Wales vs Turkey LIVE: Nations League updates as new era begins under Craig Bellamy

6 mins: Kenan Yildiz is clattered early on by Joe Rodon with that tackle bringing out a round a loud cheers from the Welsh crowd.

Sorba Thomas, positioned out on the left tonight, makes a nice run down the wing before slipping a pass into the feet of Aaron Ramsey.

He collects, spins and flicks a cross over to the other side of the box. Brennan Johnson recovers the loose ball and backheels it. A second cross comes into the box and Ramsey is there to head his chance over the crossbar!

3 mins: Johnson receives the ball out on the right side and slots it over to Ethan Ampadu. He slips the ball into the penalty area but Connor Roberts’ enterprising run doesn’t end with him in possession.

Wales have started this match with control of the ball.

The anthems are played before kick off with the watching crowd in full voice as the Welsh national anthem is sung under the lights at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Wales get the ball rolling for this Nations League clash. They send it back to the defence where it gets booted over to the right wing with Brennan Johnson the target but the ball is chested out for a throw in.

Almost time for kick off at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Craig Bellamy will be hoping for a successful start to this era of Welsh football. He’s brought some early messages to the team about high intensity and dominating possession.

Turkey will be a tough team to control though and it’ll be interesting to see how Wales go tonight. Kick off is up next…

Harry Wilson has had a hand in five goals in his past seven appearances for Wales (two goals, three assists), with one of those assists coming against Turkey in November last year.

Turkey have only lost two of their past 11 matches in the Nations League (five wins, four draws), although they did lose their most recent match in September 2022 against a Faroe Islands team ranked 125th in the world.

Wales have only lost three of their past 30 home matches in all competitions (17 wins, 10 draws). Two of those losses were in the Nations League against the Netherlands and Poland in 2022.

Turkey are winless in their past five away matches (two draws, three defeats), having won six of their previous seven on the road before this run.

Wales have failed to score in their past three games, with their most recent match a 4-0 defeat by Slovakia in June. They have not gone four without a goal since September 2012, with new boss Craig Bellamy playing in three of those four matches.

Turkey have failed to win any of their four away matches against Wales (two draws, two defeats), scoring just one goal in those four games, a Yusuf Yazıcı penalty in a 1-1 draw in November 2023.