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The teams!
Belgium: Sels, Meunier, Faes, Debast, De Cuyper, Tielemans, Onana, Trossard, De Bruyne, Doku, Lukaku.
Subs: Vandevoordt, Lammens, Theate, Openda, Lukebakio, De Winter, De Ketelaere, Mechele, Moreira, Vanaken, Raskin, Saelemaekers.
Wales: Darlow, Roberts, Mepham, Ampadu, Rodon, Ben Davies, Brooks, Jordan James, Wilson, Thomas, Johnson.
Subs: Ward, Adam Davies, Dasilva, Matondo, Cullen, Moore, Kpakio, Cabango, Harris, Koumas, Sheehan, Broadhead.
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Preamble
If Wales are to qualify for the men’s World Cup for just the third time in their history, getting something from this crucial qualifier will likely be a huge reason why. Despite a poor start to Belgium’s campaign – a 1-1 draw with North Macedonia, their only game to date – Rudi Garcia’s side are the overwhelming favourites to top Group J and claim the only automatic qualification spot. In a group also containing Kazakhstan and Liechtenstein, can a team that contains Kevin De Bruyne, Youri Tielemans, Romelu Lukaku and Jérémy Doku really manage to mess this up? Wales will be hoping the answer is yes.
Craig Bellamy’s side have made a good start to their campaign, drawing away at North Macedonia and beating Kazakhstan and Liechtenstein. A draw or a win in Brussels tonight would be an epic achievement but not completely off the cards. It has happened before and it can happen again, the spirit of Hal Robson-Kanu in 2016 looms large.
Kick-off: 7.45pm BST.
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