Wales vs Bosnia and Herzegovina Predictions

• Wales have won their last two games.
• Craig Bellamy has a 50% win rate as Wales boss.
• Bosnia have lost six of their last 12 away games.

Home advantage key for Wales

Wales take on Bosnia in the play-offs for World Cup 2026 in Cardiff on Thursday as Craig Bellamy’s side bid to qualify for back-to-back appearances for the first time in their history.

A final against either Italy or Northern Ireland awaits the winner, and with home advantage Wales look well placed to progress on Thursday even if they do have some selection issues.

Captain Aaron Ramsey is missing from the squad as he remains unattached and therefore wasn’t selected by Bellamy. Experienced duo Kieffer Moore and Ben Davies are missing due to injury.

Wales thrashed a decent North Macedonia team 7-0 in their last game and are generally strong at home, winning five of their last six competitive home fixtures.

Bosnia managed to navigate the group stages without losing on their travels (W2, D2) but they were handed a fairly kind draw. They were also perhaps fortunate to nick a point in at Austria, who only needed a point to top the group, in their final qualifier.

Wales do tend to struggle for clean sheets as they have only managed shut-outs against Liechtenstein (twice) and Kazakhstan across their last 11 games. Bosnia have scored in six consecutive away games and in each of their last 11 overall so goals at both ends could be on the cards and a nervy 2-1 home win seems a reasonable correct score pick.

Wrexham’s Nathan Broadhead came off the bench and scored in the win over North Macedonian and his club form could see him handed a start on Thursday. Broadhead has two goals in his last three games for Wrexham, and if he is involved from the off he looks a contender for an anytime effort.