Which Top 3 Arsenal Assets to Select v Wolves? FPL Team of the Week
One major decision in the Fantasy Premier League squad of the week involves select zero City assets - and yes, even Haaland!
Our budget is essential to invest heavily on Gunners players as they welcome among the poorest sides in English top-flight history.
Yes, City scored in five times on their most recent away trip, but this time they face Palace, who have the second-best defence in the division for goals conceded and fourth-best in relation of xGC.
And Arsenal hosting Wolverhampton is the type of encounter you must attack - the leading side in the league against one devoid of form, quality and self-belief.
This lineup of the week is chosen based on current FPL prices to fit within a £100m limit, as if you were using a Free Hit.
How did The Previous Team Do?
No captain return but strong points from Bruno Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (14), Foden (twelve) and James Tarkowski (9), along with a fortunate sixteen-point Dewsbury-Hall bench appearance produced a huge eighty-three points total. Boom!
FPL Team of the Gameweek for Gameweek 16
Defensive Picks
Robin Roefs, Sunderland, keeper, £4.7m - Newcastle United (h)
The first derby in the Premier League since 2016 is likely to be loud, passionate, feisty - and it may prove to be one of those matches that is all drama but minimal goalmouth action.
Which would make the Sunderland keeper, ranked third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a good pick.
Ben White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolves (h)
An Arsenal defender is a essential pick this week. Wolves have just one goal scored away from home this season and a single goal in their last 6 matches.
White is a excellent offensive threat when he gets his chance. He started the last two at full-back, registered a 14-point return against Brentford and tops the charts in that time among Gunners defenders with 2 key passes, two attempts inside the area and an xGI of 0.7.
Marc Cucurella, Chelsea, £6.2m - the Toffees (h)
The Toffees are erratic so this pick is more about the Blues'defence and the Spaniard's upside.
The London club have the fourth-strongest defence while Cucurella has generated more chances (19) than any other defender in the division.
And he is yet to score this season, after scoring five goals the previous campaign.
Diogo Dalot, Manchester United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (h)
You shouldn't have high expectations for a United shutout - they have one all season - but Bournemouthgoals have dried up in the last two games.
Crucially, Dalot has been getting in some incredibly advanced roles as a wing-back in the past 3 games.
During that spell he's taken four attempts, two clear opportunities, a goal and an assist. He missed a great opportunity at Wolves on Monday night too.
Midfield
Bukayo Saka (captain), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolves (h)
This fixture against Wolverhampton is too tempting to pass up and that makes Bukayo Saka, the Gunners'top attacking player a must-have.
Little statistical analysis required to back this up. United had 27 attempts at Wolverhampton on Monday night, netted four and could have had twice as many.
The Gunners will be rubbing their hands.
Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (h)
One point behind Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Rice is incredibly consistent for Arsenal.
More advanced this term, he's created more opportunities than any Arsenal player (27) and has five assists to his name.
He's also the surest bet for minutes as Mikel Arteta could see this fixture as a opportunity to rotate his squad.
Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - the Cherries (home)
The Portuguese playmaker might have taken over from Semenyo as the essential FPL midfielder.
Fixture-proof, always a candidate for defensive bonus points and with multiple routes to FPL returns.
Cole Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - Everton (h)
This gameweek's punt, Palmer has his first full ninety minutes under his belt after a long injury and we know what an explosive FPL asset he can be.
You sense that, as quickly as he has a single strong performance, fantasy coaches will be rushing to sign him up.
He missed the Blues'Champions League loss at Atalanta, but that was the club easing him back carefully so he should be well-rested for Everton.
Ouattara, the Bees, £6m - Leeds (h)
Leeds come into this match off the back of two great home results against the Blues and the Reds, but away from home they have let in three times for each one they've scored.
This is likely the winger's last fixture before heading to the Africa Cup of Nations.
He has been outstanding for Brentford this term, and has five goal contributions in his last 3 home matches.
Strikers
Thiago, the Bees, £6.9m - Leeds (home)
It has been a frustrating last few weeks for the striker owners, with only three FPL points in two games.
Nevertheless, he's the second goal scorer in the league and has seven goals in seven home games. He's the top striker choice this week and, with a favourable fixture list, you can set and forget up until the end of January at the very least.
Hugo Ekitike, the Reds, £8.4m - Brighton & Hove Albion (h)
Surely the manager continues to start with the young striker, after his brace performance at Leeds.
He was great at the start of the season and you wonder what he would have done had a rival striker not arrived and challenged him for playing time at centre-forward.
The Bench
- Dubravka, Burnley, £4m - Fulham ({h|home
