Wales v Armenia: Key talking points as Rob Page’s side face crunch qualifier
Wales are hoping to celebrate another Euro 2024 qualifying victory in Armenia on Saturday (Tim Goode/PA)
Wales play their penultimate Euro 2024 qualifier in Armenia on Saturday.
Automatic qualification is in Wales’ own hands as two closing victories will book their place in Germany next summer.
Here, the PA news agency takes a look at some of the main talking points of the game in Yerevan.
Wales reached Euro 2020 by winning their final two qualifiers – and now face the same scenario (Nick Potts/PA)
The parallels between Wales’ successful Euro 2020 qualification and the current campaign are hard to resist.
Wales reached Euro 2020 with a fast finish – holding 2018 World Cup finalists Croatia to a Cardiff draw before winning in Azerbaijan and downing Hungary after back-to-back summer defeats.
Having suffered another pointless June and just beaten Croatia in Cardiff, Wales head to the Caucasus region again to take on Azerbaijan’s neighbour Armenia before finishing with a visit from Turkey.
Six more points will do.
Brennan Johnson missed Wales’ win over Croatia with a hamstring injury (Zac Goodwin/PA)
The loss of Tottenham forward Brennan Johnson to injury last month was a big blow.
Johnson’s pace and movement can trouble any defence, but boss Rob Page plugged the gap against Croatia by utilising a three-man forward line of David Brooks, Harry Wilson and Kieffer Moore.
All three performed superbly with Wilson claiming a match-winning double.
Johnson is expected to return, however – possibly at the expense of Brooks – with Page also likely to use the pace of Daniel James from the bench.
Ethan Ampadu has emerged as a leader in the Wales midfield (Nick Potts/PA)
There was much wailing in Wales when Joe Allen hung up his
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