Keep or sell Watkins in FPL?

FPL GW33 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Darlow

O’Reilly
Senesi
Struijk

Semenyo
Bruno Fernandes
Tavernier
Palmer

João Pedro
Welbeck
Haaland

Dubravka
van Hecke
Hill
Okafor

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Price Change Predictions

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Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mateta	CRY	7.5m	97.8%	Likely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	89.5%	Maybe
Darlow	LEE	3.9m	93.2%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	92.6%	Unlikely
Struijk	LEE	4.3m	89.9%	Unlikely
Semenyo	MCI	8.2m	92.0%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	88.3%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	81.4%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.4m	78.8%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	78.0%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.4m	73.3%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	73.0%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	72.2%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	71.5%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	70.6%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.5m	70.9%	Unlikely
Mavropanos	WHU	4.4m	69.4%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	70.5%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	68.6%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	66.0%	Unlikely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	63.7%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.7m	60.7%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	60.5%	Unlikely
Beto	EVE	5.0m	55.9%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	58.3%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	58.1%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	57.7%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	54.2%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	53.3%	Unlikely
Minteh	BHA	5.5m	52.0%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	50.4%	Unlikely
Mukiele	SUN	4.5m	42.6%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	46.3%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	44.9%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	44.3%	Unlikely
F.Kadıoğlu	BHA	4.4m	43.3%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	41.7%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	41.1%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	39.4%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	40.2%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mbeumo	MUN	8.5m	99.5%	Likely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	100.1%	Very Likely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	99.5%	Maybe
Dalot	MUN	4.6m	99.2%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.3%	Maybe
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	94.9%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	94.1%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	93.2%	Unlikely
Mayenda	SUN	5.2m	91.8%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	89.6%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	89.2%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	88.6%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.3m	90.5%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	87.6%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	87.1%	Unlikely
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	86.9%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.1m	87.8%	Unlikely
J.Timber	ARS	6.2m	83.2%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	84.6%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	89.1%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	7.1m	85.4%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	82.8%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.6m	81.9%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	78.8%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	77.5%	Unlikely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	76.6%	Unlikely
Martinez	AVL	5.1m	77.4%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	73.8%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	73.2%	Unlikely
Mané	WOL	4.3m	70.8%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	70.5%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.1m	69.5%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	69.0%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	68.5%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	68.1%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	67.6%	Unlikely
Kilman	WHU	4.1m	66.7%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	66.7%	Unlikely
Abraham	AVL	5.8m	58.8%	Unlikely
Amissah	FUL	3.8m	65.5%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	B, Vs
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
No Change	Darlow	LEE	B, Vs, £
No Change	Petrovic	BOU	B
No Change	Henderson	CRY	C

Last updated: 16 Apr, 2026 10:18pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B, Vs
No Change	Hill	BOU	B, £
No Change	Struijk	LEE	B, Vs, £
No Change	Lacroix	CRY	A, Inj
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
No Change	Cash	AVL	C

Last updated: 17 Apr, 2026 12:20pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Palmer	CHE	B
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	C, £
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	A
No Change	Gordon	NEW	A
No Change	Rice	ARS	C
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
No Change	Szoboszlai	LIV	A
No Change	Wilson	FUL	B
No Change	Hinshelwood	BHA	C, Vs, £

Last updated: 17 Apr, 2026 8:11pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	C
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B, Vs
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs
No Change	Bowen	WHU	A
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A

Last updated: 17 Apr, 2026 8:13pm

Members

Keep or sell Watkins in FPL?

19 March 2024 218 comments

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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
2 years, 1 month 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
  2 years, 1 month ago
  I would
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2. Boberella
  2 years, 1 month ago
  Yep
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3. aapoman
  2 years, 1 month 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
    2 years, 1 month ago
    Want some LIV and Spurs in the mix is what I mean.
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wikidwhite
2 years, 1 month 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 ⭐️
  2 years, 1 month 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
  2 years, 1 month ago
  KdB to Foden. Upgrade Mubama
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3. adey70
  2 years, 29 days 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
2 years, 1 month 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
  2 years, 1 month 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
    2 years, 1 month 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
    2 years, 1 month ago
    How is your current draft looking like?
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    1. aapoman
      2 years, 1 month 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
        2 years, 1 month ago
        Looks good.
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2. Assisting the assister
  2 years, 1 month ago
  Yep go for it now as prices rising
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3. Baps Hunter
  2 years, 29 days 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
    2 years, 29 days ago
    Very similar actually.
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Holmes
2 years, 1 month ago
Tough to plan for the run in, Chelsea is a huge stumbling block.
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1. Conners
  2 years, 1 month ago
  I think Palmer and one of Petrovic/Gusto is adequate. I won't be tripling up.
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  1. Holmes
    2 years, 1 month ago
    FH34?
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  2. The Knights Template
    2 years, 1 month ago
    Laura Palmer’s second cousin apparently.
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2. Karan_G14
  2 years, 1 month 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
    2 years, 1 month 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
  2 years, 1 month 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
2 years, 1 month ago
Is Bradley still a viable pick?
When is TAA rumoured to be back?
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1. The Ilfordian
  2 years, 1 month 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
2 years, 1 month 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
  2 years, 1 month 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
2 years, 1 month 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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