Pick your Wales team and tactics for Turkey

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You are in the shoes of Wales boss Craig Bellamy... what would you do?

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Nations League: Turkey v Wales

Venue: Kadir Has Stadium, Kayseri Date: Saturday, 16 November Kick-off: 17:00 GMT

Coverage: Live on S4C, BBC Radio Wales, Radio Cymru, BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra; live text commentary on the BBC Sport website and app

Wales have been revitalised under new head coach Craig Bellamy, with a run of four games unbeaten putting his team in with a chance of winning Nations League Group B4.

A win against Turkey in Kayseri on Saturday would give Wales the chance to clinch promotion to Division A in their final match at home to Iceland three days later.

So who would you pick to start for Wales in Turkey?

Choose your XI and your formation

Bellamy will again be without Aaron Ramsey and Ethan Ampadu for the game against Turkey, while Ollie Cooper is missing, having featured throughout this Nations League campaign.

Kieffer Moore, Wes Burns, Owen Beck and Nathan Broadhead have also pulled out of the squad for Saturday's game.

However, Bellamy does have Daniel James in his squad for the first time and Harry Wilson has been in sparkling form of late for Premier League Fulham.

The head coach set up with a 4-2-3-1 formation in Wales' last game, October's 1-0 home win over Montenegro.

But he has also used 4-4-1-1 and, in the group-opening goalless draw at home against Turkey, 4-3-3.

So how would you line up this weekend and who would be in your XI?

Pick your Wales side for Turkey

Choose a formation and Wales XI for Saturday's Nations League game

How would you approach the game?

A win in Kayseri would put Wales in the driving seat to win the group, while any other result would mean Turkey would have to drop points in their final fixture in Montenegro on Tuesday for Bellamy's men to have hope of finishing top.

Finishing second would give Wales a chance of promotion via a play-off, while third place would mean a relegation play-off.

With implications too for World Cup 2026 qualifying, would you like to see Wales throw caution to the wind or adopt or more pragmatic approach on Saturday?