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Wolves v Aston Villa team news: Watkins starts, Tolu benched

27 February 2026 361 comments
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Gameweek 28 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) gets underway at Molineux, where Wolverhampton Wanderers take on Aston Villa.

Wolves have won four of their last six home games against local rivals Villa, but are winless since early January in the top-flight.  

In contrast, Unai Emery’s men are in third, but recent form has been mixed, with only five goals scored in their last seven league matches.

Kick-off is at 20:00 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Unai Emery has made three changes to the side he sent out in Gameweek 27.

Pau Torres, Lucas Digne and Jadon Sancho are all handed starts.

Tyrone Mings, Ian Maatsen and Leon Bailey make way.

Ollie Watkins consequently remains in the starting XI ahead of Tammy Abraham.

There are two alterations for Wolves.

One is enforced as Ladislav Krejci misses out through suspension.

Tolu Arokodare drops to the bench, meanwhile.

Toti Gomes and Joao Gomes come in for the hosts.

LINE-UPS

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa, Mosquera, S Bueno, Toti, Tchatchoua, J Gomes, Andre, H Bueno, Bellegarde, Mane, Armstrong

Subs: Johnstone, Doherty, Wolfe, Tolu, Lima, R Gomes, A Gomes, Olagunju, Edozie

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Pau, Digne, Onana, Luiz, Sancho, Rogers, Buendia, Watkins

Subs: Bizot, Lindelof, Maatsen, Mings, Bogarde, Barkley, Bailey, Abraham, Alysson

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  1. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    Gomez G
    Armstrong A

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    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      Villa 5hite

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      1. Hughes Your Daddy
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Yep

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      2. Old Gregg
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Rogers is killing me

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  2. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    Cash > whom. Mukiele out isn’t helping, but I might as well carry him rather than Cash

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  3. Utopsis
    • 6 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    Cash trolling as usual

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  4. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    Who to get rid of first? Only one FT

    Cash or Rogers?

    How I wish I had 2 FTs

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      I have both and 2 FTs, but might just bench Rogers, front 7 look alright next Gw:

      Bruno, Palmer, Semenyo, Rayan
      Haaland, Pedro, Thiago

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  5. JBG
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    As a MU fan this pleases me.. as a Rogers owner, not surprised

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    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      As a Utd fan it pleases me. As a Cash, Rogers and Watkins owner it’s dreadful AGAIN

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      1. JBG
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Oooofff that trio..

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  6. Riverside Red
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    Rank start again to the GW

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  7. Gazwaz80
    • 6 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    2 points Rogers, woohoo!!

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  8. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    Send Martinez off!

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  9. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    cant believe wolves only have 1 win this season. even when they were bad they werent worst ever bad. at least half a dozen worse teams in pl history

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    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      I agree. They were extremely unfortunate on a lot of occasions with results

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  10. The Knights Template
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    Watkins has to stay on now surely?

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    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      Won’t do anything anyway

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      1. The Knights Template
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        The ball might hit his rump and fall at Tammy’s feet for a goal.

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    2. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      Wolves hope so

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  11. The Mighty Hippo
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    I've got Martinez, Rogers and Watkins in this game... sheesh!

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    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      Cash instead of Martinez here. Cash was on for 3 bonus prior to the goal

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  12. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    Rogers would want to do something after I prioritised keeping him for this fixture over Dango.

    Congrats to Dango owners though, you should be hauling now

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    1. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      I started Rogers over Palmer and Pedro...

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    2. Paul W.
      • 4 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      Started Rogers over Pedro... GW28 not looking good already

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      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Same

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  13. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    Benched KDH to play Cash. It was a tight call in the end but inevitably another Kieran Dewsbury Haul on the bench most likely

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  14. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    Thankfully, I benched Rogers for Wirtz

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      😆

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  15. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    Every week my team looks good on paper recently, it just turns out rubbish
    3 points from 2 players to start the GW, great! 😀

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    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      Yep

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  16. Tic Tacs
    • 6 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    Jose Sa on course to get me more bench points on his own than my whole bench boost last week… that is FPL

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  17. Moon Dog
      1 month, 6 days ago

      Ref has seen enough. Going home.

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    • Pep Roulette
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      Time to sell Rogers?

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      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Yes

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      2. Effe
        • 15 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        I’m certainly running out of patience

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      3. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        21:55

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      4. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Ya, who for is the question

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        1. Fifa las vegas
          • 13 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Might have to be Wilson

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          1. Fifa las vegas
            • 13 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            Dewsbury Hall even!

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      5. Paul W.
        • 4 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Probably, too expensive for bench

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      6. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Yes for me, am using FH in GW31 anyways. Villa will go deep in the Europa league so they will probably rotate around the quarter finals and semi finals or else they will be knackered with the fixture congestion

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      7. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Oh yes, he wasn’t my planned transfer but the points have dried up

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    • Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      FPL needs to build in a safety feature where you can lock players for a season and can’t transfer them in…

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    • Riverside Red
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      Villa so poor tonight...

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    • g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      80 mins in & Rogers on 2 points,

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    • Babit1967
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      Glad u avoided rogers

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      1. Babit1967
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        I*

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    • JBG
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      Wish I took a -4 to take out Rogers to Mbuemo...

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    • Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      What was I thinking getting in Watkins 2 weeks ago?

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      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Accept it was a poor choice and sell this week

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        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Thing is, I’ll sell him and he’ll haul
          Straight afterwards

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          1. Revival
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            I'd be worried Abraham will eat into his minutes on the pitch

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    • FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      That was another defcon by Cash right there tackle which turned over possession and still not increasing ?

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    • Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      Rogers to whom?

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      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Anyone

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      2. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Wilson or Dango on my watchlist

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    • The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      Another Rogers on for Watkins

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      1. Free Hat
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Definitely a look a like indeed

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        1. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          I actually thought it was him, until I noticed the lack of scrawny beard

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    • FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      Ollie useless again. Get out of my team

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    • Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      Good riddance, Watkins

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    • Moon Dog
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Villa looked nailed for a Champion's League place last season before throwing. Surely they're not doing the same again...

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        1. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          They’ve never really looked nailed for it this season tbf.

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          1. FPL Blow-In
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            They were title challengers and the midway mark seemingly

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        2. Raoul Nogues
            1 month, 6 days ago

            They are missing key players

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            1. Moon Dog
                1 month, 6 days ago

                Fair

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