West Ham v Aston Villa team news: Watkins starts

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Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gravenberch	LIV	5.6m	80.9%	Likely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	57.1%	Likely
Gordon	NEW	7.3m	78.0%	Likely
James	CHE	5.6m	96.9%	Likely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	88.8%	Likely
Stach	LEE	4.8m	80.9%	Likely
Woltemade	NEW	7.3m	86.1%	Likely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	89.3%	Likely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	85.7%	Maybe
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.8m	75.0%	Maybe
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	94.9%	Maybe
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	93.9%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	81.4%	Unlikely
Wirtz	LIV	8.1m	24.8%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	78.5%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	70.3%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.8m	28.8%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	38.7%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	73.7%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	74.8%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	5.9m	49.7%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.7m	26.3%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	60.8%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	66.9%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.8m	57.3%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.2m	19.5%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	50.6%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	64.5%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	65.6%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	58.7%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	9.0m	10.1%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	50.2%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	54.9%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	42.3%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.3m	21.9%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	52.3%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	45.7%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.0m	6.1%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	53.2%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	40.3%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	148.5%	Very Likely
Barnes	NEW	6.2m	93.0%	Likely
Muñoz	CRY	5.9m	103.0%	Very Likely
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.3m	102.4%	Very Likely
Mamardashvili	LIV	4.3m	100.2%	Very Likely
Vicario	TOT	4.9m	102.1%	Very Likely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	101.0%	Very Likely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	100.9%	Very Likely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	100.8%	Very Likely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	101.1%	Very Likely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	100.2%	Very Likely
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	100.7%	Very Likely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	96.7%	Likely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	100.2%	Very Likely
Ajer	BRE	4.4m	95.4%	Likely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	100.1%	Very Likely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	98.0%	Maybe
Webster	BHA	4.4m	92.9%	Maybe
Nwaneri	ARS	5.1m	94.2%	Maybe
Udogie	TOT	4.4m	95.0%	Maybe
James	LEE	5.3m	95.6%	Maybe
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	92.6%	Maybe
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	94.0%	Maybe
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	82.6%	Maybe
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	94.9%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	98.5%	Unlikely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	94.2%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.6m	92.6%	Unlikely
Yoro	MUN	4.3m	90.1%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	93.8%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	96.2%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.3m	85.9%	Unlikely
Hannibal	BUR	4.8m	88.9%	Unlikely
Minteh	BHA	6.1m	65.3%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	90.4%	Unlikely
Odobert	TOT	5.3m	87.3%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	88.1%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.3m	76.6%	Unlikely
Eze	ARS	7.6m	32.1%	Unlikely
Bayindir	MUN	4.8m	85.8%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	B, Vs, Sus
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:40am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Andersen	FUL	C
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
No Change	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	B
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	B
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:42am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
No Change	Szoboszlai	LIV	B, Vs, Inj, Sus
No Change	Minteh	BHA	C
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Sus
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:49am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	A, Vs
Up	Bowen	WHU	A
Down	Mateta	CRY	C
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B, Rest

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:51am

GW18 Chip Poll

Dugout Discussion

West Ham v Aston Villa team news: Watkins starts

17 August 2024 490 comments

Skonto Rigga

Ollie Watkins starts for Aston Villa in the final Premier League match of the day.

Watkins’ late return from international duty with England meant that he didn’t play a single minute for Villa in pre-season.

But he’s back in Unai Emery’s line-up this evening, effectively taking the place of the benched Jacob Ramsey.

Emery’s starting XI is otherwise as expected, with budget Fantasy Premier League (FPL) midfielder Morgan Rogers set to support Watkins in attack.

Amadou Onana is the only one of Villa’s summer signings who starts. Fellow new recruits Ross Barkley, Jaden Philogene and Ian Maatsen are on the bench.

Lucas Digne is preferred to Maatsen at left-back, with Alex Moreno set for a move away from the club.

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As for West Ham United, recent arrivals Max Kilman and Guido Rodriguez are given their competitive full debuts.

Crysencio Summerville, Niclas Fullkrug, Jean-Clair Todibo and Aaron Wan-Bissaka are made to wait, however: they are all among the substitutes.

Kick-off in east London is at 17:30 BST.

LINE-UPS

West Ham XI: Areola, Coufal, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson, Soucek, Rodriguez, Paqueta, Kudus, Bowen, Antonio.

Subs: Fabianski, Cresswell, Summerville, Ward-Prowse, Fullkrug, Ings, Todibo, Wan-Bissaka, Irving.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne, Tielemans, McGinn, Onana, Rogers, Bailey, Watkins

Subs: Gauci, Carlos, Barkley, Duran, Buendia, Philogene, Nedeljkovic, Maatsen, Ramsey.

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rdrylie
1 year, 4 months ago
I'm in a Fantrax league should I start Kamada against Brentford tomorrow or Enzo Fernandez against City?
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Steve The Spud
1 year, 4 months ago
What a day

Salah haul and as good as ever
Jota returns
Couple of band wagons up in flames already

Going to be a really fun season
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adstomko
1 year, 4 months ago
If Quansah is on 6.4% ownership, how much of a drop in % will likely be needed to go to 4.4m?
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1. ball c
  1 year, 4 months ago
  Are you looking to transfer him out? Ive got him and but going to keep. I think he will start against Brentford.. it will be a different game where pool will have more of the ball and reckon less long balls from Brentford
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  1. adstomko
    1 year, 4 months ago
    Hmm I suppose he could yeah. Need to check if Slot said anything about it
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2. Toon lurk
  1 year, 4 months ago
  Do you want the answer as a total %? Or relative? I.e if I say he drops 1% does that mean from 6.4% to 5.4% or from 6.4% to 6.336%?
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  1. adstomko
    1 year, 4 months ago
    The total % figure of ownership to see a drop, i.e he’s now 4.9% owned = drop
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Freshy
1 year, 4 months ago
Will Ipswich high press ManCity? Erling from Norway asking.
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zdrojo187
1 year, 4 months ago
32 points from Raya,Saka,Havertz...very good.
56 overall with Haaland,Gvardiol,Porro & Kulu left.
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1. Bushwhacker
  1 year, 4 months ago
  And?
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  1. zdrojo187
    1 year, 4 months ago
    Just chillin...
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  2. Pinatta
    1 year, 4 months ago
    Ant?
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bso
1 year, 4 months ago
How did Rogers look? Couldn't see game.
Thanks
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1. John "Stumpy" Pep…
  1 year, 4 months ago
  Should have scored, quick, confident. Good pick in my eyes
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  1. bso
    1 year, 4 months ago
    Thanks John. Appreciate it mate.
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☈☾
1 year, 4 months ago
Which option?

1. Maatsen
2. Hall
3. Livramento
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1. Toon lurk
  1 year, 4 months ago
  Probably 2 but all carry risks. 2 probably the least over the next 3/4 games
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2. Mother Farke
  1 year, 4 months ago
  Not Maatsen. Emery has a history of still rotating his FBs even if they pass the eye test.
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3. Sun Jihai
  1 year, 4 months ago
  2 of those, although I don't fancy Newcastle for a CS in the next 2 games
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Sun Jihai
1 year, 4 months ago
FPL fixed the bonus now
Zirkzee 3 bonus from yday now
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1. BobbyDoesNotLook
  1 year, 4 months ago
  Wow how is that possible? Thought scores cannot be edited the next day?
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  1. RedLightning
    1 year, 4 months ago
    "As of this season, all points are only final approximately one hour after the LAST MATCH of the Gameweek, meaning points and bonus points earned on a previous day are subject to change."
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bso
1 year, 4 months ago
Do you guys sign in to LiveFPL? I am so sick of the ads but also don’t want a ton of spam from them afterwards. Thanks
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1. BUZZBOMB ♡
  1 year, 4 months ago
  FPL Gameweek realtime is the kick.
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