England Women vs Portugal Women; UEFA Women's Nations League Group A3

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England Women vs Portugal Women. UEFA Women's Nations League Group A3.

7:45pm, Friday 30th May 2025.

Wembley Stadium.

England Women 6

A Beever-Jones (3rd minute, 26th minute, 33rd minute)
L Bronze (5th minute)
B Mead (29th minute)
C Kelly (62nd minute)

Portugal Women 0

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England 6-0 Portugal: Aggie Beever-Jones scores hat-trick as Lionesses produce statement win in Nations League

Match report as England got what they hope will be another special summer off to a positive start with a 6-0 Nations League win over Portugal; Aggie Beever-Jones hit first-half hat-trick, with Lucy Bronze, Beth Mead and Chloe Kelly also on the scoresheet at Wembley

Sam Blitz

Football Journalist @SamBIitz

Saturday 31 May 2025 11:25, UK

England sent a message to rivals aiming to take their European crown this summer as their strength in depth was shown in a 6-0 thrashing of Portugal, with Aggie-Beever Jones scoring a first-half hat-trick.

It was the Lionesses' last game at Wembley before Euro 2025 in Switzerland this summer and the near-50,000 fans were given a treat with Sarina Wiegman's side storming into a 2-0 lead after five minutes against a side they could only draw 1-1 with in the return Nations League fixture in February.

Beever-Jones - starting in place of the injured Alessia Russo, who is likely to lead the line at the Euros - got her first with a calm finish from inside the box, before Lucy Bronze nodded in a second after Beth Mead's shot was well-saved.

Portugal then hit the post through Andreia Norton but that was the closest they came to knocking on Hannah Hampton's door in the England No 1's first game since Mary Earps' shock retirement.

Another England double put them beyond their opponents and we were only 25 minutes in. An unmarked Beever-Jones nodded in a superb Bronze cross, before Mead made it a special week by scoring just six days after setting up Arsenal's Champions League winner.

It was five after 33 minutes. That is Beever-Jones' shirt number at club level and her finish into the near post made her just the second woman to score a hat-trick at Wembley for England, after Mead.

"I'm absolutely shattered, coming into this today after a busy season," said Beever-Jones after the game. Imagine if she was fully fresh.

The second half was more routine, with Wiegman giving more fringe players some important minutes. But there was time for substitute Chloe Kelly to nod home Mead's cross from close range. Who out of the two is England's starting right winger at the Euros is anyone's guess.

It could have been seven as fellow substitute Alex Greenwood saw a free-kick cannon off the bar, with Kelly unable to convert the rebound from a few yards out.

The result had ramifications closer to home as it means England keep pace with Spain at the top of Nations League Group A3. The Lionesses need to beat the world champions away on Tuesday night to qualify for the Nations League finals this autumn.

But Europe will look at a rotated England XI thrashing a Portugal side preparing for Euro 2025 themselves with concern. Wiegman's team are flexing their muscles ahead of another potentially special summer, with the England boss six days away from naming her finals squad.

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Beever-Jones: I want to be giving people headaches

England's hat-trick hero Aggie Beever-Jones:

"I got told I was starting and I wanted to help the team as much as I can. I'm delighted right now. I can't quite believe it.

"I'm just focusing on the current and I believe everything will fall into place. As long as I'm giving the right people headaches, making Sarina, happy then so be it.

"It was a good team performance. We were really clinical in the first half and if I'm honest, the standard dropped in the second and we're looking to improve that."

Analysis: England have the best attack in Europe - it's confirmed

Sky Sports' Sam Blitz at Wembley:

"How do you convince everyone - players, coaches, fans, pundits - that something good is about to happen? For Sarina Wiegman's England, it's exactly that.

"No Alessia Russo, no Ella Toone, no Lauren James - and England still managed to put five past Portugal inside 33 minutes. Lauren Hemp looked back to her best despite only a couple of starts since her knee injury, while Beth Mead was among the best players on the park in a week she barely slept after Arsenal's Champions League win.

"What must the rest of Europe be thinking?

"It raises an important question about depth. When England won the Euros in 2022, there was a lot of dual rotation. Ellen White started but Russo had her moments off the bench. So did Ella Toone as Fran Kirby started most matches.

"If anything, England have even more depth than they had three years ago when they made history.

"While all the talk at the start of the week was about Mary Earps and the goalkeeper situation, it's now the top end of the pitch stealing the headlines."

How many forwards can Wiegman take to Switzerland?

England boss Sarina Wiegman:

"I could do 10! But I don't think your squad is very balanced. You want options in every position and every position you want an extra player, some can play in two different positions, which helps.

"We have so many options up front in the squad right now. We hope for Lauren James coming back too, her rehab is doing good. I hope every striker will be fit, James added to that. That can be really hard for the squad."