USA vs Wales Match Details
Match: USA vs Wales, 4th match | Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup
Date: 22th November 2022
Time: 1:00 AM (GMT+6) / 12:30 AM (GMT+5.5)
Venue: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Qatar
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USA and Wales are going to compete in Group B. USA have got a ticket from the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). USA missed the World Cup in 2018, being defeated by Trinidad and Tobago in the last qualifier match, whereas Wales has come to play World Cup after 64 years.
In the World Cup qualify round USA got 7 wins out of their 14 matches, 3 loss and 4 matches were draw. They, however secured 25 points. On the other hand, Wales’ world cup ticket was not easily earned. They have come from the UEFA Group ‘E’. In the qualifying round, they had to gone through play-offs. In the final of the playoffs, they defeated Ukraine and got the ticket of World Cup.
USA is 16th in the world rankings, whereas Wales is 19th in the standings. USA was the third in their group of CONCACAF. On the hand, Wales had to pass a long way to come to the main stage of the World Cup.
Both teams showed prowess in their own group of the qualifying round of the World Cup. But considering current form and strength of team, the match is going to be an acid test for Wales.
USA vs Wales key numbers
In the match between USA vs Wales, undoubtably, Gareth Bale is the biggest name. All the spotlights will be upon him. This former Real Madrid superstar played a vital role in the journey of his team to the World Cup. In the playoffs he scored 2 goals against Autria and his assist in the Final helped his team to get the tickets of the World Cup.
USA vs Wales Head-to-head
USA and Wales meet twice so far. USA won 1 of them and the remaining one was draw.
USA vs Wales Team News
Manchester City star Zack Steffen can be replaced by the Stefan Ortega. As the Man City star failed to satisfy the demand of the team.
Weston McKennie can play from the beginning, though he missed his club matches for Juventus due to injury. He seems fit to play in the midfield.
Timothy Weah, Gio Reyna, Jesus Ferreira, and Christian Pulisic can be strength for the USA teams.
USA vs Wales Squad
USA Squad
Goalkeepers: Ethan Horvath, Matt Turner, Sean Johnson.
Defenders: Cameron Carter-Vickers, Aaron Long, Shaq Moore, Sergino Dest, Tim Ream, Joe Scally, DeAndre Yedlin, Antonee Robinson, Walker Zimmerman
Midfielders: Brenden Aaronson, Tyler Adams, Kellyn Acosta, Luca de la Torre, Yunus Musah, Weston McKennie, Cristian Roldan
Forwards: Jesús Ferreira, Christian Pulisic, Jordan Morris, Josh Sargent, Giovanni Reyna, Haji Wright, Timothy Weah.
Goalkeepers: Wayne Hennessey, Adam Davies, Danny Ward.
Defenders: Ben Davies, Tom Lockyer, Ben Cabango, Joe Rodon, Ethan Ampadu, Chris Gunter, Neco Williams, Connor Roberts, Chris Mepham.
Midfielders: Sorba Thomas, Matt Smith, Dylan Levitt, Harry Wilson, Joe Allen, Joe Morrell, Aaron Ramsey, Rubin Colwill, Jonny Williams.
Forwards: Gareth Bale, Kieffer Moore, Brennan Johnson, Dan James, Mark Harris.
USA vs Wales Prediction
Scorecard: USA 1-1 Wales
Considering all strength of both teams, this match is going to be a close match. Considering all competitions, USA eventually won one of its last 5 matches, lost 1 match and rest 3 were draw. On the other hand, Wales lost 4 out of last 5 matches and the remaining match was a draw.
Considering the last 5 matches statistics, it may be seemed that USA is clearly ahead. But Wales isn’t a weak team. On their day they can change the calculations as they have the biggest star Bale.
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