Longevity is key. Watkins has scored at least 10 league goals in all five of his seasons at Villa, helping him move ahead of Dwight Yorke, Dion Dublin and Juan Pablo Angel in the club's top-scorer charts. It marks a dramatic return to favour for the 29-year-old, who joined from Brentford in 2020.

Hard worker’ Ollie Watkins praised by Unai Emery after scoring at Bournemouth - England international Watkins moved on to 75 top-flight strikes for Aston Villa – one more than Gabriel Agbonlahor.

Aston Villa have taken a deserved lead against Bournemouth in Saturday's final Premier League game and did so in historic fashion. Ollie Watkins put Unai Emery's side ahead on the stroke of half time