Which Top 3 Gunners Assets to Pick v Wolverhampton? FPL Team of the Week

The big call in this Fantasy Premier League squad of the week is to select no City players - and yes, that includes Haaland!

The funds are needed to load up on Gunners players as they host one of the worst teams in English top-flight recent memory.

It's true, City scored a total of five times on their last away trip, but now they face Palace, a side with the second-best defence in the division for goals conceded and fourth-strongest in terms of expected goals conceded.

And the Gunners home to Wolverhampton is the kind of encounter you just have to target - the leading side in the league against one lacking of form, quality and confidence.

The team of the gameweek is picked based on current FPL prices to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were using a Free Hit.

Performance of The Previous Lineup Perform?

The captain didn't deliver but high points from Bruno Fernandes (eighteen), Ruben Dias (fourteen), Foden (twelve) and James Tarkowski (9), along with a lucky sixteen-point Dewsbury-Hall substitute cameo resulted in a massive 83 points. Boom!

Fantasy Premier League Squad of the Week for Gameweek 16

Defensive Picks

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

The first Tyne-Wear derby in the Premier League since 2016 is set to be loud, fiery, combative - and it might be one of those matches that is full of tension but minimal goalmouth action.

Which would make the Sunderland keeper, third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a decent option.

Ben White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolverhampton (home)

An Gunners defender is a essential pick for this fixture. Wolverhampton have just one goal on the road this season and one in their last 6 matches.

Ben White is a great offensive threat when he gets his opportunity. Having started the last two games at full-back, registered a fourteen-point haul against Brentford and leads the way in that period among Arsenal defenders with two big chances created, 2 attempts inside the area and an xGI of 0.7.

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

The Toffees are inconsistent so this pick is focused more on the Blues'defence and Cucurella potential.

Chelsea have the fourth-strongest defence while he has created more opportunities (nineteen) than any defender in the division.

And he hasn't scored this season, having netted five goals the previous campaign.

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

You can't have high expectations for a United clean sheet - they have one all season - but the Cherries'goals have dried up in the past two matches.

Crucially, the Portuguese defender has been occupying some incredibly attacking positions as left wing-back in the last three games.

In those matches he's had 4 attempts, 2 big chances, a goal and one assist. He also missed a cracking opportunity at Wolves on Monday as well.

Midfield Picks

Saka (C), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (h)

This game against Wolves is too good to ignore and that renders Saka, the Gunners'top attacking player essential.

Little statistical analysis needed to back this up. Manchester United had twenty-seven shots at Wolverhampton on Monday night, netted 4 and could have had double that.

The Gunners will be licking their lips.

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

Just a single point behind Bruno Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Declan Rice is incredibly reliable for the Gunners.

More advanced this season, he's created more chances than any other Gunners teammate (27) and has five assists to show for it.

He's also the most reliable for game time as Mikel Arteta could see this fixture as a opportunity to rotate his players.

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

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

Fixture-proof, consistently a candidate for defensive bonus points and with multiple ways to FPL returns.

Cole Palmer, Chelsea, £10.3m - the Toffees (home)

This week's punt, Palmer has his first ninety minutes since returning after a lengthy layoff and we are aware what an explosive FPL asset he can be.

You get the feeling that, as soon as he has one good game, FPL managers will be flocking to bring him in.

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

Ouattara, the Bees, £6m - Leeds (h)

Leeds United come into this match following two great home results against Chelsea and the Reds, but on the road they have conceded three goals for each one they've netted.

This is probably the winger's final fixture before departing for the AFCON.

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

Forwards

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

It's been a frustrating couple of gameweeks for Thiago owners, with only 3 FPL points in two matches.

Nevertheless, he's the second goal scorer in the division and has 7 goals in seven home games. He is the prime forward option this week and, with a favourable run of games, you can set and forget up until the January window at least.

Ekitike, the Reds, £8.4m - Brighton & Hove Albion (h)

It is expected that the manager continues to start with the promising striker, after his two-goal haul at Leeds.

He performed well at the start of the season and you can't help but think what he would have done had Alexander Isak not arrived and competed with him for playing time at the number nine role.

Subs' Bench

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