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Sunday 15th October, 2023. ko 7:45pm
Cardiff City Stadium.
Live on S4C, Viaplay and BBC Online / iPlayer
Team news
Wales have no new injury concerns since winger Wes Burns was forced to return to his club side Ipswich Town after damaging his shoulder during Wednesday's 4-0 friendly win over Gibraltar.
Wales were already without regular captain Ramsey, who will be out for a minimum of eight to 10 weeks with a ruptured tendon in his knee.
As well as missing Sunday's match against Croatia, Ramsey will be unavailable for the final two matches of Wales' qualifying campaign against Armenia and Turkey in November.
Tottenham forward Brennan Johnson will also be absent against Croatia, though his hamstring injury is not thought to be serious.
Bournemouth defender Chris Mepham is available after recovering from a knock.
Croatia have a long list of injuries, particularly in attacking positions.
Forwards Bruno Petkovic, Mislav Orsic and Andre Kramaric are all ruled out, as is Spurs winger Ivan Perisic.
Match facts
- Wales have won none of their seven previous matches against Croatia (three draws, four defeats), drawing 1-1 in this European Championship qualifying campaign.
- Croatia are unbeaten in their two previous away games against Wales, winning a World Cup qualifier 2-1 in March 2013 and drawing 1-1 in October 2019 in a Euros qualifier.
- Wales lost their last home qualifying game 2-4 against Armenia. They have not lost back-to-back such matches since September 2013 (against Croatia and Serbia in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup), while they last lost consecutive home matches in a European Championship qualifying campaign in March 2011 (against Bulgaria and England).
- Croatia have won each of their past five away qualifying matches for major tournaments by an aggregate score of 14-1 - their longest winning run in away qualifying matches.
- Wales have won their past two matches in all competitions, winning 2-0 against Latvia in a European Championship qualifier and 4-0 against Gibraltar in a friendly. They have not won three games in a row since a run of four between November 2019 and September 2020.
- Croatia had 17 shots against Turkey last time out, their highest total in a game without scoring since a 1-0 loss to Portugal at Euro 2016 (also 17). The last time they failed to score in back-to-back qualifying matches was in September 2015.
- Three of Wales' four goals in their victory over Gibraltar were headed goals, one scored by Ben Davies and two by Kieffer Moore. Eight of Moore's 12 Wales goals have been headers, accounting for 53% of their headed goals since Moore's debut in September 2019 (eight out of 15).
- Daniel James assisted two goals in Wales' 4-0 win over Gibraltar, with six of his eight assists for the national team coming for goals scored by Kieffer Moore. Across club and country for Leeds and Wales, James has assisted six goals in his past eight appearances.
It’s about time Harry Wilson stepped up now
With our depleted squad and pretty poor form it’s hard to see any outcome except a Croatia win.
Might as well throw everything we’ve got at them from the start, nick a goal and then hold on for the win. I can’t see a slow and cautious approach working in our favour.
Brooks starts, James on the bench. Mepham fit to play. Looks like a 3-5-2.
Gonna get battered . Croatia are no mugs
Wales: Ward; Roberts, Rodon, Mepham, Davies (c); J.James, Wilson, Ampadu, Williams; Brooks, Moore
Subs: Hennessey, King, Lockyer, Bradshaw, Levitt, Cullen, Savage, Poole, Low, D. James, Sheehan, Broadhead
Is it on BBC iPlayer? Can’t find it.
Same for me. Watching on s4c at the moment.Originally Posted by Delbert
Good first half which we dominated for long periods and have kept the ball well.
Our midfield I thought would struggle tonight but have done well with a high press.
Brooks has been superb and Moore has caused them problems in the air.
Wilson is so frustrating though, gets himself into great positions but his finishing is poor.
Although we have had a lot of the ball in good areas it's hard to see where the goal is going to come from, maybe Moore's head from a cross?
Cant see Croatia being that bad second half but here's hoping 🙏
Harry Wilson
1 - 0
yessssssssssssssssss
WTF do I know
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...It’s about time Harry Wilson stepped up now
Wales playing really well imo. Can we get Wilson back please (always thought he was one of the best players we ever had at city)
criminally underrated here, not least by Mick McCarthy who dropped him several times for Bacuna
Wilson
2 - 0
Whhooooaaaaaa!!!!
2 - 1
75 mins
Have bossed this. Don't fold now
Lovely flick on
Play him in his right position and he’s a top player.
Didn't McCarthy use Bacuna as an attacking midfielder a few times? It was hilarious!
Dan James could have killed the game.
We've been the much better side but have given them for too much time on the ball second half, press has disappeared but expected some Croat dominance this half.
Dig deep lads
Ouch!
well done wales excellent result
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