Cymru to play England in friendly at Wembley Stadium in October

Cymru will play England in a behind-closed-doors friendly match at Wembley Stadium in October. 

Ryan Giggs’ side will face The Three Lions – who have also qualified for Euro 2020 – on Thursday, 8 October, in London in an exhibition match.

The fixture will become part of an away triple-header in October.

Cymru have the Republic of Ireland on Sunday, 11 October and Bulgaria on Wednesday, 14 October in the UEFA Nations League.

The FAW have also confirmed that all of their UEFA Nations League fixtures are to be played behind-closed doors for the foreseeable future. 

Cymru ast played arch-rivals England at EURO 2016, a 2-1 group stage defeat in Lens.

The announcement of the friendly will see them return to London for the first time in nine years.

They last visited Wembley Stadium in September 2011. They suffered a 1-0 defeat in a Euro 2012 qualifying match in which Ashley Young scored the winner.

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