Summary

  • Romelu Lukaku penalty for Belgium after Mepham fouls Mertens

  • Thorgan Hazard heads Belgium into lead

  • Kevin De Bruyne equalises for Belgium from edge of area

  • Harry Wilson rounds off slick Wales move for opening goal

  • Wales lose midfielder Joe Allen to injury after 8 mins

  • Opening 2022 World Cup qualifier

  1. Wales team newspublished at 19:03 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    Belgium v Wales (19:45 GMT)

    Wales make two changes from last November’s 3-1 win over Finland in the Nations League.

    Liverpool’s Neco Williams replaces Rhys Norrington-Davies at left wing-back.

    Joe Allen is restored in midfield having not played for Wales since November 2019 due to an Achilles injury, coming in for Joe Morrell.

    And there’s an interesting selection in attack, with target man Kieffer Moore missing out again as he's overlooked in favour of Cardiff City team-mate and attacking midfielder Harry Wilson.

    Wales: Ward; Mepham, Rodon, J. Lawrence; C. Roberts, Allen, Ampadu, N. Williams; Bale, James, Wilson.

    Wales starting XIImage source, BBC Sport
  2. Good eveningpublished at 19:00 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    Belgium v Wales (19:45 GMT)

    Welcome all,

    The Euros haven't started yet and some of these players are closing in on 50 games for the season, with travel restrictions all over the world. Yet somehow, for some reason, here we are ushering in a World Cup qualifying campaign.

    Now we all love football, so who am I to complain at yet another reason to spend a night engrossed in the beautiful game.

    This is a big one as well, Belgium are the best team in the world according to the Fifa rankings, but they tend to have a bit of a tricky time of it against Wales.

    Let's have a look at that all-important team news, shall we?

    Hal Robson-Kanu goal v BelgiumImage source, Getty Images