Wales vs Spain; International Match

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Wales vs Spain. International Match.

7:45pm, Thursday 11th October 2018.

Principality StadiumAttendance50,232.

Spain 4

P Alcácer (8th minute, 29th minute)
S Ramos (19th minute)
M Bartra (74th minute)

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Wales v Spain preview: Gareth Bale to miss out on international friendly

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Thursday 11 October 2018 18:54, UK

Gareth Bale will not feature for Wales on Thursday when they host Spain in an international friendly, live on Sky Sports.

Bale has been troubled by a groin injury in recent weeks and was forced off in the closing stages of Real Madrid's La Liga defeat at Alaves on Saturday.

But Wales boss Ryan Giggs is still hopeful that Bale will make the Nations League tie away to the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday, and predicted that he would be fit for Real's next game against Levante.

Thursday at the Nations League

"Gareth has got a little bit of muscle fatigue and he won't be involved against Spain," Giggs said. "We don't want to take any risks and we are monitoring it every day. I would say he is 50-50 at the minute for the Ireland game.

"He feels good but we have to weigh up the risk whether he can be part of the game on Tuesday."

Spain will be using Thursday's game - live on Sky Sports Football - as a warm-up for their Nations League encounter with England, having beaten World Cup finalists Croatia 6-0 in their previous outing.

Giggs added: "They've got a new manager (Luis Enrique) and they were very impressive last month against both England and Croatia.

"To score six goals against the World Cup finalists Croatia is something special and gives the chance for our lads to play against some of the best players in the world. We'll also try and give everyone minutes - being mindful of Tuesday."

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Giggs could hand starts to some of the younger players in his side to build their experience, with an eye on the Nations League fixture against the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday.

Spain will be without some big names for the upcoming international fixtures, with Isco, Dani Carvajal, Sergi Roberto and Diego Costa all missing through injury.

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Wales and Spain have met on five previous occasions, with Spain securing two victories to Wales' one (D2).

This will be the first time the two nations have met since April 1985, when Wales won 3-0 courtesy of an Ian Rush double and a goal from Mark Hughes.

Wales have scored 10 goals in five games under Ryan Giggs but they've failed to net in three of those matches.

Wales have won only one of their last 10 non-competitive matches (D3 L6), winning 6-0 vs China PR.

Spain are undefeated in their last 26 matches in all competitions (W17 D9), a run spanning over two years (they last lost vs Italy in June 2016).

Spain have won 10 and lost none of their last 16 away matches (D6), scoring in 15 of those games.