Selecting the Three Gunners Players to Pick v Wolves? FPL Squad of the Week

The big decision in this FPL team of the week involves go with zero Manchester City assets - and yes, even Haaland!

Our budget are needed to invest heavily on Arsenal players as they host among the most struggling sides in Premier League recent memory.

Yes, City scored in 5 times on their most recent away fixture, but now they take on Crystal Palace, who have the second-strongest defence in the division for goals conceded and fourth-strongest in relation of expected goals conceded.

And the Gunners home to Wolverhampton is the sort of encounter you must target - the leading team in the division against one lacking of form, quality and self-belief.

The lineup of the gameweek is chosen based on current FPL valuations to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were using a Free Hit chip.

Performance of The Previous Team Do?

No captain return but high scores from Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (fourteen), Foden (twelve) and James Tarkowski (nine), plus a fortunate 16-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall substitute appearance led to a monster 83 points total. Success!

Fantasy Premier League Team of the Week for Fixture 16

Defensive Picks

Robin Roefs, Sunderland, goalkeeper, £4.7m - Newcastle (h)

This long-awaited derby in the top flight for eight years is set to be noisy, passionate, feisty - and it may prove to be one of those games that is all drama but minimal clear chances.

A scenario that would render Roefs, third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a decent pick.

Ben White, the Gunners, £5.2m - Wolves (home)

An Arsenal defender is a must for this fixture. Wolves have one goal away from home this season and one in their last six matches.

Ben White is a great offensive threat when he is given his chance. He started the last two games at full-back, had a fourteen-point haul against Brentford and tops the way in that time among Arsenal defensive players with 2 key passes, 2 attempts inside the area and an xGI of 0.7.

Cucurella, the Blues, £6.2m - Everton (h)

Everton are unpredictable so this selection is more about Chelseadefence and the Spaniard's upside.

The London club have the fourth-best defence while he has created more chances (19) than any other defender in the league.

And he hasn't scored yet, after scoring five times the previous campaign.

Diogo Dalot, Manchester United, £4.4m - the Cherries (h)

You shouldn't have great hopes for a Manchester United clean sheet - they have just one all season - but Bournemouthscoring have slowed down in the past two games.

Crucially, Dalot has been getting in some incredibly advanced roles as left wing-back in the last three fixtures.

In those matches he's had 4 shots, 2 big chances, one goal and one assist. He missed a cracking chance at Wolverhampton on Monday night as well.

Midfielders

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

This fixture against Wolves is too juicy to ignore and that makes Saka, the Gunners'best attacking player a must-have.

Little statistical analysis needed to back this up. United had twenty-seven shots at Wolves on Monday night, netted 4 and might have had twice as many.

Arsenal will be keen to attack.

Declan Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolves (h)

Just a single point behind Bruno Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Rice is incredibly consistent for Arsenal.

With more license to attack this term, he's generated more opportunities than any other Arsenal teammate (27) and has five assists to his name.

He's also the most reliable for game time as the manager might view this fixture as a chance to rest his players.

Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - the Cherries (home)

The Portuguese playmaker may have replaced Semenyo as the essential Fantasy Premier League midfield asset.

Fixture-proof, consistently a shout for defensive contribution points and with multiple routes to points.

Cole Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - Everton (home)

This week's differential pick, Palmer has his first 90 minutes under his belt after a long injury and we are aware what an high-scoring FPL asset he is capable of being.

You sense that, as quickly as he has a single strong performance, FPL managers will be flocking to bring him in.

He was absent for the Blues'Champions League loss at Atalanta, but that was the club easing him back carefully so he should be well-rested for the Toffees.

Ouattara, the Bees, £6m - Leeds (h)

Leeds come into this game off the back of two great home performances against Chelsea and Liverpool, but away from home they have conceded three times for every one they've scored.

This is probably Ouattara last match before heading to the Africa Cup of Nations.

He has been excellent for Brentford this term, and has 5 attacking returns in his past 3 fixtures at home.

Attack

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

It has been a disappointing couple of gameweeks for Thiago FPL managers, with only three FPL points in two matches.

However, he's the second-highest goal scorer in the league and has 7 goals in 7 fixtures at home. He is the best forward option this week and, with a favourable run of games, you can select and hold until the end of January at least.

Ekitike, the Reds, £8.4m - Brighton (home)

It is expected that the manager keeps faith with the promising striker, after his brace performance at Leeds.

He performed great at the beginning of the season and you wonder what he could have achieved had a rival striker not arrived and challenged him for minutes at centre-forward.

The Bench

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