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Ollie Watkins has been a consistent pick in Fantasy Premier League teams throughout the 2023\/24 season thanks to his incredible displays in front of goal.<\/strong><\/p>\n
The former Brentford striker has led the Villans\u2019 charge towards Champions League qualification this term, but a few injury issues have disrupted his performances of late and\u00a0FPL\u00a0managers are scratching their heads over what to do with him ahead of Gameweek 32.<\/p>\n
Having\u00a0missed the defeat to Manchester City\u00a0in midweek and with Villa due to face the Bees on Saturday, here\u2019s what we know about Watkins\u2019 knock and his availability this weekend.<\/p>\n
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What injury does Ollie Watkins have?<\/h2>\n<\/figure>\n
Watkins is the top scorer in FPL this season \/ Malcolm Couzens\/GettyImages<\/p>\n
Watkins picked up a hamstring injury during Villa\u2019s 2-0 victory over Wolves at the end of March, where goals from Moussa Diaby and Ezri Konsa separated the two sides. The England striker didn\u2019t emerge for the second half, having had 12 touches and missed a decent chance in the opening 45 minutes.<\/p>\n
It was a blow for the 28-year-old, who is enjoying his best ever season in the\u00a0Premier League. Having started every other match before missing out on the trip to Man City on Wednesday, Watkins has racked up 16 goals and 15 assists in FPL in 2023\/24 so far.<\/p>\n
That form has made him the highest scoring FPL player of the season with 188 points, though the likes of Phil Foden (183), Bukayo Saka (181), Son Heung-min (180), Cole Palmer (177) and Mohamed Salah (176) are all closing in behind him.<\/p>\n
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What has Unai Emery said about Ollie Watkins\u2019 injury?<\/h2>\n
Villa\u00a0boss Unai Emery is due to give an update on Villa\u2019s injury situation before Saturday\u2019s clash with Brentford. On Watkins, he previously revealed: \u201cHe was feeling something in his hamstring. We decided not to play with the risk.\u201d<\/p>\n
He later added: \u201cWatkins, we will check him and if he\u2019s getting better for Saturday. We are as well playing to try and build our team with players who have not been playing a lot. We will need them and so we need to give them chances to play.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was Jhon Duran who replaced Watkins in Villa\u2019s starting lineup at the Etihad Stadium and the Colombian 20-year-old impressed, finishing excellently to equalise after Rodri\u2019s opener.<\/p>\n
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Ollie Watkins alternatives in FPL Gameweek 32<\/h2>\n<\/figure>\n
Isak is the league\u2019s in-form striker right now \/ Visionhaus\/GettyImages<\/p>\n
FPL Gameweek 31 proved to be a quieter one for forwards. It was the midfielders who enjoyed most of the fun as Palmer, Foden, Alejandro Garnacho and Morgan Gibbs-White all went big among others.<\/p>\n
Newcastle striker\u00a0Alexander Isak<\/strong>\u00a0is the form alternative if Watkins doesn\u2019t prove his fitness before Saturday\u2019s FPL deadline. The Sweden international, priced at \u00a37.8m, has five goals and an assist in his last four matches and could easily continue that run in upcoming games against Fulham, Tottenham and Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n
Nottingham Forest\u2019s\u00a0Chris Wood<\/strong>\u00a0has struck in three consecutive fixtures and has every chance of upsetting a Spurs defence with only one clean sheet in 13 matches on Sunday, while the likes of\u00a0Rodrigo Muniz<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Jean-Philippe Mateta<\/strong>\u00a0have proved to be worthwhile budget additions to squads in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
The upcoming Gameweek 34 has 13 fixtures to mull over, so swapping Watkins out now for a striker who\u00a0could play twice in that period\u00a0has to be considered.\u00a0Darwin Nunez<\/strong>\u00a0once again showed his distaste for convention with his unusual goal against Sheffield United and could reward backers in outings against Fulham and Everton.<\/p>\n
Ollie Watkins has been a consistent pick in Fantasy Premier League teams throughout the 2023\/24 season thanks to his incredible displays in front of goal. The former Brentford striker has led the Villans\u2019 charge towards Champions League qualification this term, but a few injury issues have disrupted his performances of late and\u00a0FPL\u00a0managers are scratching their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":168823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n
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