Team profile · AVL

Aston Villa

Squad: 28
Available: 27
Home rating: 3
Away rating: 4

Defence · our rating1.38xGC / 90#8 of 18Expected goals conceded by the regular back line. Lower is better.

Attack · our rating0.38xGI / 90#11 of 17Expected goal involvements across the five best attackers.

Squad leaders

Four different questions, rather than one ranked list.

Points leaderWatkins167 ptsMost points last season

Best projectionWatkins4.6 xPHighest xP for the upcoming fixture

Best valueCash26.0 pts/£mMost points per £m last season

Under 10% ownedBuendía0.9% ownedBest projection nobody else owns

Schedule pulse

Difficulty across the next 6 listed fixtures.

Average difficulty

3.00

Favourable (1-2)

Difficult (4-5)

Blanks

Best five-game run

The kindest five consecutive gameweeks left in the season - average difficulty 2.40 across GW11-15. Often months out, which is exactly the point when planning a wildcard.

GW11SUN H2
GW12IPS A2
GW13EVE H3
GW14CRY H3
GW15COV A2

Rotation partners

Pair a AVL player with one of these and start whichever has the kinder fixture each week. Rated over GW1-6.Season-long table

AVL + COVNo week where both are difficult2.33
AVL + SUNNo week where both are difficult2.33
AVL + CHENo week where both are difficult2.50
AVL + EVENo week where both are difficult2.50
AVL + MUNNo week where both are difficult2.50
AVL + NEWNo week where both are difficult2.50

Who starts

The squad ranked by modelled chance of starting. Grouped rather than arranged as an eleven on purpose - this is a model, built from start frequency and FPL's fitness flags. It has not seen a press conference and it is not a predicted lineup.

ForWatkinsLikely33/38 starts
DefCashLikely34/38 starts
DefKonsaLikely34/38 starts
GoaMartinezProbable32/38 starts
MidMcGinnProbable28/38 starts
MidGomesProbable25/38 starts
MidBuendíaRotation21/38 starts
DefDigneRotation21/38 starts
DefPauRotation18/38 starts
MidKamaraRotation17/38 starts
DefMaatsenRotation17/38 starts
MidGarnachoRotation14/38 starts
DefMingsRotation15/38 starts
MidBogardeRotation11/38 starts
ForAbrahamRotation2/38 starts
MidGuessandRotation9/38 starts
DefLindelöfRotation11/38 starts
MidBaileyRotation3/38 starts
MidBarkleyRotation7/38 starts
DefA.GarcíaRotation1/38 starts
GoaM.BizotUnlikely6/38 starts
MidManzambiUnknown0/38 starts
MidAlyssonUnknown0/38 starts
MidIling JrUnknown0/38 starts
MidBurrowesUnknown0/38 starts
MidGeorge HemmingsUnknown0/38 starts
DefNedeljkovicUnknown0/38 starts
MidOnanaOut21/38 starts

Full squad

Every Aston Villa player with price, ownership, last season's points and our projection.
Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Pts	xP
Watkins	For	£8.0m	12.7%	167	4.6
Buendía	Mid	£6.0m	0.9%	102	3.9
Barkley	Mid	£5.0m	0.2%	56	3.8
Digne	Def	£4.5m	1.4%	97	3.5
Garnacho	Mid	£6.0m	1%	56	3.4
Guessand	Mid	£5.5m	0%	44	3.3
Martinez	Goa	£5.0m	4.7%	120	3.2
McGinn	Mid	£5.5m	2.7%	103	3.1
Cash	Def	£4.5m	7.8%	117	3.0
Gomes	Mid	£5.5m	0.3%	85	3.0
Kamara	Mid	£5.0m	0.1%	61	2.9
Pau	Def	£4.5m	0.2%	64	2.8
Bogarde	Mid	£5.0m	0.1%	40	2.8
Konsa	Def	£4.5m	16.8%	100	2.6
Mings	Def	£4.5m	0.2%	50	2.6
Maatsen	Def	£4.5m	0.6%	54	2.6
Lindelöf	Def	£4.5m	0.2%	29	2.2
M.Bizot	Goa	£4.5m	0.1%	16	2.0
Manzambi	Mid	£6.0m	2.2%	0	1.6
Bailey	Mid	£5.5m	0.1%	21	1.5
Abraham	For	£5.5m	0.1%	23	1.5
Iling Jr	Mid	£5.0m	0%	0	1.4
Alysson	Mid	£5.0m	0%	3	1.4
Burrowes	Mid	£4.5m	0.9%	1	1.2
George Hemmings	Mid	£4.5m	0.3%	2	1.2
A.García	Def	£4.0m	1.6%	5	1.0
Nedeljkovic	Def	£4.0m	0.5%	0	1.0
Onanadoubt	Mid	£5.0m	0%	76	0.0

Attack and defence ratings are ours, built from expected goal involvements and expected goals conceded per 90. Home and away ratings are FPL's own. Not a guarantee.