Saturday’s Nations League sees Wales play host to Belgium at the Cardiff City Stadium having suffered back-to-back defeats in Group A4. Showdown scheduled for June 11, 2022 21:45 EAT.
The hosts have an impressive home record, losing just once in their last seven matches. They have only lost twice in their last 12 matches across all competitions. Rob Page’s Wales have netted a sum total of 6 times over their preceding six outings. The number of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures is 5.
The Dragons will want a better result here following a 1-2 Nations League loss in their previous game against Netherlands. In that match, Wales had 44% possession, 8 shots on goal with 3 on target and a goal scored by Rhys Norrington-Davies (92′). Netherlands got 8 shots with 2 of them on target and goals scored by Teun Koopmeiners (50′) and Wout Weghorst (94′).
Meanwhile, the visitors are now in second position in the group with three points. They have only won two of their last five matches with two draws and a loss. They’ve just one loss in their last nine matches with five wins and three draws. In their previous six clashes, they’ve have helped themselves to a total of 11 goals. They have seen 9 goals go into their own net.
Belgium will come into the meeting after a 6-1 Nations League win with the downing of Poland in their most recent match. In that game, Belgium managed 66% possession, 18 shots with 11 of them on target and goals scored by Axel Witsel (42′), Kevin De Bruyne (59′), Leandro Trossard (73′, 80′), Leander Dendoncker (83′) and Loïs Openda (93′). Poland had 6 shots on goal with 2 of them on target and a goal scored by Robert Lewandowski (28′).
Wales vs Belgium head to head
These two teams have had 9 encounters since 1990; Wales has 3wins while Belgium has 2 wins and 4 games ended all square.
- Wales 1-1 Belgium 16/11/21
- Belgium 3-1 Wales 24/03/21
- Wales 3-1 Belgium 01/07/16
- Wales 1-0 Belgium 12/06/15
- Belgium 0-0 Wales 16/11/14
Home
- Wales 1-2 Netherlands
- Wales 1-0 Ukraine
- Poland 2-1 Wales
- Wales 1-1 Czech Republic
- Wales 2-1 Austria
Away
- Belgium 6-1 Poland
- Belgium 1-4 Netherlands
- Belgium 3-0 Burkina Faso
- Ireland 2-2 Belgium
- Wales 1-1 Belgium
Wales team news
Rob Page will have a fully fit squad team ahead of this match.
Belgium team news
Roberto Martínez will have a fully fit squad ahead of this match.
Prediction and Odds
We predict that Belgium will win this game but that both teams will score.
- Belgium win
- Both teams to score
- Goals over 2.5
