply the third time of their historical past. It's actually that easy.
With Kevin De Bruyne, Jérémy Doku and Thibaut Courtois among the many guests, no one is pretending that Wales' activity is a straightforward one. However As Jimothy Lacoste once nearly declared “Life [in Group J] is getting fairly thrilling”. That is the present state of play earlier than Monday's essential qualifiers.
Regardless of their most recognisable participant being Eljif Elmas – who has began simply as soon as for Napoli this season – North Macedonia held Belgium to a goalless draw on Friday night time in Ghent regardless of the Balkan nation having simply 21% possession and three pictures to Belgium's 25.
The end result has thrown Group J vast open. Ought to Wales beat Belgium this night, in addition to minnows Liechtenstein and North Macedonia subsequent month, they are going to qualify for the World Cup for simply the third time of their historical past. It's actually that easy.
With Kevin De Bruyne, Jérémy Doku and Thibaut Courtois among the many guests, no one is pretending that Wales' activity is a straightforward one. However Craig Bellamy has been in bullish temper earlier than Monday's sport.
Gamers have been on this state of affairs so many instances over the past 10 years, particularly Cardiff nights. The gang are used to those moments. After we've managed to qualify it's been right here. I didn't get to expertise that [as a player] – often at this stage I used to be out of the group – so it's good to have the ability to get to a few video games left and an enormous sport on Monday that if we win, it's a pleasant begin to the remaining video games.
Kick-off: 7.45pm BST.
