Good afternoon and welcome to LIVE coverage of Macedonia against Wales in their World Cup qualifier in Skopje. A dead rubber as far as qualifying for next summer's tournament, but of course there is huge interest in Gareth Bale - the world's most expensive footballer at £85 million. We understand the Real Madrid player starts this match on the bench, but could be involved later in the afternoon.

That is a disappointing outcome from Ramsey, who has been in such outstanding form for Arsenal at club level so far this season.

Myhill hammers a goalkick long down the park. Ramsey takes up a decent position at the other end but overdoes the cross and can't pick out Bellamy on the run.

Jovan Kostovski almost on the end of a Daniel Georgievski cross into the middle. Just can't connect. Brilliant ball across the face of the Welsh goal. Wales almost undone.

Replays suggest it would have been a harsh decision to penalise Davies for that one. Clearly accidental.

Ivan Trickovski throws over a free-kick. Headed out by Davies before appeals for a penalty against Davies for a handball in the visiting area. Nothing doing and we remain at 0-0.

Macedonia shed the ball in the opening moments in their own half. Poor piece of piece of play by the home side, but Bellamy can't take advantage as he loses the ball 25 yards from the home goal.

Off we go then. Grass looks far from ideal for flowing football. Far from ideal. Too long.

Macedonia in red, Wales in their changed strips of white and green. A win for Wales would take them above Serbia into third in the group.

Teams on their way out for this one then. Looks like a decent night for football.

Chris Coleman did not fly out with the Welsh team on Thursday morning after having to purchase a new passport. The Wales manager apparently lost his previous one. Coleman made the journey to Skopje later in the day via Vienna.

Here is the full Welsh side and substitutes for this evening: Myhill, Gunter, B Davies, Rickets, A Williams, Ledley, Vaughan, Bellamy, Collison, Ramsey, J Williams..subs: Hennessey, John, Gabbidon, Matthews, Crofts, Bale, King, Vokes, Church, Fon Williams, Dummett.

Here is the Group A table for your perusal. Scotland host Belgium while Croatia visit Belgium in tonight's other Group A games.

Wales team to face Macedonia: Myhill; Gunter, Ricketts, A Williams; Vaughan, Ledley; J Williams, Ramsey, Collison; Bellamy

Here are the odds for this one in case you are after a flutter: Macedonia 5/4, Wales 12/5, Draw 21/10.

Aleksandar Todorovski is missing through injury for Macedonia while Stefan Sprivoski has been overlooked due to a lack of minutes under his belt so far this season. Centre-half Boban Grncarov comes back into Cedomir Janevski's side, along with left-back Aleksandar Lazevski and attacking midfielder Darko Tasevski.

Bale could feature for Wales after assistant manger Kit Symons said the player was "really keen" to play. But he will have to do so from the bench. Newcastle defender Paul Dummett could be in line to make his senior international debut with Swansea left-back Neil Taylor out with a thigh injury. Cardiff teenager Declan John is also in the squad for the first time while Neil Eardley has been ruled out with a knee problem.

Here is Jim White's latest blog on the diminishing returns facing some of the home nations in terms of the Premier League promoting youth players. And not only England.

Macedonia coach Cedomir Janevski: "Before us are two very important but also difficult games. It resumes our battle for a better final position in the standings. We do have a chance for the third place and that's a good motive for us. Our goal is to move up the table. Wales are a serious team, with exceptional quality and fighting spirit. They have a lot of players from the Premier League so we have to show them respect."

Wales manager Chris Coleman: "[It's] six points we're looking for [against Macedonia and Serbia]. I don't say that lightly because Macedonia's a tough place to go - it's going to be very hot this time of year and they're a strong team. We're sixth seeds so every team in this group was apparently better than us before we kicked a ball. We start qualifying for the Euros now."

Will give you the teams as soon as we get them. It is 6pm start (BST) in this one, but of course you can keep up to date with the goings on across Europe this evening on another hectic night of World Cup qualifiers.