ngland continue their Women’s World Cup preparations as they host Portugal in a friendly this evening.
The Lionesses will soon be on the plane heading to the tournament in Australia and New Zealand, but before then they have this send-off fixture and will be looking to begin the summer on a high.
Sarina Wiegman’s side will then face Canada in a behind-closed-doors friendly once in Australia, before the serious business kicks off against Haiti on July 22 in Brisbane.
Date, kick-off and venue
England vs Portugal is scheduled for a 3.15pm BST kick-off today, Saturday July 1, 2023.
Stadium:MK will host the friendly.
Where to watch England vs Portugal
TV channel: The game will be broadcast on free-to-air TV in the UK on ITV1, with coverage starting at 2.30pm BST ahead of a 3.15pm kick-off.
Live stream: ITVX will offer a live stream on mobile devices, laptops, games consoles and more.
LIVE coverage: Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog.
England vs Portugal team news
England will be without Euro 2022 stars Leah Williamson and Beth Mead this summer due to injury, while Jess Park has withdrawn from the Lionesses standby list with a shoulder issue.
Millie Bright is set to captain the side at the World Cup but is currently out with a knee injury and will not feature against Portugal, but Alex Greenwood is set to be available despite limping out of training earlier this week.
Georgia Stanway is set to earn her 50th England cap, while Rachel Daly will hope to get her chance up front after a superb WSL season for Aston Villa.
Millie Bright is expected to be fit in time for the World Cup
/ The FA via Getty ImagesEngland vs Portugal prediction
England’s long unbeaten run under Wiegman came to an end in April with defeat to Australia, but the Lionesses will be confident of getting back to winning ways here.
Portugal can be expected to sit back and try and make things difficult, as they will likely have to do against the USA and the Netherlands in this summer’s World Cup.
England though should have enough to break them down and give the home fans something to cheer in the final match before the flight Down Under.
England to win, 3-0.
Head to head (h2h) history and results
England wins: 2
Draws: 0
Portugal wins: 0
England vs Portugal latest odds
England to win: 1/8
Draw: 7/1
Portugal to win: 16/1
