South Wales Echo

WALES V BELARUS: MATCH GUIDE

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The match begins at 7:45pm tonight.

But Wales have no other injury concerns.

“Everyone’s come through the other night. Some players needed games and minutes and the guys who weren’t involved have trained well. So everyone’s ready to go,” said Ryan Giggs.

“We’re getting there. But you see Denmark and Croatia, they’ve got the same team all the time with 40 or 50 caps.

“I’ve never had that, it’s constantly four, five, six but I’ve given players chances. The other night there were seven players with 20 caps or less, that’s an inexperien­ced team.” four previous meetings with Belarus (L1), with three of those encounters coming under Mark Hughes’ stewardshi­p.

■ Belarus have lost both of their away games against Wales, losing 2-3 in October 1998 and 0-1 in October 2001.

■ Wales have won three of their last five matches in all competitio­ns (L2), after winning just three of the previous 12 (W3 D2 L7).

■ Belarus’ 2-1 win over Estonia last time out ended a four-match losing run – they last won consecutiv­e games in November 2018.

■ Ryan Giggs scored the winning goal against Belarus in September 1999 as Wales came from behind to win 2-1 in a EURO 2000 qualifier.

■ Gareth Bale has been directly involved in 19 goals in his last 19 home appearance­s for Wales (14 goals and five assists). Indeed, Bale has netted eight goals in his last nine home games for Wales. A Davies.

Gunter, B Davies, Taylor, Roberts, Ampadu, Mepham, Lockyer, J Lawrence, Rodon. Levitt, Allen, J Williams, Wilson, Smith, James, Vaulks, Morrell.

Bale, T Lawrence, Vokes, Woodburn, Hedges, Moore.

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