Wales vs Ukraine: Wales welcome Ukraine for the World Cup Qualification final match on Sunday, with the winner sealing their spot in Qatar 2022.
Match Details:
Teams: Wales vs Ukraine
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Date: Sunday 5th June, 2022
Time: 09:30 PM IST
Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/
Preview
Wales head into this after a 2-1 loss to Poland in their Nations League opener on Wednesday.
Williams broke the deadlock for the visitors before Kaminski and Swiderski’s late strikes inflicted a defeat on Wales.
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The Welsh side turn their attention to the decider here after beating Austria 2-1 in the semi-final clash.
A win here for Wales and they will be a part of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Hence, it’s all or nothing. The hosts are eyeing a first WC appearance since 1958.
On the other hand, Ukraine beat Scotland 3-1 away from home on Thursday to set up this final clash.
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Yarmolenko, Yaremchuk and Dovbyk scored for the visitors while McGregor pulled one back for Scotland.
This win was massive given what has panned out back home for Ukraine over the last few months.
They will be upbeat to give their fans some joy for the time being by getting them into the main event later this year.
Since their Euro Q/F loss to England last year, Ukraine is undefeated in the subsequent 8 matches.
Both sides last met in a Friendly clash in 2016 where Ukraine beat Wales 1-0 due to Yarmolenko’s first half effort.
Form Guide
Wales: LDWDW
Ukraine: WWDDW
Last Matches of both teams:
Poland 2-1 Wales
Scotland 1-3 Ukraine
Ukraine were hyped after winning 3-1 in Scotland 🙌
On Sunday, they’ll play Wales for a spot at the World Cup pic.twitter.com/05zJqzGZhA
— B/R Football (@brfootball) June 1, 2022
Where to watch the live streaming and broadcast of Wales vs Ukraine in India?
The match is live streamed on Sony LIV, Jio TV App; while the broadcast is on Sony TEN 1.
Team News
Wales has a fit squad ahead of this one while Marlos is the sole absentee for Ukraine due to a calf injury.
◉ 25’: Wales 1-0 Austria
◉ 51’: Wales 2-0 AustriaGARETH BALE IS ON FIRE THIS EVENING. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/R5AwyxvQn6
— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) March 24, 2022
Wales possible 11:
Hennessey, Rodon, Ampadu, Davies, Roberts, Ramsey, Allen, Williams, Wilson, James and Bale
Ukraine possible 11:
Buschan, Mykolenko, Matviyenko, Zabarnyi, Karavaev, Zinchenko, Stepanenko, Malinovsky, Tsigankov, Yarmolenko and Yaremchuk
Prediction: Wales 1-2 Ukraine
Wales has shown indifferent form ahead of this but could be rallied on by their home crowd, which could see them dish out a strong performance.
Ukraine will be up for the challenge given they are visitors and recent results have shown their quality and strength.
We see this going down to the wire given what’s at stake with Ukraine getting over the line by the odd goal.
Players to watch out for: Bale, Davies, Yaremchuk and Malinovsky.
