2025 UEFA Women’s Nations League: League A3 – England vs Portugal

England is organizing Portugal in a must-win Penultimate League A3 fixture in the UEFA Women’s Nations League 2024-25.

Victory was able to see England moving the top of the group as Spain failed to beat Belgium and set up a winner-in-alles confrontation between the lion ribbons and ruling world champions in their last group competition.

However, a draw or defeat for the lionesses of Sarina Wiegman will only be enough to take the opportunity to count the group to the last day if Spain does not prevail against Belgium.

Portugal remains third with a victory or if Belgium is not better their result in the event that the Portuguese do not win in London.

Team news

Mary Earps will not be part of the team in England after she had announced her retirement of international football, without replacing to offer competition to goalkeepers; Hannah Hampton, Khiara Keating and Anna Moorhouse.

Lotte Wubben-Moy and Laura Blindkilde Brown have replaced Millie Bright and Ella Morris, after the last couple withdrew due to fatigue and an ACL injury.

Alessia Russo and Ella Toone will exclude this game due to slight injuries, but will return next week for the trip to Spain.

Portugal will be Nazareth without Kika, because the midfielder remains offside with an ankle injury, who forced her to miss the April matches against Spain.

However, Jessica Silva is available after she had been the double header against Spain due to injury.

When is the kick -off?

England host Portugal in Wembley Stadium, London, on Friday, May 30 at 7:45 PM BST, live on ITV1 and ITVX in the UK.

Scale

• England attracted 1-1 in their only earlier UEFA Women’s Nations League meeting against Portugal, albeit in February 2025.
• Portugal brings their first UEFA Women’s Nations League visit to England.
• England still has to lose at home in Portugal (W3, D1) in all matches, in which they have kept four clean sheets and scored eight goals in three of those competitions.
• The lion ribbons of Sarina Wiegman scored six goals at home in this group without giving up (W2), in which Jess Park scored in both games.
• Two of the five goals of Portugal in the group were scored by Carole da Silva Costa.

Prediction

After having produced a horrible first half in their final 3-2-way defeat against Belgium in their last outing, which costs control of their own destination in this double header. England now has to roam to play, simply with the same intensity as a saw in that second half as a victory is now necessary.

Meanwhile, Portugal flirts with relegation, but I have an external faint shot to somehow at the top of the group on top of the very complicated mathematics, so I expect that they are difficult opposition if they can bury like at home, but this time keep a clean leaf and do a smash-and-grab winner.

Their way record against England on English soil, however, is bad without goals in four visits, so this is a huge demand for them, especially against an England team that should be too strong at home if he can be tightened defensively but can become more clinically in the front.

Prediction: England 2-1 Portugal

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