Which Three Gunners Picks to Select v Wolverhampton? Fantasy Premier League Team of the Gameweek
One big move in this Fantasy Premier League team of the week involves go with no City assets - indeed, that includes Haaland!
The budget is essential to load up on Gunners assets as they face at home among the worst teams in English top-flight recent memory.
It's true, Manchester City scored in 5 times on their most recent away trip, but now they take on Palace, who have the second-best defence in the league for goals conceded and fourth-strongest in terms of xGC.
And Arsenal home to Wolves is the type of match-up you just have to exploit - the leading team in the league against one devoid of form, quality and self-belief.
The squad of the gameweek is selected based on current FPL valuations to fit within a £100m limit, as if you were using a Free Hit chip.
How did Last Week's Team Fare?
No captain return but strong points from Fernandes (18), Ruben Dias (14), Phil Foden (12) and Tarkowski (9), plus a lucky sixteen-point Dewsbury-Hall bench cameo produced a monster 83 points total. Boom!
FPL Squad of the Week for Gameweek 16
Defensive Picks
Roefs, Sunderland, goalkeeper, £4.7m - Newcastle United (home)
This long-awaited derby in the Premier League for eight years is going to be loud, fiery, combative - and it might be one of those tight games that is all drama but minimal goalmouth action.
Which would render the Sunderland keeper, third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a good option.
Ben White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolves (home)
An Arsenal defender is a must this week. Wolves have one goal on the road this season and a single goal in their last 6 matches.
Ben White is a excellent attacking option when he gets his chance. Having started the past two games at right-back, registered a fourteen-point return against the Bees and tops the charts in that time among Gunners defenders with 2 key passes, two shots in the box and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.
Cucurella, Chelsea, £6.2m - Everton (home)
The Toffees are unpredictable so this selection is more about the Blues'defence and the Spaniard's potential.
Chelsea have the fourth-best defensive record while he has created more opportunities (nineteen) than any other defensive player in the division.
And he hasn't scored yet, after scoring five times the previous campaign.
Diogo Dalot, United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (h)
You can't have great expectations for a Manchester United shutout - they have one this entire campaign - but Bournemouthscoring have dried up in the last two matches.
More importantly, the Portuguese defender has been getting in some very attacking positions as a wing-back in the past three fixtures.
During that spell he's had 4 shots, 2 clear opportunities, one goal and an assist. He missed a great chance at Wolverhampton on Monday night as well.
Midfield Picks
Bukayo Saka (captain), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolves (h)
This game against Wolverhampton is too juicy to pass up and that renders Saka, the Gunners'best attacking player a must-have.
No stats required to support this pick. United had 27 shots at Wolves on Monday, scored four and could have had twice as many.
Arsenal will be rubbing their hands.
Declan Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (home)
Just a single point behind Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Declan Rice is incredibly reliable for the Gunners.
With more license to attack this season, he's created more opportunities than any other Arsenal player (27) and has five assists to show for it.
He's also the most reliable for game time as Mikel Arteta could see this as a opportunity to rotate his players.
Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - the Cherries (h)
Fernandes may have replaced Semenyo as the must-own FPL midfielder.
Match-up proof, consistently a candidate for defensive bonus points and with several ways to FPL returns.
Cole Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - Everton (h)
This week's punt, Cole Palmer has his first ninety minutes since returning after a lengthy injury and we know what an high-scoring fantasy player he is capable of being.
You sense that, as soon as he has one good game, FPL managers will be rushing to sign him up.
He missed the Blues'European loss at Atalanta, but that was the club easing him back carefully so he ought to be well-rested for Everton.
Dango Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Leeds United (h)
Leeds come into this match following two strong home performances against the Blues and the Reds, but away from home they have let in three goals for every one they've scored.
This is probably Ouattara final match before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations.
He has been superb for Brentford this term, and has five goal contributions in his past 3 home matches.
Forwards
Igor Thiago, the Bees, £6.9m - Leeds (h)
It's been a frustrating last few gameweeks for the striker owners, with only three FPL points in two games.
Nevertheless, he's the second-highest goal scorer in the league and has 7 strikes in 7 home games. He is the best forward option this week and, with a kind fixture list, you can set and forget up until the January window at the very least.
Hugo Ekitike, the Reds, £8.4m - Brighton (home)
Surely Arne Slot keeps faith with the promising striker, after his brace haul at Leeds United.
He performed strongly at the start of the season and you can't help but think what he would have done had Alexander Isak not been signed and challenged him for minutes at centre-forward.
Subs' Bench
- Martin Dubravka, the Clarets, £4m - the Cottagers ({h|home
