Wales have won eight of their last sixteen matches with coach Craig Bellamy
The team's sights are squarely on the upcoming World Cup play-off fixture as they await learning their semi-final and potential final rivals.
After finished as runners-up in their qualification group thanks to a decisive 7-1 win over North Macedonia – their biggest success since 1978 – the side will play the semi-final encounter on their own turf.
They will meet either the Albanian side, Bosnia, the Kosovan team or Ireland in that match on 26 March.
Ex- Wales forward Rob Earnshaw thinks the Dragons will relish a tie against whichever opponent following their latest result at Cardiff City Stadium.
"I know Craig Bellamy, we were teammates with him and his approach is 'give us whoever, it doesn't matter'," Earnshaw stated.
"A lot of people were wondering last night, 'should we actually want Ireland because of that derby atmosphere?'. In my view a number of supporters didn't. But for me, that could be incredible.
"It's one of those, yes, we'll take Kosovo or the Bosnians and the Albanians are not bad and Ireland, naturally, they're a very good team so it will be challenging.
"However you just feel that we'll take anybody right now and we're confident, and a lot of that is because of Craig Bellamy."
Wales are placed thirty-fourth in the world standings, with Albania 61st, Republic of Ireland sixty-second, Bosnia-Herzegovina seventy-fifth and Kosovo eighty-fourth.
Albania enjoyed a impressive qualifying run, with their sole losses suffered at the hands of Group K winners England, who claimed full points without conceding a solitary goal.
Burnley's Armando Broja and Lazio's Elseid Hysaj are among the Red and Blacks's more notable players, though it was ex- Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford striker Rey Manaj who topped their scoring tally in the qualifiers with three goals.
Notably, Albania have never earned a spot for a World Cup, though they featured at the 2016 European Championship and the 2024 Euros, failing to reach the knockout stages on both occasions.
As Slovenia and Sweden endured torrid runs, with each failing to win a qualifying match, Group B was a direct battle between Switzerland and the Kosovan team.
The Swiss finished the six-game qualifiers three points ahead of the Kosovans, whose one defeat was at the hands of the pool winners.
The Kosovan squad feature ex- Manchester City keeper Arijanet Muric and La Liga's Vedat Muriqi – his nation's historic leading goalscorer – in a team targeting a first major tournament appearance.
They have never faced the Welsh team.
Bosnia-Herzegovina were defeated just once in qualifying, and earned a points more than the Welsh achieved in their eight games, but nonetheless ended 2 points adrift of their group winners Austria.
They were a quarter of an hour away from securing a place at the finals, but Michael Gregoritsch's leveler for the Austrians meant the pair drew in the final game of qualification and Ralf Rangnick's team won the group.
Wales have failed to beat the Bosnians in 4 attempts but experienced a unforgettable defeat against Zmajevi as they earned qualification for the 2016 European Championship under Chris Coleman despite the defeat.
As his nation's all-time leading scorer and record appearance player, former Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko, currently with Fiorentina, is unquestionably Bosnia's standout player.
The 39-year-old was his squad's top scorer in qualifying with 5 goals.
Lastly, we have Ireland.
After taken only a single point from their opening 3 matches, Heimir HallgrÃmsson's side surged into the play-offs with successive wins against Armenia, Portugal and Hungary.
Troy Parrott netted the two goals against Euro 2016 winners Portugal before scoring a triple – with the third goal arriving in the 96th minute – as the Republic of Ireland surprised Hungary to take second place in their group in thrilling fashion.
Key player Seamus Coleman had a crucial role in his team's revival while Premier League keeper Caoimhin Kelleher has secured the starting jersey his own.
The Republic of Ireland are without a win in their past 4 meetings with Wales, defeated in 3 of these, though James McClean broke the hearts of the Red Wall as Martin O'Neill's men won a decisive World Cup qualifying match at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.
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