Wales, who had narrowly missed the final exam to participate in the 2024 European Championships on penalties against Poland, have instead passed the make-up exam and have done so in style, winning their Nations League B group. 2025, therefore, opens with a great charge of hope and prospects for the British national team that, on Saturday evening, will begin its qualification journey for the 2026 World Cup and will do so against Kazakhstan, a team, however, in clear slowdown after a 2023 that had left some more hope. In that year, in fact, the Falcons had defeated several teams, including Finland and Denmark, even reaching the Playoffs to participate in Euro 2024. However, the entire growth path seemed to be lost in 2024 and now, after a Nations League to forget, the possibility is that of conducting an honorable qualification group. The group, which also includes Belgium, North Macedonia and Liechtenstein, can be considered not impossible, at least for a second place, for Wales who already in 2022 qualified for the first time in their history for the world championship, while for Kazakhstan, certainly, the potential of a team that certainly starts behind in the predictions but that wants to surprise, just as it did two years ago, will be evaluated match by match.

Wales'Shape and Key Statistics

Craig Bellamy's national team put the icing on the cake with the 4-1 over Iceland in the last match of 2024 that sealed the first place in the Nations League group where, with 3 draws and 3 wins, Wales therefore graduated first and undefeated.

In the last 16 matches played, Wales have lost only 1 time, against Slovakia; a statistic that denotes a certain solidity on the part of the British team.

Pay particular attention to the latest numbers of Wales at home: 5 wins and 4 draws in the last 9.

Kazakhstan'Shape and Key Statistics

1 draw and 5 defeats in the Nations League group are not a good calling card for a national team that, instead, had closed 2023 with 6 successes!

Excluding the last friendly against Curacao, Kazakhstan have not scored in seven consecutive matches and have lost 10 of their last 11.

Wales vs Kazakhstan Prediction and Tactical Analysis

Wales will come to this match believing in qualification and taking advantage of the trail of successes of the second half of last year. It seems difficult to imagine a recovery of Kazakhstan in a challenge of this type against an opponent who, at home, in these conditions could exalt themselves further but a more bold and courageous attitude cannot be excluded also to try to change a trend that is truly difficult to bear. Given that the Welsh national team, however, is largely favored, shifting the focus on the number of goals scored, the BetMines algorithm prediction says a match with more than two goals in total.

• The BetMines algorithm prediction for the Wales - Kazakhstan match predicts an Over 2.5 goals at 64%
• The BetMines algorithm prediction for the Wales - Kazakhstan match predicts an Under 2.5 goals at 36%

Wales - Kazakhstan Predicted Lineups

Wales (4-2-3-1): Ward; Williams, Rodon, Cabango, Davies; James, Sheehan; Johnson, Cullen, James; Harris. Coach: Bellamy.

Kazakhstan (5-3-2). Pokatilov; Astanov, Kasym, Marochkin, Bystrov, Vorogovskiy; Tagybergen, Tapalov, Orazov; Aymbetov, Samorodov. Coach: Aliyev.