Euro 2016 Qualifiers: Wales vs Bosnia-Hercegovina preview

October 9, 2014
By: Nemanja Lazarevic

Wales vs BosniaHaving defeated weak Andorra in their opening fixture, injury-hit Wales will face a much more serious task when they host 2014 World Cup participants Bosnia-Hercegovina.

The Balkan Dragons were surprisingly beaten at home by Cyprus and now need to try and make amends by winning at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Despite showing plenty of potential in what was a very strong group, Wales failed to make it to the 2014 World Cup finals, but they aim to make things right by reaching the Euro 2016.

Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey are no longer the only high-profile players in the squad as boss Chris Coleman has quite a few quality footballers at his disposal, but the team are still not playing to their potential.

Wales needed the Real Madrid superstar to come to the rescue against weak Andorra, with Bale’s brace ensuring the Dragons defeated Andorra despite going a goal down.

Chris Coleman’s charges are now 3.40 (12/5) to see off Bosnia-Hercegovina as well, but this match will be anything but a walk in the park.

Key midfielders Aaron Ramsey and Joe Allen had missed out on the squad due to injury, before few more players were forced to withdraw.

James Collins, Paul Dummet and Lee Evans are unavailable as well, with Crawley Town midfielder Gwion Edwards receiving a late call-up.

Probable starting line-up (4-2-3-1): Hennessey – Gunter, Chester, Williams, Davies – Bale, King, Huws, Ledley, Taylor – Church.

Bosnia-Hercegovina produced quite a coup by making it to the 2014 World Cup finals, and they showed a lot of promise there despite failing to get past the group stage.

However, the Dragons were unable to get the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign to a bright start, having lost at home to Cyprus even if they had scored the opening goal through Vedad Ibisevic.

This basically means that Safet Susic’s charges are in a difficult position ahead of the trip to Wales, and they are 2.30 (13/10) favourites to win in Cardiff.

Once again, the visitors will be heavily relying on Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko, who is 2.62 (13/8) to score anytime against Wales.

Key defender Emir Spahic was ruled out through a back problem, while Goran Zakaric is another footballer who is out of contention.

Avdija Vrsajevic has recovered from injury and he is available for selection, with Roma star Miralem Pjanic expected to play a key role in midfield.

Probable starting line-up (4-1-3-2): Begovic – Vrsajevic, Vranjes, Sunjic, Lulic – Besic – Prcic, Pjanic, Susic – Dzeko, Ibisevic.

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