Team news and stats ahead of Wales vs Finland in the UEFA Nations League, live on Sky Sports; kick-off 7.45pm.
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Highlights of the Nations League Group B4 match between Wales and the Republic of Ireland
Gareth Bale should start again for Rob Page's side, despite Jose Mourinho's concerns over the Spurs forward's fitness.
Rhys Norrington-Davies and Neco Williams should keep their place at full-back in a five-man defence, with Matthew Smith looking for a recall in place of Joe Morrell or Kieffer Moore.
Finland lost Joel Pohjanpalo to injury last week, while Ilmari Niskanen and Rasmus Schuller are also contenders to start.
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Danny Gabbidon believes Wales' players will be proud after extending their run of consecutive clean sheets in competitive matches to seven
- Wales have won just two of their last nine meetings with Finland in all competitions since 1988 (D3 L4), a 2-0 win in September 2002 under Mark Hughes and a 1-0 victory in the most recent clash back in September.
- Wales are winless in five consecutive home matches against Finland (D3 L2), this after winning their first two such games without conceding a single goal (3-0 in October 1971 and 4-0 in April 1987).
- Finland have lost just one of their last five encounters with Wales (W2 D2), although that defeat came in their most recent match - A 1-0 defeat in September in Helsinki.
- Wales remain unbeaten in their last 10 competitive games (W7 D3) since a 1-0 defeat to Hungary in EURO 2020 qualifying back in June 2019 - the Dragons' joint-longest run without defeat in competitive fixtures (alongside a run of 10 between October 2013 - September 2015).
- Finland will be aiming to win five consecutive matches across all competitions for the first time since October 2018.
- Wales lost two of their opening three home games under Ryan Giggs (W1) but have remained unbeaten on home soil since (P9 W7 D2) - they will be aiming to make it 10 games without defeat at home for the first time in their history.
- No side has won more UEFA Nations League games than Finland (8), despite scoring just 11 goals in the competition.
- Gareth Bale has been directly involved in 13 goals in his last 13 home games for Wales, scoring nine and assisting four.
