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Since the arrival of new head coach Unai Emery, there has been a complete turnaround at Aston Villa.
The club has moved from 17th in the league – with nine points from 12 matches - to 11th with 31 points from 24. The improvements in Villa have also made their assets more attractive for Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers. Ollie Watkins (£7.3m) has emerged as the best forward to target for upcoming weeks.
He is the third most-bought player so far this week, with over 60,000 managers investing in him as we head into Gameweek 26. The forward has now scored five goals in his last five Premier League matches, the same as Man City’s Erling Haaland (£12.2m). Indeed, only Marcus Rashford (£7.2m) has more goals since Gameweek 21 across the whole game, with six.
An assist means that Watkins has six attacking returns between Gameweeks 21 and 25. By grabbing 40 points, he has the third-most in this period across the whole FPL game.
Eight of his 14 goal attempts were on target and five were classified as big chances. He is currently averaging a shot every 31 minutes, in addition to creating five chances for teammates.
At just 6.3% ownership, Watkins is a great differential for managers looking to climb their mini-leagues or drastically improve their overall rank over the upcoming weeks.
Watkins and Aston Villa also benefit from having a fixture in Gameweek 28 when many other teams won’t. This only heightens the appeal of investing in Villa’s squad.
