Wales launches the 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign against Kazakhstan in Cardiff, hoping to expand their undefeated course under Boss Craig Bellamy.
The dragons are currently undefeated under Bellamy, who took over the departure of Rob Page last July, and in November secured the League A of the Union of Nations.
With three wins and three draws under the former Newcastle, Liverpool and Manchester player, Wales will hope to qualify for the first World Cup final for the first time.
In the absence of Aaron Ramsey, defender Tottenham, Ben Davies, would capture the side against Kazakhstan, who has been pulled along with a group that also contains Liechtenstein, Northern Macedonia and Belgium.
Here is how the two teams are aligned in Cardiff.
Wales
Wales is the second seeds in the J group behind the top of the Belgian side, but Bellamy and the partner. They may have their eyes on automatic qualifications after their strong appearance in the Nations Championship.
However, they are not in full power, with Ramsey, Harry Wilson, Ramsey, Ethan Ampadu and Wes Burns everyone is missing.
Wales: Darlow? Roberts, Rodon, B.Davies (C), N.Williams; Sheehan, Thomas. D.James, Brooks, Johnson. Trumpet
SUBS: Ward, Davies, Mepham, Caango, Allen, Lawrence, Matondo, Moore, Dasilva, J.james, Harris, Broadhead
Wales xi 🏴
Our team to face Kazakhstan in the capital 🙌
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– Wales 🏴 (@cymru) 22 March 2025
Kazakhstan
Visitors will start the game as an underdog and anything other than a Wales’ victory will be considered a shock.
Geographically, the country is in Central Asia and the national team was originally part of the Asian Football Football Federation after the Soviet Union’s independence in 1991.
They then participated in UEFA in the early 2000s, but the team has not yet qualified for a World Cup final or European Championship final.
Kazakhstan: Zarutskiy, Tapalov, Bystrov, Marochkin, Alip, Vorogovskiy. Cheshnokov, Tagybergen, Muzhikov, Samorodov. Zhaksylykov
SUBS: Pokatilov, Seisen, Astanov, Zhumakhanov, Zhaksybayev, Kenzhebek, Zhagorov, Zhukov, Aimbetov, Satpayev, Orazov, Mukhamed
