England v Portugal
UEFA Women's Nations League
7.45pm BST, Friday 30 May 2025
Wembley Stadium connected by EE

Lionesses head coach Sarina Wiegman and captain Leah Williamson faced the media on Thursday morning ahead of England’s UEFA Women’s Nations League clash against Portugal at Wembley on Friday.

Here is what they had to say.

Sarina Wiegman on calf injuries to Alessia Russo and Ella Toone:

They’re not ready for tomorrow. We’re trying to get them ready for Tuesday and we need these days. They’re not long-term injuries – we’re taking care of them and not taking big risks.

Wiegman on the injury to and departure of Ella Morris:

It is awful. She came in really well, no contact and unfortunately, she’s torn her ACL. She’s devastated and we’re devastated and of course, we wish her a good rehab. That was a shock when it happened.

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Leah Williamson on arriving back in camp after winning the Champions League:

I came in and we had a slightly different schedule on the first day and then it was business as usual. We had a great training session yesterday in preparation for Friday.

For now, we have a big game. I won the Champions League on Saturday and was back in three days later to prepare. Football doesn’t wait – it keeps moving.

Portugal in profile

Nickname: A Selecção das Quinas
Coach: Francisco Neto
Captain: Dolores Silva
Last encounter: Portugal 1-1 England, 21 February 2025

Match stats

● England are unbeaten in 11 previous meetings with Portugal across all competitions (W7 D4), only facing Finland (13), Northern Ireland (12) and Switzerland (12) more often without suffering defeat in their history.

● Portugal have never scored on four previous visits to face England, though did draw 0-0 with the Lionesses in their most recent away game against them in July 2023 at Stadium MK.

● England have lost just one of their last 50 competitive home matches (W41 D8), losing 2-1 to France 364 days ago in May 2024 in a UEFA European Championship qualifier.

● Portugal have lost seven of their 10 UEFA Women’s Nations League games (W2 D1), losing 4-2 and 7-1 to Spain in their most recent two such matches.

● England lost their most recent game 3-2 away to Belgium on MD4 of the 2025 UEFA Women’s Nations League, but haven’t lost back-to-back matches since their final two games prior to Sarina Weigman’s appointment in April 2021 (vs France and Canada).

● Scotland (13) are the only League A nation that have conceded more goals in the 2025 UEFA Women’s Nations League than Portugal (12), with Austria (34) the only such nation to face more shots on target than A Selecção das Quinas (29).

● Only Spain (5) and Iceland (4) have scored more goals from set-pieces (excluding penalties) than England (3) in the 2025 UEFA Women’s Nations League, while no team have conceded more such goals than Portugal (4).

● With her penalty against Belgium on MD4 of the 2025 UEFA Women’s Nations League, Beth Mead (34) moved ahead of both Eni Aluko and Karen Carney (33 each) into outright sixth on England’s all-time top scorers list – Mead is also the Lionesses’ leading goal scorer under Sarina Weigman (26).

● Jess Park has scored in both of England’s last two home games, with Lauren Hemp the last Lioness to net in three England matches in a row on home turf.

● Carole Costa is the only Portugal player to have scored more than once in the UEFA Women’s Nations League, with each of the defenders’ four goals in the competition coming from the penalty spot.

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