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No Change	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Foden	MCI	8.4m	175.3%	Very Likely
Raya	ARS	5.9m	126.7%	Very Likely
Thiago	BRE	6.8m	116.3%	Very Likely
Bruno G.	NEW	6.8m	109.2%	Very Likely
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	112.7%	Very Likely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	107.4%	Very Likely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	107.8%	Very Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	102.1%	Very Likely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	75.7%	Likely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	74.6%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	88.9%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	63.8%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	82.7%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	55.6%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	80.9%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	82.9%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	77.9%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	79.9%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	6.1m	45.7%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.7%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	75.1%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	63.7%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	71.6%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	67.0%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	66.5%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	67.8%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	70.7%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	64.1%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	69.5%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	62.1%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	6.0m	38.8%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.7m	37.4%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	54.9%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.2m	37.5%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	51.4%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.0m	28.4%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	55.3%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	47.3%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	53.4%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	43.9%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mateta	CRY	8.1m	133.8%	Very Likely
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	122.0%	Very Likely
Georginio	BHA	5.7m	126.7%	Very Likely
João Pedro	CHE	7.4m	116.0%	Very Likely
Tel	TOT	6.3m	104.8%	Very Likely
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	113.1%	Very Likely
M.Salah	LIV	14.1m	101.7%	Very Likely
Tonali	NEW	5.4m	103.4%	Very Likely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.5m	74.6%	Likely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	105.8%	Very Likely
Gabriel	ARS	6.3m	98.9%	Likely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	103.3%	Very Likely
Dorgu	MUN	4.2m	94.9%	Likely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	98.7%	Likely
Enzo	CHE	6.7m	78.0%	Likely
Botman	NEW	4.9m	95.7%	Likely
Christie	BOU	5.0m	96.6%	Likely
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.4m	92.9%	Maybe
Welch	EVE	3.9m	94.7%	Maybe
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	95.4%	Maybe
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	98.3%	Maybe
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	91.6%	Maybe
Young	AVL	4.4m	90.7%	Maybe
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	95.5%	Maybe
Byram	LEE	3.9m	88.2%	Maybe
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	90.9%	Maybe
Matete	SUN	4.4m	88.5%	Maybe
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	92.9%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	86.4%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	87.5%	Unlikely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	93.4%	Unlikely
Obi	MUN	4.3m	88.8%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	90.6%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	90.8%	Unlikely
Isidor	SUN	5.6m	92.2%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	88.8%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.4m	78.4%	Unlikely
Gruev	LEE	4.8m	85.7%	Unlikely
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	90.3%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Sels	NFO	B
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	A, Sus
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	de Ligt	MUN	B, Inj
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	B
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A, £
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 6 Dec, 2025 12:41am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	B
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
No Change	Gakpo	LIV	B, Vs, Rest
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
Up	Schade	BRE	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	A, £
Down	Fernández	CHE	B

Last updated: 6 Dec, 2025 12:48am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Thiago	BRE	A
Down	Mateta	CRY	C
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

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Keep or sell Watkins in FPL?

19 March 2024 218 comments

avfc82

The 2023/24 Fantasy Premier League (FPL) season has belonged to Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins (£9.0m).

He’s the top-scoring FPL player at present, amassing 187 points thanks to 16 goals and 15 assists, but some of his owners may be questioning his place in their squads, with no ‘doubles’ to come and trips to Manchester City and Arsenal in the next four Gameweeks.

In this Premium Members article, we take a look at the current situation.

WATKINS UNDER EMERY

Starts	53
Goals	29
Assists (Opta)	16
Assists (Fantasy)	5
Bonus	46
Double-digit hauls	8
Blanks when starting	19
FPL points	321

Unai Emery has helped Watkins become one of the most effective forwards in the Premier League.

With 29 goals and 21 assists in 53 Premier League matches under the Spaniard, he’s now enjoying the kind of productivity – and consistency – he never achieved under Dean Smith or Steven Gerrard.

Deployed as the focal point of Aston Villa’s attack, he is quite simply an elite FPL performer, which wasn’t always the case before.

“Before, maybe I was running into the channels and into the corners and doing a lot of work for the team. Now, I’m staying within the width of the box and timing my runs.” – Ollie Watkins

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Botman and Robben
1 year, 8 months ago
1FT 1.4ITB

Would you WC this team? Bad defence, too much City/Arsenal, All 4 on bench should go.

Areola
Gabriel* Saliba Zabarnyi
Foden KDB* Saka Palmer
Watkins Haaland Solanke

Turner Taylor Gomez Hwang*
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1. SpaceCadet
  1 year, 8 months ago
  I would
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2. Boberella
  1 year, 8 months ago
  Yep
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3. aapoman
  1 year, 8 months ago
  Too much City/Arsenal? I think that is fine since you anyways want 4-5City/Arsenal players starting gw31.
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  1. Botman and Robben
    1 year, 8 months ago
    Want some LIV and Spurs in the mix is what I mean.
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wikidwhite
1 year, 8 months ago
How’s this looking, basic plan is for my front 7 & Gabby/Stones to play every week from here on out, with my cheap defender’s rotating based on fixtures (0.1 itb):

Kelleher

Gusto - Maguire - Burn

Saka - Palmer (vc) - Son - KDB - Salah (C)

Haaland - Watkins

Areola - Gabriel - Stones - Mubama
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1. Westfield Irons ⭐️
  1 year, 8 months ago
  I don’t like the dead spot Mubama pick for the run in. Think you need a better 8th attacker to sub in or rotate, so at first glance I’d do KDB to Gordon and Mubama to Darwin and you have more ITB. Also reckon Darwin outscores KDB in 30/31
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2. My heart goes Salalalalah
  1 year, 8 months ago
  KdB to Foden. Upgrade Mubama
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3. adey70
  1 year, 8 months ago
  Love this team (would probably agree with other contributors re Foden / Darwin). I just tried to see if I could afford it. 3.5m short! Well played.....
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Karan_G14
1 year, 8 months ago
Would you WC this in GW30 or 31?

Dubravka
Cash Porro Gabriel
Foden Son Maddison Saka Bowen
Watkins Toney

(Areola Morris Saliba Doughty)

Can do Foden or Bowen to Salah this week for free.
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1. aapoman
  1 year, 8 months ago
  I'd WC now. Had pretty much the same gks and defence. Excact same midfield and Solanke instead of Toney. Pressed the WC button on Monday
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  1. Karan_G14
    1 year, 8 months ago
    Yeah honestly dont see much of a difference in waiting. Need Darwin & Chelsea assets they can easily match or do better than the Spurs players & Watkins.
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  2. Botman and Robben
    1 year, 8 months ago
    How is your current draft looking like?
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    1. aapoman
      1 year, 8 months ago
      Currently on below with 0.7itb. Mostly unsure of the keepers and whether to go Darwin, Solanke or Isak. Will make final decisions once the fixtures are announced
      
      Raya Areola
      Saliba AitNouri Branthwaite Gusto Richards
      Salah Saka Son Foden Palmer
      Haaland Solanke Muniz
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      1. Botman and Robben
        1 year, 8 months ago
        Looks good.
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2. Assisting the assister
  1 year, 8 months ago
  Yep go for it now as prices rising
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3. Baps Hunter
  1 year, 8 months ago
  Maddison, Porro and Watkins are reasons not to WC yet, for me at least. My team is pretty similar.
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  1. Baps Hunter
    1 year, 8 months ago
    Very similar actually.
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Holmes
1 year, 8 months ago
Tough to plan for the run in, Chelsea is a huge stumbling block.
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1. Conners
  1 year, 8 months ago
  I think Palmer and one of Petrovic/Gusto is adequate. I won't be tripling up.
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  1. Holmes
    1 year, 8 months ago
    FH34?
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  2. The Knights Template
    1 year, 8 months ago
    Laura Palmer’s second cousin apparently.
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2. Karan_G14
  1 year, 8 months ago
  Their fixtures are too good to overlook. Need Palmer either ways. I think DGW announcement is key for deciding when to FH/BB.
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  1. Holmes
    1 year, 8 months ago
    I'm interested in tripling up on them but that would rule out BB34. If I go for BB37, then what to do with Arsenal and Liverpool players is a question.
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3. Conners
  1 year, 8 months ago
  Undecided on FH still. Probably will be 34, and then build towards 37 with FT's (WC used).
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The Parrot
1 year, 8 months ago
Is Bradley still a viable pick?
When is TAA rumoured to be back?
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1. The Ilfordian
  1 year, 8 months ago
  This says 7th April so I’m not going there
  
  https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/liverpool-fc-injury-update-luis-diaz-nunez-konate-latest-news-return-dates-b1145939.html
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BlzE_94
1 year, 8 months ago
Who would you captain?

Neto
Gabriel Robinson Pau
Salah Son Saka Palmer
Haaland Watkins Solanke

Areola Garnacho Doughty Van Hecke
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1. Sheffield Wednesday
  1 year, 8 months ago
  Replies to the first post in this thread indicate the choice is between three mids in your team - Salah/Son/Palmer
  
  https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2024/03/19/keep-or-sell-watkins-in-fpl/?hc_page=1&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comments
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Mizzzza
1 year, 8 months ago
Thoughts on this wildcard team?

Raya/Kelleher

Stones/Gabriel/Gusto/Branthwaite/
C. Richards

Foden/Salah/Saka/Palmar/Son

Haaland/Watkins/Muniz

Basically, 10 points ahead of rival. Both have similar teams.

Moving early for Salah, and getting Stones into my team - whilst keeping double Arsenal defence (Raya).
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