World Cup 2022: Wales and England to go head-to-head in Group B

Wales are ranked 19th successful the world, England are ranked fifth

Wales and England spell head-to-head successful a mouth-watering last lucifer successful Group B with each to play for successful the World Cup.

Meanwhile, Gareth Southgate's broadside are aiming to suffice for the past 16 arsenic radical winners and to bounce backmost from an underwhelming show against the United States.

In their lone different World Cup appearance, successful 1958, Wales reached the quarter-finals - tin they bash the aforesaid again oregon volition favourites England cruise into the knockout stages?

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'Everyone has weaknesses'

Gareth Bale has started some of Wales' radical games truthful far

Currently bottommost of Group B, Wales indispensable bushed England connected Tuesday (kick-off 19:00 GMT) and anticipation the USA gully with Iran to advancement to the past 16.

If the USA-Iran lucifer does not extremity successful a draw, Wales indispensable bushed England by 4 goals to advance.

One subordinate fans are hoping volition measurement up to the situation is skipper Gareth Bale, who on with midfielder Aaron Ramsey received disapproval for his show during the 2-0 decision by Iran.

The erstwhile Real Madrid superstar is often the subordinate galore successful Wales crook to but Bale said helium "does not consciousness responsibility" to transportation the broadside to victory.

"We're a team. We're a federation and we enactment hard for each other. We request to present arsenic a team, it's not 1 idiosyncratic that needs to bash anything," Bale said.

"Of people we'd person loved to beryllium winning and doing a batch amended but the world is, shot is hard. If it was that easy, we'd beryllium favourites to triumph the World Cup."

Tuesday's task volition surely not beryllium casual but Bale has anticipation that Wales tin origin an upset against their section rivals.

"Everyone has weaknesses," helium added. "We cognize however hard it volition be. England are a precise bully team.

"They're 1 of the favourites to triumph the tournament. We are nether nary illusions it volition beryllium hard. There's been a fewer shocks successful the tourney already and there's nary crushed wherefore we can't bash the same."

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'We privation to triumph shot matches'

After a lifeless 0-0 draw with the USA, England inactive person a occupation to bash connected Tuesday to suffice for the past 16.

Southgate's broadside volition beforehand if they debar a four-goal defeat, portion a triumph would warrant apical spot.

It means Southgate whitethorn not beryllium capable to rotate the broadside arsenic overmuch arsenic helium would person liked.

There person been calls for the likes of Manchester City guardant Phil Foden to start. He came connected aft 71 minutes successful the 6-2 triumph implicit Iran and was unused successful the gully with the United States.

But Southgate said the extremity is "to triumph shot matches" and that helium indispensable find the close formula.

"We person to equilibrium freshness with stableness and that's ever a determination you're making erstwhile picking a team. We person a accidental to triumph the radical with a affirmative result," the England manager said.

"There's a batch resting connected the crippled for some teams. Our show is the key."

Meanwhile, Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson is relishing the conflict with a rival location nation.

"It's going to beryllium emotional. You person large challenges successful shot and hopefully we woody with them successful the close way," helium said.

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'Wales person thing to lose' - analysis

Dafydd Pritchard, BBC Sport Wales successful Doha

It felt rather telling erstwhile Robert Page, during his post-match quality league aft Wales' 2-0 decision by Iran, said: "We've got to hole for different crippled against England, a section derby to decorativeness disconnected with."

To decorativeness disconnected with? Perhaps helium conscionable meant the radical signifier but, portion Wales are not officially retired of the World Cup yet, this did dependable similar an unconscious admittance of defeat.

Wales person flooded the likelihood earlier successful large tournaments, astir notably by beating Belgium - past ranked 2nd successful the satellite - successful their momentous Euro 2016 quarter-final.

But that was a amended Wales squad than the existent one, and that was the past clip Wales bushed a squad ranked supra them successful a competitory match.

They person thing to suffer against England. Page indispensable larn lessons from the archetypal 2 matches, beryllium acceptable to alteration tactically and yet springiness Wales' fans successful Qatar a show to lucifer their pridefulness astatine seeing their state yet play astatine a World Cup.

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'Southgate indispensable ponder balancing act' - analysis

Chief shot writer Phil McNulty successful Doha

Southgate volition person to ponder a delicate balancing enactment earlier the last radical crippled against Wales.

It would instrumentality a catastrophic reverse for England to miss retired connected qualification for the past 16 but the elemental information that determination is inactive enactment to beryllium done means Southgate cannot contemplate wide rotation, arsenic helium surely would had they been done already.

England volition cognize this volition beryllium a antithetic benignant of World Cup game, much akin to a Premier League section derby, against a Wales squad successful a hopeless plight aft drafting with the USA and being deservedly beaten by Iran.

Southgate is alert that the communicative that helium is simply a blimpish manager was backmost connected the docket aft the dismal goalless gully with the USA connected Friday.

He is an expert, though, astatine keeping retired specified sound and volition rightly consciousness that signifier 1 of his and England's task astatine this World Cup is implicit if they determination into the knockout signifier and travel retired connected apical of Group B.

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