Wales vs Kazakhstan Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

Wales enter this match as favourites to win the game, as they are facing a Kazakhstan side that sit 110th in FIFA’s Men’s World Rankings.

The hosts are 29th in the World Rankings and showed potential during the Nations League, as they finished League B Group 4 unbeaten with three wins and three draws, scoring nine and conceding just four times, while Kazakhstan have lost all of their last five matches heading into this game.

With Craig Bellamy’s side enter this game in superior form, as well as the fact that Kazakhstan have failed to score in any of their last five international matches, we expect Wales to win while earning a clean sheet.

Prediction: Wales 2-0 Kazakhstan

Wales kick-off their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign with a home match against Kazakhstan in Group J.

Date: 22/03/2025

Location: Cardiff City Stadium

Time: 7:45pm

Surprisingly, this is the first competitive meeting between Wales and Kazakhstan. This fixture presents a huge opportunity for Wales, as Group J contains the likes of Belgium, North Macedonia, Kazakhstan and Liechtenstein, meaning that there is a viable opportunity for the Dragons at least finish second-place and maybe even challenge Belgium for top spot should the Red Devils continue to falter.

Craig Bellamy will be determined to lead Wales to just their third-ever World Cup and will want to keep his side on the positive form they found themselves in during the Nations League, having topped League B Group 4 ahead of Turkey, Iceland and Montenegro with 12 points from six matches.

Prior to the Nations League, Rob Page was in charge of the Wales national team, however, they didn’t feature at Euro 2024 as they suffered a penalty shootout loss to Poland on home soil in the final of the qualifying play-offs after a 0-0 draw. The Welsh did have an awkward group to navigate their way through for Euro 2024, as they finished in third-place behind Turkey and Croatia.

Meanwhile, Kazakhstan nearly managed to shock the world in Euro 2024 qualifying, as they earned 18 points from 10 matches in Group H, finishing behind the likes of Denmark and Slovenia by just four points. However, in the play-off semi-final they were drawn up to play Greece, of which they suffered a heavy 5-0 defeat.

League B Group 3 of the Nations League proved to be too strong for Kazakhstan, as they finished bottom with just one point, having finished behind Slovenia, Austria and Norway.

Wales versus Kazakhstan will be broadcast live on BBC One Wales, BBC Three, S4C, BBC iPlayer, S4C Online and BBC Sport’s Website.

Wales

Predicted line-up: Ward; Williams, Rodon, Cabango, Davies; Sheehan, Brooks, Johnson, J. James Moore, D. James.

Kazakhstan

Predicted line-up: Pokatilov; Astanov, Kasym, Alip, Vorogovskiy; Chesnokov, Tapalov, Tagybergen, Samorodov; Zaynutdinov, Aimbetov.

Wales

As previously mentioned, Craig Bellamy’s men are unbeaten in their last five matches, having won three and drawn two.

Last time out, Wales beat Iceland 4-1 thanks to goals from Liam Cullen (2), Brennan Johnson and Harry Wilson.

Prior to that game, Cymru had beaten Montenegro 2-1 and 1-0, while drawing with Iceland (2-2) and Turkey (0-0).

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan’s form has been dire of late, as they suffered a 2-0 home defeat to Korea DPR in an international friendly last month.

In the run-up to that game, the visitors had lost all of their last four Nations League matches to Austria (4-0 & 2-0), as well as to Slovenia (1-0) and Norway (5-0).

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