Selecting the Three Arsenal Players to Pick v Wolves? FPL Team of the Gameweek

One major call in this Fantasy Premier League lineup of the week is to opt for no City assets - and yes, even Haaland!

The budget is needed to invest heavily on Gunners players as they welcome among the poorest teams in English top-flight recent memory.

Yes, Manchester City scored a total of five goals on their most recent away trip, but now they take on Crystal Palace, a side with the second-best defence in the division for goals conceded and fourth-best in terms of xGC.

And Arsenal home to Wolves is the type of encounter you must exploit - the top side in the league against one devoid of momentum, quality and confidence.

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

How did Last Week's Squad Do?

No captain return but big hauls from Bruno Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (12) and Tarkowski (nine), plus a lucky sixteen-point Dewsbury-Hall bench appearance led to a monster 83 points total. Success!

Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Gameweek for Fixture 16

Keeper and Defence

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

The first derby in the top flight since 2016 is likely to be loud, passionate, combative - and it could be one of those tight games that is full of tension but little clear chances.

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

White, the Gunners, £5.2m - Wolverhampton (home)

An Arsenal defender is a essential pick this week. Wolves have one goal away from home so far and one in their past 6 fixtures.

White is a great offensive threat when he is given his chance. Having started the past two at full-back, had a 14-point return against Brentford and leads the charts in that time among Gunners defenders with two big chances created, 2 shots in the box and an xGI of 0.7.

Marc Cucurella, Chelsea, £6.2m - the Toffees (h)

Everton are inconsistent so this pick is more about the Blues'defensive solidity and Cucurella upside.

The London club have the fourth-best defence while Cucurella has generated more opportunities (19) than any defender in the division.

And he is yet to score this season, after scoring five times the previous campaign.

Dalot, United, £4.4m - the Cherries (home)

You shouldn't have high hopes for a United shutout - they have just one this entire campaign - but the Cherries'scoring have slowed down in the last two matches.

Crucially, Dalot has been occupying some very advanced roles as a wing-back in the past three fixtures.

During that spell he's taken 4 shots, 2 big chances, a goal and one assist. He also missed a great opportunity at Wolverhampton on Monday too.

Midfield Picks

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

This fixture against Wolverhampton is too good to ignore and that renders Bukayo Saka, Arsenalbest offensive asset essential.

Little statistical analysis needed to support this pick. Manchester United had 27 attempts at Wolves on Monday night, netted four and could have had twice as many.

The Gunners will be rubbing their hands.

Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolves (h)

One point behind Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Rice is incredibly reliable for Arsenal.

With more license to attack this season, he's generated more chances than any other Gunners teammate (twenty-seven) 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 opportunity to rest his squad.

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

Fernandes may have taken over from Semenyo as the must-own Fantasy Premier League midfield asset.

Fixture-proof, always a candidate for defensive contribution points and with several ways to FPL returns.

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

This gameweek's differential pick, Palmer has his first 90 minutes under his belt after a lengthy layoff and we know what an high-scoring fantasy player he is capable of being.

You get the feeling that, as quickly as he has a single strong performance, fantasy coaches will be flocking to sign him up.

He missed ChelseaEuropean defeat at the Italian side, but that was the club managing his minutes so he should be fresh for Everton.

Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Leeds (h)

Leeds enter this game off the back of two great home performances against Chelsea and Liverpool, but away from home they have let in three goals for every one they've scored.

This is probably the winger's last match before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations.

He's been superb for Brentford this season, and has five goal contributions in his past 3 fixtures at home.

Forwards

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

It has been a disappointing couple of gameweeks for the striker FPL managers, with just 3 points in two matches.

However, he's the second goal scorer in the division and has seven goals in seven home games. He is the top striker choice for this round and, with a kind fixture list, you can set and forget until the end of January at least.

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

Surely the manager keeps faith with the promising striker, after his two-goal performance at Leeds United.

He performed well at the beginning of the season and you wonder what he could have achieved had a rival striker not arrived and challenged him for playing time at the number nine role.

Subs' Bench

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