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And that's the final whistle! England Women rout Portugal Women 6-0 here at Wembley.

Leah Williamson normally so calm is absolutely furious with Portuguese No2 Catarina Amado who looks like she attempted to headbutt the England star

Three minutes additional time announced with England 6-0 up

83 - Portugal's beleaguered keeper Ines Pereira makes an excellent diving save at her near post to keep out Beevor-Jones impudent effort with the outside of her right boot

The official attendance tonight here at England vs Portugal has been given as 48,531. Very impressive. Well done to everyone in attendance here at Wembley

GOAL: England 6-0 Portugal. Chloe Kelly heads home with practically her first touch after coming on as substitute. Good to note Beth Mead with the assist as the Arsenal pair combine perfectly

62 - GOAL! Arsenal's Chloe Kelly makes it 6-0 after nodding home Beth Mead's cross!

57 - substitutions - Lucy Bronze, Lauren Hemp, and Esme Morgan make way for Maya Le Tissier, Chloe Kelly, and Alex Greenwood

49 - Grace Clinton fires high and wide for England. If you're going to shoot from outside the box you have to do far better than that. Not good enough from the Manchester United midfielder who spent a season out on loan to Spurs two years ago

The teams are out ahead of the second half. Can't see any changes for England just yet. Will it be a long 45 minutes for Portugal or will the Lionesses levels drop with the game essentially won the in opening five minutes

From an Arsenal point of view I would always back Alessia Russo to start for England but you have to say her replacement tonight Aggie Beevor-Jones has been excellent, albeit against a very limited Portuguese side. She can play through the middle as well as left and right, links the play up well as well as being a lively No9. A nice selection problem for Wiegman to have...

And now it's half time. England 5-0 Portugal. What a half of aggressive, attacking football from Sarina Wingman's side. Yes the visitors are weak, but don't forget they earned a goalless draw over here during the Lionesses last game before jetting off to the 2023 World Cup in Australia

The referee blows her whistle as the crowd and plenty of England players think it's half time. But it's for a foul instead as a cameraman rushes off the pitch as fast as he raced onto the turf

Three additional minutes announced at the end of a fraught first half for Portugal against a lively England side

40 - Beth Mead's inviting low ball into the box misses Lauren Hemp's slide by a matter of inches

Not a bad game for Hannah Hampton to play in the aftermath of Mary Earps' decisions to quit

England Women 5-0 Portugal Women. A hat trick for Aggie Beever-Jones in just over half an hour as Sarina Wiegman's side blitz their visitors here at Wembley.

32 - GOAL!! Beever-Jones makes it five and lands a hattrick in just 32 minutes here at Wembley. What a start by Sarina Wingman's side

England Women 4-0 Portugal Women. Beth Mead slots home after Jess Park plays the Arsenal star into the box, as the legendary Mead makes no mistake by firing into the net past visitors keeper Ines Pereira just before the half hour

29 - GOAL! Arsenal's Beth Mead gets in on the act by making it four for England and we haven't even reached the half hour mark yet here at Wembley.

England 3-0 Portugal: Beevor-Jones with her second of the match after nodding home Lucy Bronze's cross

26 - GOAL! It's Aggie Beevor Jones once again who nods home with acres of space in the box as the Portuguese defence go awol...

Not much is happening. Bar an infernal Mexican wave. Or is it me just being grumpy...

20 - Excellent turn on the half way line by Lauren Hemp to set up an England attack. Hemp has looked lively from the start and from an England perspective is thankfully showing no lasting effects from her knee injury at the end of 2024

17 - Good work by Lauren Hemp sees England work the ball down the right flank before Hemp fires in a cross

Portugal have settled slightly after the shock of conceding two goals in the opening five minutes

5 - GOAL! England 2-0 Portugal - Now it's Lucy Bronze's turn to score with a header after Beth Mead's blocked effort flies perfectly towards the legendary full-back who nods home to make no mistake. Portugal's keeper Ines Pereira shakes her head as if in disbelief....

3 - GOAL! England 1-0 Portugal. Aggie Beever-Jones scores with only 180 seconds elapsed after a neat finish low into the far corner to put the Lionesses ahead here at Wembley

That's the knee taken to cheers here at Wembley and we're off for England Women vs Portugal Women on a pleasant Friday evening at the national stadium here in North West London

And that's both national anthems done as the teams gear up for kick-off here at Wembley. What's your score prediction?

Arsenal legend Leah Williamson leads out the England Women to face Portugal Women here at Wembley

And of course let's not forget AWFC's hugely promising Michelle Agyemang is on the bench for England tonight. The 19-year-old Arsenal attacker has already scored for the senior England team this year. What a prospect

Great to note more than 55,000 tickets have been sold for tonight's fixture at Wembley

FYI: Arsenal's Alessia Russo is sidelined with a minor calf injury

How Group A3 stands England currently sit second in Group A3, two points behind Spain. They face the World Cup winners on Tuesday in Barcelona. The winner of the group will go on to the Nations League finals, which will be played October and November.

Portugal team news to play England: Pereira, Borges, Costa, Pinto, Norton, Jacinto, Silva, Pinto, Amado, Capeta, Silva. Subs: Morais, Cota-Yarde, Fonseca, Lino, Lopes, Ribeiro, Silva, Faria, Mendes, Correia, Dias, Encarnacao.

The England team have just run onto the pitch for their pre-match warm up to cheers at Wembley

With her penalty against Belgium on MD4 of the 2025 UEFA Women’s Nations League, Arsenal's 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).

Did you know: 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 failed to score on four previous visits to face England, though did draw 0-0 with the Lionesses in their most recent away game against the Lionesses back in July 2023 in Milton Keynes.

Did you know 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.

Chelsea's Aggie-Beever Jones starts upfront after Arsenal's Alessia Russo misses out on tonight's game. While Esme Morgan starts alongside the Gunners Leah Williamson

Subs: Keating, Moorhouse, Charles, Le Tissier, Greenwood, Stanway, Kelly, Kearns, Parris, Kirby, Wubben-Moy, Agyemang - meaning Arsenal loanee Chloe Kelly is on the bench for England this evening

England Women team news to play Portugal at Wembley: Hampton; Bronze, Williamson, Morgan, Carter; Walsh, Clinton, Park; Mead, Beever-Jones, Hemp - so two of Arsenal's Lisbon Lionesses make the starting line-up in Leah and Beth

Team news coming up shortly, in the meantime Leah Williamson says: Williamson players will have to step up in Mary's Earps absence "She's a leader and has got experience and it leaves a gap there," said Leah, adding: "But we've had that happen before and player have to step up and show what they're made of. It's what you prepare for as a team - being ready for all of those eventualities."

Millie Bright is missing this evening, cleary exhausted after the long-running demands of top level football for club and country. Here's defensive partner Leah Williamson on her centre-back partner: England captain Leah Williamson on Millie Bright: "For anyone to speak out about their mental health is a brave thing to do. It encourages people to do the same. She's leading by example. "I've personally given Millie a bit of space, but naturally, anything she needs from the team, we'll be there to give it to her."

From a personal point of view, I feel like Earps' has let England down. Retiring from international duty five weeks before a major tournament is simply selfish. She has let her teammates down, she has let her manager down and she has let her country down. However, as Einstein once said: "In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity." Good luck Hannah Hampton.

While Arsenal legend and England captain Leah Williamson said of Earps' shock international retirement: "I would always try and change her mind because I want her as a teammate. But us as players, we know better than anyone else and we've been on journeys together. The demands on and off then pitch, there's so much that comes into play these days. So to come to that hard decision, I have to respect her in that. But she knows I didn't want her to leave."

Lionesses boss Sarina Wiegman on Mary Earps' decision to end her England career, saying she is "sad and emotional" after such an "incredible journey".

Of course, the big non AWFC news this week has been Mary Earls retirement. It's hard not to be frustrated at the loss of such an experienced keeper a matter of weeks before the Euros. The England camp have tried to put a brave face on it with boss Wiegman and Leah Williamson refusing to criticise the former Manchester United keeper

Out of Arsenal's five Lisbon Lionesses we are only expecting Leah Williamson, Beth Mead and Chloe Kelly to feature from the start or during the match. With Alessia Russo definitely out, with Lotte missing too we understand

Of course, tonight's match will also be a chance for Arsenal supporters - and fair minded fans everywhere - to pay tribute to the Lisbon Lionesses, after Leah Williamson, Beth Mead Alessia Russo, Chloe Kelly and Lotte Webber Moy lifted the Champions League last weekend for the Gunners after an incredible performance against Barca in the Portuguese capital

Hello and welcome from Wembley Stadium this sunny Friday. England Women are hosting Portugal Women here at the national stadium as part of their Nations League commitments. But with the 2025 European Championships at the start of July, this clash, along with Tuesday's in Spain will give an indication of where Sarina Wingman's side are at the moment