Which Three Gunners Assets to Select v Wolves? Fantasy Premier League Squad of the Gameweek

The major call in this FPL team of the week is to opt for zero Manchester City players - and yes, that includes Haaland!

Our budget are required to invest heavily on Arsenal players as they welcome among the worst teams in Premier League history.

It's true, City scored in five goals on their last away fixture, but now they meet Palace, a side with the second-strongest defence in the division for goals allowed and fourth-strongest in relation of xGC.

And the Gunners home to Wolverhampton is the kind of fixture you need to target - the best side in the league against one devoid of momentum, technical ability and confidence.

The lineup of the week is picked using current valuations to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were playing a Free Hit.

How did Last Week's Lineup Fare?

The captain didn't deliver but high scores from Bruno Fernandes (eighteen), Ruben Dias (fourteen), Foden (12) and James Tarkowski (9), plus a fortunate 16-point Dewsbury-Hall bench appearance produced a monster eighty-three points total. Success!

FPL Team of the Gameweek for Fixture 16

Keeper and Defence

Roefs, Sunderland, keeper, £4.7m - Newcastle United (home)

This long-awaited derby in the top flight since 2016 is likely to be loud, fiery, feisty - and it might be one of those tight matches that is full of tension but little goalmouth action.

A scenario that would make the Sunderland keeper, third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a decent option.

White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolverhampton (h)

An Gunners defender is a essential pick for this fixture. Wolves have just one goal scored away from home so far and a single goal in their last six fixtures.

Ben White is a fantastic offensive threat when he gets his opportunity. Having started the past two at right-back, had a fourteen-point haul against Brentford and leads the charts in that time among Gunners defensive players with 2 big chances created, two shots in the box and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.

Cucurella, Chelsea, £6.2m - Everton (h)

The Toffees are unpredictable so this pick is more about the Blues'defensive solidity and the Spaniard's potential.

The London club have the fourth-best defensive record while Cucurella has created more opportunities (19) than any defensive player in the league.

And he hasn't scored this season, after scoring five times last season.

Dalot, United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (home)

You can't have high hopes for a United clean sheet - they have just one this entire campaign - but the Cherries'goals have slowed down in the last two matches.

More importantly, Dalot has been getting in some very advanced roles as a wing-back in the last three fixtures.

During that spell he's taken 4 attempts, two clear opportunities, one goal and an assist. He also missed a great chance at Wolverhampton on Monday night too.

Midfield

Saka (C), Arsenal, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (h)

This game against Wolverhampton is too good to ignore and that makes Bukayo Saka, the Gunners'top attacking player a must-have.

No stats needed to support this pick. United had twenty-seven shots at Wolverhampton on Monday night, scored 4 and might have had twice as many.

The Gunners will be licking their lips.

Rice, Arsenal, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (h)

One point behind Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Declan Rice is so reliable for Arsenal.

With more license to attack this term, he's created more opportunities than any other Gunners player (twenty-seven) and has five assists to show for it.

He's also the most reliable for minutes as Mikel Arteta could see this as a opportunity to rest his squad.

Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - Bournemouth (h)

Fernandes may have replaced Antoine Semenyo as the essential Fantasy Premier League midfielder.

Match-up proof, consistently a shout for defensive contribution points and with several ways to FPL returns.

Cole Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - the Toffees (h)

This week's punt, Palmer has his first ninety minutes since returning after a long injury and we know what an explosive FPL asset he is capable of being.

You get the feeling that, as soon as he has one good game, fantasy coaches will be rushing to bring him in.

He missed ChelseaEuropean loss at Atalanta, but that was the team easing him back carefully so he should be well-rested for Everton.

Dango Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Leeds United (h)

Leeds come into this match off the back of two great home results against Chelsea and the Reds, but away from home they have conceded three goals for every one they've scored.

This is likely Ouattara final fixture before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations.

He's been outstanding for the Bees this season, and has five goal contributions in his past three home matches.

Attack

Igor Thiago, the Bees, £6.9m - Leeds United (home)

It's been a frustrating last few weeks for Thiago FPL managers, with only 3 FPL points in two matches.

Nevertheless, he's the second-highest goal scorer in the division and has 7 strikes in seven fixtures at home. He's the best forward option for this round and, with a kind fixture list, you can set and forget up until the end of January at least.

Ekitike, Liverpool, £8.4m - Brighton (h)

It is expected that the manager continues to start with the promising Frenchman, after his brace performance at Leeds United.

He was well at the beginning of the campaign and you can't help but think what he could have achieved had Alexander Isak not been signed and challenged him for playing time at the number nine role.

Substitutes

• Martin Dubravka, the Clarets, £4m - the Cottagers ({h|home